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Afilias Limited Monthly Operator Report REGISTRY OPERATOR’S REPORT June 2005 Public Interest Registry 1775 Wiehle Avenue, Suite 102A Reston, VA 20190 www.pir.org Public Interest Registry Monthly Report – June 2005 As required by the ICANN/ PIR Registry Agreement (Section 3.15.1) this report provides an overview of PIR activity through the end of the reporting month. The information is primarily presented in table and chart format with text explanations as deemed necessary. Information is provided in order as listed in Appendix T of the Registry Agreement. Report Index Section 1 Accredited Registrar Status Section 2 Service Level Agreement Performance Section 3 ORG Zone File Access Activity Section 4 Completed SRS/System Software Releases Section 5 Domain Names Under Sponsorship - Per Registrar Section 6 Nameservers Under Management Per Registrar Section 7 Domain Names Registered by PIR Section 8 WhoIs Service Activity Section 9 Monthly Growth Trends Section 10 Total Number of Transactions by Subcategory by Month Section 11 Total Number of Failed Transactions by Subcategory by Month Section 12 Daily Transaction Range Section 13 ORG Geographical Registrations Distribution Section 14 ORG Deleted Names Section 15 ORG Restored Names Section 16 ORG Violations of Registrar Restore Report Copyright © 2004-2005 Public Interest Registry Page 2 of 38 Public Interest Registry Monthly Report – June 2005 Section 1 – Accredited Registrar Status Table 1 displays the current number and status of the ICANN accredited registrars. The registrars are grouped into three categories: 1. Operational registrars: Those who have authorized access into the system for processing domain name registrations. 2. Registrars in the Ramp-up Period: Those who have received a password to the PIR Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) environment. The OT&E environment is provided to allow registrars to develop and test their systems with the PIR Shared Registration System (SRS). 3. Registrars in the Pre-Ramp-up Period: Those who have been sent a welcome letter from PIR, but have not yet executed the Registry Confidentiality Agreement and/or have not yet submitted a completed Registrar Information Sheet. June 2005 No. of Status Registrars Operational Registrars 175 Registrars In Ramp-Up Period 50 Registrars in Pre-Ramp-Up Period 97 Total 322 Copyright © 2004-2005 Public Interest Registry Page 3 of 38 Public Interest Registry Monthly Report – June 2005 Section 2 – Service Level Agreement Performance Table 2 compares the SLA requirements with Actual Performance for the reporting month. As required by the ICANN/PIR Registry Agreement, PIR is committed to provide service levels as outlined in Appendix D of the agreement and to comply with the requirements of the SLA Appendix E of the agreement. The SLA is incorporated into the PIR Registry Registrar Agreement that is executed with all operational registrars. Component/Service Availability Performance Required Actual Required Actual DNS Unplanned 300 minutes None 100%< 15 AXFR/IXFR Updates < 15 minutes minutes Planned 600 minutes None Resolution of .org Unplanned 30 minutes None < 300 94 milliseconds domains, each name- milliseconds (Avg.) server Planned 120 minutes None WHOIS Unplanned 90 minutes None < 800 48 milliseconds Singular query/response milliseconds (Avg.) Planned 240 minutes None BILLING Unplanned 90 minutes None Account balance < 800 34 milliseconds check/modify milliseconds (Avg.) Planned 240 minutes None ADMIN Unplanned 300 minutes None No Update Registrar profile No requirement requirement Planned 600 minutes None Unplanned 300 minutes None No Update Registrar status No requirement requirement Planned 600 minutes None PROTOCOL INTERFACE Unplanned 30 minutes None < 800 125 milliseconds Write Operations milliseconds (Avg.) Planned 120 minutes None Unplanned 90 minutes None < 1600 34 milliseconds Transfer milliseconds (Avg.) Planned 240 minutes None Unplanned 30 minutes None < 400 14 milliseconds Query Operations milliseconds (Avg.) Planned 120 minutes None Copyright © 2004-2005 Public Interest Registry Page 4 of 38 Public Interest Registry Monthly Report – June 2005 Section 3 – ORG Zone File Access Activity – June 2005 Table 3 summarizes the zone file access activity for the current reporting month. As required by the ICANN/PIR Registry Agreement, PIR provides third parties bulk access to the zone file for the .ORG TLD. Zone file access passwords at the end of the previous month May-05 281 New zone file access passwords 4 Total zone file access approvals at the end of the reporting month Jun-05 285 Copyright © 2004-2005 Public Interest Registry Page 5 of 38 Public Interest Registry Monthly Report – June 2005 Section 4 – Completed SRS/System Software Releases As required by the ICANN/ PIR Registry Agreement, Table 4 shows significant releases that have occurred since January, 2003 (it excludes software released only to fix a bug). The PIR SRS is continually being improved to better meet the needs of accredited registrars. Target Complete Release Name Features Date Date 2003-026-1316 Initial release 2003-01-26 Improved connection management capability of web server 2003-027-1530 2003-01-27 2003-01-27 and bug fixes. 2003-028-1233 Performance optimization and bug fixes 2003-01-28 2003-01-28 2003-036-1622 Bug fixes 2003-02-05 2003-02-05 Enhanced reports and connection management capability of 2003-038-1420 2003-02-07 2003-02-07 whois server Added more transfer notifications for the gaining registrar and 2003-059-1147 2003-02-28 2003-02-28 bug fixes (None in March) 2003-094-1435 Enhanced some SRS components, reports and bug fixes 2003-04-09 2003-04-09 (None in May) (None in June) Improved Billing System, RGP Implementation, Add Storm 2003-175-1543 2003-07-02 2003-07-02 Prevention, Performance Optimization and Minor Bug Fixes. 2003-190-1624 Bug fixes 2003-07-11 2003-07-11 (None in August) (None in September) (None in October) 2003-329-1011 Enhancements made to SRS and Whois components. 2003-11-29 2003-11-29 (None in December) Legacy IDN names may be transferred, db connection pool 2004-023-1159 2004-01-27 2004-01-27 has been revised 2004-027-2326 Whois server bug fix 2004-01-28 2004-01-28 (None in February) (None in March) 2004-090-1201 Bug fix 2004-04-10 2004-04-10 2004-096-1655 Recompiled the SRS components with pg74 postgresql.jar 2004-04-24 2004-04-24 (None in May) (None in June) Copyright © 2004-2005 Public Interest Registry Page 6 of 38 Public Interest Registry Monthly Report – June 2005 Section 4 – Completed SRS/System Software Releases (Concluded) Target Complete Release Name Features Date Date RGP Phase II Implementation, separate email address for transfer notifications, customized login ID to the registry 2004-161-2100 2004-07-17 2004-07-17 system, updated the “domain info” command and minor bug fixes. (None in August 04) Enhanced Whois output to display Registrar Name, ID, IANA 2004-258-1445 GUID. ClientRenewProhibited will prevent auto-renewals in 2004-09-18 2004-09-18 the SRS. Registrars to get daily balance email Changes made to enhanced connection handling in the web 2004-268-1338 2004-09-25 2004-09-25 admin tool. (None in October 04) 2004-307-1909-1.2 Implementation of Automated Transfer Dispute Policy 2004-11-13 2004-11-13 Fixed notification email for Transfer Dispute. Balance 2004-348-1744-1.2 2004-12-23 2004-12-23 notifications are now being sent to cc defined. Support for German IDNs, RFC Compliance, support for ‘thin’ 2005-013-2354-1.2 2005-01-15 2005-01-15 data in EPP DomainInfo, additional reporting. (None in February 05) (None in March 05) 2005-090-1890-1.2 Debugging code added for ineligible domain renewals 2005-04-01 2005-04-01 (None in May 05) (None in June 05) Copyright © 2004-2005 Public Interest Registry Page 7 of 38 Public Interest Registry Monthly Report – June 2005 Section 5 and 6 – Domain Names and Nameservers Under Sponsorship – Per Registrar In accordance with Sections 5 & 6 of Appendix T to the ICANN/PIR Registry Agreement, the following table reports the number of domain names and name servers under sponsorship by each live ICANN Accredited Registrar in the .ORG TLD: Total Total Registrar Registrar Name Domain Name ID Names Servers 5079-OD #1 Domain Names International 586 3 5253-CM @Com Technology, LLC 1,495 66 5001-7N 007 Names, Inc 723 3 5003-ED 123 Easy Domain Names 3,292 20 5157-OR 123 Registration, Inc. 321 7 6133-NB 1-877namebid.com LLC 49 0 5063-OE 1eName Co 1,716 59 5005-OD 1stDomain.Net 947 70 5145-AT A Technology Company, Inc 338 21 5011-AQ AAAQ.com Inc. 16,680 508 5013-AA Abacus America Inc dba Names4Ever 25,943 337 5235-NN ABR Products Inc. dba Nitin Networks 3,626 87 5181-AC Active 24 ASA 6,176 14 5015-AC Address Creation 1,633 32 5101-NI Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc. (AIT) 10,373 292 6057-AI Advantage Interactive LTD 751 2 6111-AH Aim High!, Inc. dba Registry Systems 94 0 5017-AR Alice's Registry, Inc. 112 6 5019-AD Alldomains.com 8,797 163 5295-AG AllGlobalNames, S.A. 1,022 10 5021-AW AllWest Communications, Inc. 1,935 125 5023-AO America Online, Inc 1,366 4 6183-AS AnyTime Sites, Inc. 1 0 5289-AI Arsys Internet, S.L. dba nicline.com 11,805 142 5143-SI ASCIO Technologies, Inc 22,665 79 5025-BB BB Online 2,135 38 6103-BI Beijing Innovative Linkage Technology Ltd. 1,627 99 6109-BR Best Registration 523 3 6049-BC Bizcn.com, Inc. 5,140 35 6077-BR Blue Razor Domains, Inc. 4,406 42 5203-BH Blueberry Hill Communications Inc. dba 4domains.com 1,799 20 6187-FF Bottle Domains, Inc. 10 0 Copyright © 2004-2005 Public Interest Registry Page 8 of 38 Public Interest Registry Monthly Report – June 2005 Section 5 and 6 – Domain Names and Nameservers Under Sponsorship – Per Registrar (Continued) Total Total Registrar Registrar Name Domain Name ID Names Servers 6155-BG Brandon Gray Internet Services 878 4 5027-BR Bulk Register 101,426 1,637 6059-CN CADiware AG 428 8 5209-CN Capital Networks 2,099 128 5191-CA Catalog.com, Inc 4,956 34 6125-CN COMITNET AB 247 1 5031-CD Computer Data Networks 88 6 5033-CO CORE Internet Council of Registrars 31,824 350 5035-CD Corporate Domains, Inc.
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