[105513] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marshall Eubanks)
Thu Jun 26 20:11:43 2008
From: Marshall Eubanks <tme@multicasttech.com>
To: Ken Simpson <ksimpson@mailchannels.com>
In-Reply-To: <13BCFAAA-D274-4969-B4D5-9D51A5B22979@mailchannels.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:11:33 -0400
Cc: Martin Hannigan <hannigan@verneglobal.com>, nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Jun 26, 2008, at 7:58 PM, Ken Simpson wrote:
>> This gives an (unofficial) estimate :
>>
>> =
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080626-confusion-icann-opens-up-pa=
ndoras-box-of-new-tlds.html=20
>> >
>>
>> .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 =20
>> the TLD first, then go through a review process to ensure that it =20
>> isn't offensive and doesn't infringe on anyone's intellectual =20
>> property. If approved, registering the TLD will cost anywhere from =20=
>> $100,000 to $500,000, ICANN says, and the business or organization =20=
>> must prove that they are either capable of managing the TLD or can =20=
>> reach a deal with a company that will. This is no small beans=97=20
>> unless you're planning to fork over up to half a million dollars =20
>> and put in the labor to manage everything that appears under the =20
>> TLD, this task is probably best left to large organizations and =20
>> governmental entities. The organization registering the TLD will =20
>> also be responsible for determining whether it will be restricted =20
>> to certain types of sites or open to the public.
>> <snip>
>
> Thanks for the info. Okay, well that kind of pricing will prevent =20
> most 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...
What I wonder is what that amount is going to ? Is that a fee, or is it
an estimate of what it would take to set up a registrar ?
If it is the latter, GoDaddy or Network Solutions may start offering =20
TLDs for a lot less. I don't see much
of an intrinsic reason why it should be more than 1 hour of person =20
time to evaluate, thus a cost in the $ 100's
of USDs, plus ongoing registry costs. This
https://par.icann.org/files/paris/GNSO-gTLD-Update-Paris22jun08.pdf
makes it look like much of the process could be automated.
Regards
Marshall=
