On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 08:55:22AM -0400, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 08:44:56AM -0400, > Tom Ritter <[email protected]> wrote > a message of 27 lines which said: > > > For context, the current batch of applicants to new Top Level > > Domains is closed, and the next batch of applicants won't be > > accepted for 5 years or more. It cost (this time around) $185000USD > > to apply, and resulted in over 300 pages of paperwork and forms > > filled out for an application. It also requires getting up and > > running with a reliable, DNSSEC-signed, DNS server within 6 months > > of your application being approved. > > Right (I'm currently sitting in a session at the ICANN meeting in > Toronto, where new TLD are being hevily discussed). But there is > another way, register the TLD in the special TLD registry: > > http://www.iana.org/assignments/special-use-domain-names/special-use-domain-names.xml > > Technically, it would be a better fit. And it's much cheaper :-) > > The rules for this registry are in a document which will be published > as a RFC any day now. Basically, you need to write a standard RFC or > to get the approbation of IESG. If you are Apple (the first > registration, for its .local), it helps.
Another good alternative (or temporary fix) is OpenNIC: http://wiki.opennicproject.org/CreatingNewTLDs Decentralize authorities! -- _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
