[alac] Guide to Domain Names

["Siavash Shahshahani" <shahshah@xxxxxxxx>]

I wish to record a basic objection to the 'Guide' appearing as an ALAC
product. In the introduction it is stated that that the guide is primarily
focused on gTLDs and, in fact, it is not hard to notice that ccTLDs are
totally ignored. For 'A Guide to Domain Names' presumably directed at the
less-informed this is totally unacceptable. Note that:
1. Roughly one third of existing domains in world are cc domains.
2. There is already a good deal of misinformation at least among the
populace of developing countries thinking that their native ccTLD is
somehow less 'official', less respectable or intrinsically less secure
than a '.com'.
I think that if the registry sponsors listed on page 3 want to put out a
guide for gTLDs, let them do it in their own name. I am well aware of the
difficulty of dealing with the varieties of ccTLD practices, but still a
short general guide not dealing with minute details can be produced that
covers both types of domains.
-Siavash


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IPM/IRNIC
P.O.Box 19395-5564, Shahid Bahonar Sq.
Tehran 19548, Iran
Phone: (+98 21) 22 82 80 80; 22 82 80 81, ext 113
Cell: (+98 912)104 2501
Fax: (+98 21) 22 29 57 00
Email: shahshah@xxxxxxxx, shahshah@xxxxxx
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