UsTLD Stakeholders Council Bryan Britt Beltane Web Services Delegated Domain Manager since 1996 ~500 Domain Delegations

usTLD Stakeholders Council

Bryan BrittBeltane Web ServicesDelegated Domain Manager since 1996~500 Domain Delegations

Delegated Domain Manager Presentation

Outline» RFC1480» Domain Manager Responsibilities» Naming Structure of the Legacy .US Domain Space» DNS as it pertains to Domain Registries» Challenges

RFC1480 (1993)» Specifies the hierarchy design and policies of the

(legacy) .US Domain» Co-authored by Jon Postel and Ann Cooper of the

University of California – Information Services Institute (ISI)

» Set up the delegation procedures and policies for the Domain Managers

Domain Manager Responsibilities» Equitable, just, honest, and competent» (At least) two nameservers, geographically separate» Neustar has DNS access to nameservers» Timely communication (within 24 hours)» Accept all applicants on an equal basis» NEXUS policy

Domain Manager Responsibilities» Limited to 500 delegations, maximum of 50 in a state» Moratorium on transfers or new delegations

Naming Structure

.US.FED

(Federal).DNI

(Distributed National Institutes)

.AR(Each State)

Naming Structure

.US

.AR (State)

.K12 .CC .TEC .LIB .STATE .GEN (Locality)

• The Locality could be either a city or country name within the state.

• Domain delegations happened at this level.

Naming Structure

.US

.AR (State)

.Conway (Locality)

.CI .CO JoesFish

Examples

• City of Conway• ci.conway.ar.us, fire.ci.conway.ar.us, police.ci.conway.ar.us

• County of Conway• co.conway.ar.us, sheriff.co.conway.ar.us

• Joe’s Fish Market• joesfish.conway.ar.us

• Joe Blow• joeblow.conway.ar.us

DNS (as it pertains to Domain Registries)

SOA – Start of Authority

“Who’s in Charge?”


BELTANE com <null>Root Servers


BELTANE com <null>Domain Registry Root Servers

a.root-servers.netb.root-servers.netc.root-servers.netd.root-servers.nete.root-servers.netf.root-servers.netg.root-servers.neth.root-servers.neti.root-servers.netj.root-servers.netk.root-servers.netl.root-servers.netm.root-servers.net


BELTANE com <null>DOMAIN Domain Registry Root Servers




BELTANE com <null>DNS Entries DOMAIN Domain Registry Root Servers

SOAACNAMEetc.

dns1.beltane.comdns2.beltane.com




CI conway ar us <null>Domain Registry

Root Servers

a.cctld.usb.cctld.usc.cctld.use.cctld.usf.cctld.usk.cctld.us



CI conway ar us <null>(Reserved) Domain

RegistryRoot Servers





CI conway ar us <null>Domain Managers (Reserved) Domain


usdns.beltane.comusdns2.beltane.comusdns3.beltane.comusdns4.beltane.comusdns5.beltane.com





CI conway ar us <null>DNS

RecordsDOMAIN Domain Managers (Reserved) Domain


SOAACNAMEetc.

ns1.domain.comns2.domain.com

usdns.beltane.comusdns2.beltane.comusdns3.beltane.comusdns4.beltane.comusdns5.beltane.com




Challenges to Domain Mangers» Keeping our Nameservers online» Confusion by Domain Registrants

» Where we fall in the grand scheme» Unavailability of access to the WHOIS

» Confusion by Internet Service Companies» DNS & Web hosting companies» SSL Providers

© Neustar, Inc.19

Delegated Manager Breakdown» Currently 370 delegated managers responsible for

2,263 total legacy domains» 286 delegated managers responsible for a single locality

domain name» 55 delegated managers responsible for 2-10 names» 29 delegated managers responsible for 10+ names» Ten largest delegated managers responsible for 63 percent

of the locality domain names» Neustar serves as the delegated manager for 4,065

domain names

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UsTLD Stakeholders Council Bryan Britt Beltane Web Services Delegated Domain Manager since 1996 ~500 Domain Delegations