[105510] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken Simpson)
Thu Jun 26 19:58:11 2008
From: Ken Simpson <ksimpson@mailchannels.com>
To: Marshall Eubanks <tme@multicasttech.com>
In-Reply-To: <EB99C1C0-9AF3-42AB-A744-1D2C98949E62@multicasttech.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:58:03 -0700
Cc: Martin Hannigan <hannigan@verneglobal.com>, nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> This gives an (unofficial) estimate :
>
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<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080626-confusion-icann-opens-up-pa=
ndoras-box-of-new-tlds.html=20
> >
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> .confusion: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs
> By Jacqui Cheng | Published: June 26, 2008 - 12:11PM CT
>
> <snip>
> Not every zany TLD will be immediately available to anyone who want =20=
> to register a domain, however. Businesses must apply to register the =20=
> TLD first, then go through a review process to ensure that it isn't =20=
> offensive and doesn't infringe on anyone's intellectual property. If =20=
> approved, registering the TLD will cost anywhere from $100,000 to =20
> $500,000, ICANN says, and the business or organization must prove =20
> that they are either capable of managing the TLD or can reach a deal =20=
> with a company that will. This is no small beans=97unless you're =20
> planning to fork over up to half a million dollars and put in the =20
> labor to manage everything that appears under the TLD, this task is =20=
> probably best left to large organizations and governmental entities. =20=
> The organization registering the TLD will also be responsible for =20
> determining whether it will be restricted to certain types of sites =20=
> or open to the public.
> <snip>
Thanks for the info. Okay, well that kind of pricing will prevent most =20=
of the fraudsters from obtaining TLDs. But of course it doesn't =20
prevent shady operators from setting up a TLD with lenient abuse =20
controls - such as .info or .to. Imagine 40 .infos spamming away...=
