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Head One (“Blue Head” Arial 14, Bold, 12 Before .US compliance report .US Compliance Report Purchase order number: SB1335-02-W-0175 FINAL Contact: Eric Brown Neustar, Inc. 46000 Center Oak Plaza Building 10 Sterling, VA 20166 [email protected] 1 .US compliance report Table of contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 5 1. Introduction............................................................................................................................. 7 2. History of the usTLD .............................................................................................................. 8 2.1 U.S. Government Role in Development of the Internet.................................................. 8 2.2 Definition and Administration of the usTLD.................................................................. 9 2.2.1 How does the usTLD fit into this picture?.............................................................. 9 2.2.2 Who defined the original structure of the usTLD? ............................................... 10 2.2.3 How did the Administration of the usTLD evolve after its inception?................. 10 3. Structure and Health of the Current .US Locality Name Space ........................................... 11 3.1 Name spaces within the states....................................................................................... 11 3.1.1 Locality names ...................................................................................................... 11 3.1.2 Kindergarten through 12th grade schools (K12) ................................................... 13 3.1.3 Community college (CC) and technical/vocational schools (TEC)...................... 15 3.1.4 State government agencies (STATE).................................................................... 15 3.1.5 Libraries (state, regional, city, county) (LIB) ....................................................... 16 3.1.6 Museums (MUS)................................................................................................... 16 3.1.7 Councils of government (COG) ............................................................................ 16 3.1.8 DST - Districts (DST) ........................................................................................... 16 3.1.9 General independent entities (GEN) ..................................................................... 17 3.2 Name spaces parallel to the states................................................................................. 17 3.2.1 Federal government (FED) ................................................................................... 17 3.2.2 Native sovereign nations (NSN) ........................................................................... 17 3.2.3 Interstate authority (ISA) ...................................................................................... 17 3.3 Changes to the locality structure................................................................................... 17 3.4 .US zone file domain health survey .............................................................................. 18 TABLE 3.4.1a Delegation Summary ........................................................................................ 18 TABLE 3.4.1b Name Servers per Delegation .......................................................................... 19 TABLE 3.4.2c Delegation Perfection Status ........................................................................... 19 TABLE 3.4.2a Name Server Summary .................................................................................... 20 TABLE 3.4.2b Name Server Configuration Data..................................................................... 20 TABLE 3.4.2c Other Record Types ......................................................................................... 21 4. Registration and Delegation under the .US Locality Name Space ....................................... 21 4.1 Registration ................................................................................................................... 21 4.2 Delegation ..................................................................................................................... 22 4.2.1 Existing requirements for all delegated managers ................................................ 22 4.2.2 Existing requirements for delegation of the affinity domains .............................. 23 4.2.3 History of delegation in the US locality name space ............................................ 23 5. Findings from the Survey of the Delegated Managers ......................................................... 24 2 .US compliance report 5.1 Outreach results ............................................................................................................ 24 5.2 Locality squatting issue................................................................................................. 25 5.3 Registration restrictions ................................................................................................ 25 5.4 Current requirements .................................................................................................... 26 5.4.1 CI and CO reserved names ................................................................................... 26 5.4.2 K12 – School names ............................................................................................. 26 5.4.3 CC – Community college names .......................................................................... 26 5.4.4 TEC – Technical school names............................................................................. 26 5.4.5 LIB – Library names ............................................................................................. 27 5.4.6 GEN – General independent entities..................................................................... 27 5.4.7 STATE – State agency names............................................................................... 27 5.4.8 Other names .......................................................................................................... 27 5.4.9 Operational requirements...................................................................................... 27 5.4.10 Postel’s policies .................................................................................................... 28 5.5 Registration policies and procedures of the delegated managers ................................. 28 5.5.1 Website ................................................................................................................. 29 5.5.2 Registration ........................................................................................................... 29 5.6 Registration policies and procedures of the delegated managers ................................. 29 5.6.1 Delegated manager database and public Whois.................................................... 29 5.6.2 Registrant database and Whois ............................................................................. 30 5.6.3 Modernization and automation of usTLD delegation process .............................. 30 5.6.4 Modernization and automation of usTLD registration process ............................ 30 5.6.5 U.S. Nexus requirements ...................................................................................... 31 5.6.6 Trademark issues .................................................................................................. 31 5.6.7 Dispute resolution ................................................................................................. 31 5.6.8 usTLD Administrator-delegated manager agreement........................................... 31 6. Recommendations for the US locality name space............................................................... 32 6.1 Centralization and coordination of domain administration .......................................... 32 Recommendations................................................................................................................. 32 6.2 Technical coordination and improvement .................................................................... 33 Recommendations................................................................................................................. 33 6.3 Registration, delegation and re-delegation policies and processes ............................... 33 Recommendations................................................................................................................. 33 6.4 usTLD Administrator-delegated manager Terms and Conditions................................. 35 Appendix A: Timeline of the usTLD............................................................................................ 36 Appendix B: Overview of .US Domain Structure and Policy ...................................................... 40 About the US domain................................................................................................................ 40 Who can register ....................................................................................................................... 40 Naming structure....................................................................................................................... 40 Locality names .......................................................................................................................... 41 Registration ..............................................................................................................................
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