Position on ITLDs

How is the position on ITLDs coming along?
We are receiving questions like the one included FYI below.
I have also included our first answer for your enjoyment.
Does the group have a problem if we use the minutes rather than
the fully drafted statement to answer queries like this?

Daniel

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Date:     Tue, 8 Oct 1996 16:16:08 +0200
From:     Andrea.RICCI at BXL.DG13.cec.be
To:       <daniel.karrenberg at ripe.net>
cc:       <k13 at nikhef.nl>
Subject:  DNS

Dear Mr. Karrenberg,
 I'm Andrea Ricci from the Commission DG XIII Int. aspects of Information Socie
ty in Brussels. I'm working on the DNS issue with reference to the Jonathan Pos
tel proposal. I'm writing an internal note that should fit into the foreseen gr
een paper on numbering. Annie Renard suggested me your name: I have a number of
 issues to discuss w/ you.

You'll find below all the questions I sent today to the ncc at ripe.net address af
ter a phone conversation.
I'd like to have an idea of the mismanagement and the tension created by the .c
om vs. .fr or .nl domain names. Domain name hijacking...frauds, disputes. I wou
ld be also interested in having the most recent numbers on the .com domains/hos
ts (and eventually the number of European companies that have a .com domain). Y
our views on the question would be welcome w/ specific reference to the issues 
you would like to have discussed at European level . For example: is it bad tha
t so many Europeans have a .com domain ? Who should be in charge of this manage
ment? I'm working on this issue w/ short deadlines. I would be then grateful if
 you or your collegues could help me as soon as you can.
Best regards 
Andrea Ricci

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are you aware of Mr. Postel proposals on DNS management (the reform would imply
 new top domains and a structure of multiple registers worldwide, each of them 
paying 2% to ISOC.. etc.) ?

did RIPE discuss this issue in the recent meetings?
in which way this change affects the present regime?
have you issued documents in this respect?
do you know what the asian Nic think of it?

Are you aware of DNS based legal conflicts (Intellectual property rights/tradem
ark issues) in Europe?
Do parties refer to you when a conflict arise?
Do you settle the dispute ? DO you have an equivalent to the NSI step96 dispute
 settlement document?

How many delocalized centres for domain name management exist in Europe (in F, 
NL, UK and more) ?
Who has decided the European management rules (.co.uk or .gouv.fr for example) 
?
Do the other European countries have DNS structures ?
What is the sharing of responsibilities between RIPE and the other registers?

If I want to register I domain, am I perfectly free to chose a .com or a .nl ?
Do you think that there is a real advantage to file a .com instead of a ISO3166
 ?
Is it formally classified as international resources the .com top domain (i.e. 
does the customer know that he is buying a global domain?)
Is there any form of check that a org is non profit and a .com is for profit? W
ho checks?
Could I buy a .com from belgium (I presume yes) but if I buy it from a service 
providers (like EUNet) did they buy the resource in advance in the US from NSI 
?

Is there a way to know how many .com come from European companies? MIDS say yes
 but they refuse to tell how they can produce those data...any clue?

Have you too heard that NSI has developed a 30 mil. $ budget?
Is RIPE earning resources for their activity? 

Thanks for your help. I understand that this requires time to answer. I'll appr
eciate any form of support
You can write or call me.Regards
Andrea RIcci



phone 32 2 29 58215
fax 32 2 29 68970


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Date:        Wed, 09 Oct 1996 09:01:02 +0200
From:        Daniel Karrenberg <Daniel.Karrenberg at ripe.net>
Sender:      dfk at ripe.net

To:          Andrea.RICCI at bxl.dg13.cec.be
Cc:          k13 at nikhef.nl

Subject:     Re: DNS 
In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 08 Oct 1996 16:16:08 +0200.
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Dear Mr Ricci,

thank you for your message of yesterday.  Due to previous experiences
with similar matters I would like to know a few things myself before
spending time to answer your questions:

1) What exactly are you going to do with this information? 

	- what is the note about that tou are writing?
	- who has requested it?
	- what is the 'green paper' about?
	- who has requested it?
	- who is expected to do what with the results?
	- what are the timeframes for the above?

2) How will we receive credit for supplying information? 

3) How will the positions of RIPE be identified as such and how will
RIPE have the opportunity to correct any misrepresentation? 

4) Will we receive copies of any documents produced using our
information and/or positions promptly upon completion/publication? 

5) How in general terms would you describe the benefit European ISPs
would receive from the RIPE NCC spending time on this matter? 

Please understand that while I am quite willing to help you, I cannot do
so until I have received satisfactory answers to the questions above. 

Let me add that the answers to most of your questions can be researched
from public sources, most easily using the Internet itself.  I suggest
http://www.ripe.net/ as a good starting point.  Also the various search
engines available are very useful. 

Kind regards

D. Karrenberg
RIPE NCC