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[gnso-rn-wg] reserved names -rationales available

  • To: Reserved Names Working Group ICANN <gnso-rn-wg@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: [gnso-rn-wg] reserved names -rationales available
  • From: Timothy Denton <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:43:38 -0500

I received the attached from Kim Davies. It should be made available to the Working Group.

--Dear Tim,

As per our discussion on the phone today, here is what I've dug up. If
you have any further questions let me know.

One notable standards reference:

   http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2606.txt

Stock answer for single-letter domain registration applications:

Thank you for your inquiry regarding single-letter/number domain
registrations.

The single-letter/number domains in .com, .net, .org, .edu, .biz, .info,
.name, .pro, .aero, .coop, and .museum are reserved by the IANA.
Accordingly, these names are not for "sale" or subject to transfer under
established policy. A few of the single-letter names were registered
before this reservation was made.

The IANA obtained the registration for most single-character names under
.com in 1993 to implement a policy designed to enhance the extensibility
of the domain-name space.

Since then, these names have been continuously under registration by the
IANA. The IANA has received many inquiries from people seeking to
register these names. As required by the existing policy, the IANA
advises those inquiring that these names are already registered to the
IANA and reserved for infrastructure purposes to help ensure stable
operation of the Internet. The IANA has uniformly turned down all offers
by third parties to purchase the right to register these names.

Four of the single-character names under .com were registered by other
parties before the IANA entered its registration of these names. The
registrations of these names have been (and are) grandfathered for the
time being. Recently some of these registrations have been transferred
from one third party to another. Those transfers are consistent with the
grandfathering policy.

Having assumed the responsibility for operating the IANA, and for
overall technical management of the Internet, ICANN is following the
same policies for the operation of the IANA as were followed by Dr.
Postel and his colleagues at the Information Sciences Institute. ICANN's
charter and bylaws, together with its obligations under its various
agreements with the United States Government, establish consensus-based
procedures for modification of existing policies, fostering
participation by affected parties. Until the policy is changed by the
established procedures, ICANN is required to continue its registration
of the single-letter .com domain names for the benefit of the Internet
community.

General responses to other reserved domains:

Thank you for your enquiry.

Domain names reserved by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority are not
available for sale, registration or transfer. These have been reserved
on policy grounds, and include single letter domains, domains with
hyphens in the third and fourth positions, and other reserved words.

Should the policies regarding these rules change, they will be released
from IANA's registration according to revised policy.

There is also an information page at http://res-dom.iana.org/

kim




Timothy Denton, BA, BCL
37 Heney Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1N 5V6
www.tmdenton.com
1 613 789 5397
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Timothy Denton, BA, BCL
37 Heney Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1N 5V6
www.tmdenton.com
1 613 789 5397
Eastern time zone




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