Hi Wire, On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 2:05 AM, Wire James <[email protected]> wrote: > I have read through the comments made on this subject and indeed while I > concur with the fact that some polishing is needed on the way forward with > the .ug, there are facts we can not keep hiding away from. What are those > facts? > > 1. The .ug is a national resource
Is it in fact a "national resource"? It wasn't meant to be originally. If it was, the IANA (Jon PPostel at that point) would have delegated to gov't reps exclusively. the ccTLD list is determined by the ISO 3166 list, which is speeled out in RFC 1591. I recommend reading 1591 to all with an interest in this issue: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1591.txt?number=1591 "The country code domains (for example, FR, NL, KR, US) are each organized by an administrator for that country. These administrators may further delegate the management of portions of the naming tree. These administrators are performing a public service on behalf of the Internet community." and "The major concern in selecting a designated manager for a domain is that it be able to carry out the necessary responsibilities, and have the ability to do a equitable, just, honest, and competent job. 1) The key requirement is that for each domain there be a designated manager for supervising that domain's name space. In the case of top-level domains that are country codes this means that there is a manager that supervises the domain names and operates the domain name system in that country. The manager must, of course, be on the Internet. There must be Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity to the nameservers and email connectivity to the management and staff of the manager. There must be an administrative contact and a technical contact for each domain. For top-level domains that are country codes at least the administrative contact must reside in the country involved. 2) These designated authorities are trustees for the delegated domain, and have a duty to serve the community. The designated manager is the trustee of the top-level domain for both the nation, in the case of a country code, and the global Internet community." Are two quotes that are particularly relevant. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
