Domain Name Registration Policy

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Domain Name Registration Policy

• TWNIC
• 02/27/2001

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Content

• Classification
• Reserved wordslimitation of characters
• Application rules
• Fees
• Dispute resolution process
• Remedies
• Registrars

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Domain Name Classification

• Specific English Domain Name
• --xxx.com.tw,xxx.org.tw,xxx.idv.tw
• Specific Chinese Domain Name
• ---xxx.??.??,xxx.??.tw
• ---xxx.??.??,xxx.??.tw
• ---xxx.??.??,xxx.??.tw
• General Chinese Domain Name
• ---xxx.??,xxx.tw

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Reserved Words
classification scope
Specific Chinese Domain name (Total 10643) classification by profession(898) Country name(225) City name(25) Government organization(9495)
General Chinese Domain name (Total 14915) Sovereignty related(52) Administrative districts(419) Government organization(10134) Education Institution (4266) TWNIC reserved(44)
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The Limitation of Character

• English domain name
• The length of characters can not be over
• 63 bytes
• must comply with RFC-1035
• Alphanumeric symbols only
• Chinese domain name
• The length of characters can not be over
• 14 Chinese characters or 28 bytes
• Can not consist entirely of alphanumeric
• Symbols,must comply with RFC-1035
• Big5 based

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Registration Rules

• ?General rule
• ?first come,first serve?
• Can apply for multiple DNs
• On-line DN application agreement
• is required

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Registration Rules
Specific English DN .com.tw,.net.tw,.org.tw .idv.tw Certification is required e-mail confirmation only
Specific Chinese DN Only one Chinese DN registration for each individual registered English DN
General Chinese DN e-mail confirmation only 1 additional simplified Chinese DN is included with each traditional Chinese DN
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Fees
classification fees
Specific English DN .com.tw .org.tw .net.tw Registration fee/annual fee NT450/NT900
Specific English DN .idv.tw Registration fee/annual fee NT270/NT450
Specific Chinese DN No cost
General Chinese DN Registration fee/annual fee NT225/NT450
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Dispute Remedies policy

• Dispute Resolution policy
• ?Domain name disputes to be resolved by
• providers
• Registry may transfer or cancel DN
• ?90 day non-payment cancellation policy
• ?receipt of written notice from Registrant
• ?written dispute resolution either of
• Providers or Courts decision

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Establishment of Registry/Registrar System

• Delegated 6 registrars on 10/17/2000
• Began testing registration service system on
  10/21/2000
• Service for the specific English/Chinese domain
  name application process was provided by the
  registrars on 12/04/2000
• On line general Chinese domain name registration
  service was provided by the registrars on
  02/16/2001

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The List of TWNIC-accredited Registrars

• TWNIC-accredited 6 registrars on 10/17/2000
• TISNet technology inc.(TISNET )
  http//reg.tisnet.net.tw
• Asia pacific online service inc.(APOL) http//a
  ctivity.apol.com.tw/dns/
• Chunghwa telecom CO. Ltd (HiNet)
• http//www.hinet.net
• Net-Chinese co. Ltd
• http//www.net-chinese.com.tw
• PC home online co. Ltd (PC home)
• http//myname.pchome.com.tw
• Digital united inc.(SeedNet)
• http//rs.seed.net.tw

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Registry/Registrar interaction
TWNIC
API SSL evaluation
agreement
Instant update of information Follow
related policies information kept on
file
Registrar
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Registry DB
Registry
-frozen/unfrozen -delete DN
-billing
-statistical info
API
Registrar
Registrar DB
-DN registration
-payment procedure
-query
status of registration
-update/query registrant info
-transfer in/out
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Registry DB
Registry
API
queryDn insertDn updateDn deleteDn
getDns setDns
Registrar
API Specific domain
name (English,individual,Chinese) General Chinese
domain name
Registrar DB
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Registry DB
Registry
API
Registrant info,app.?exp. datestatus DNS
infotransfer info Registrar info
Registrar

Registrar DB
Domain name?pwd?registrant info
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System Architecture
Registrar DB
DB
API SSL Encryption
TWNICRegistrySSL server
RegistrarHome Page

• E-DN15
• I-DN14
• C-DN5
• AI10
• G-C-DN14

HTTP
TWNICRegistryDB
USER
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Special Features

• On line application
• E-mail Confirmation
• On line Payment
• Local DB for registrars
• Automatic transfer of traditional to simplified
  

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Future Plan

• Improve user interface
• Follow RRP
• Reorganization of Data Base structure
• Reengineering of registration process
• Development of Chinese DN technology

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General Chinese Domain Name The process of
registration
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General Chinese Domain Namethe process of
registration(?)

• DN registered using Big5 based
• Check
• Character limitation
• Reserved words
• Conflict with other codes

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General Chinese Domain Namethe process of
registration(?)

• Select one domain name
• Display the applicable code (Big5?Big5UTF8?GBK?GB
  KUTF8)
• Payment status
• E-mail confirmation status
• Set up DNS
• Finish the process of registration, then domain
  name is active

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Set up DNS

• Select host mode or DNS mode
• Host mode
• 1 Input of corresponding DN,Host name follow by
  IP
• 2 Selection confirmation of GB code
• 3 Once completed 4 query codes provided
• DNS mode
• 1 Input of host name
• codes(Big5,Big5UTF8,GB,GBUTF8)
  corresponding
• to IP
• 2 Confirmation of code input
• 3 Assign name servers data into zone file

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Thank you