Re: [ga] Ask Vint Cerf: The Road Ahead for Top-Level Domains

[Karl Auerbach <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Joop Teernstra wrote:

> So why not inject .ewe into the alt root ...

.ewe is in most of the competitive root zones; it has been for a long 
time.  However, I suspect the NS records are not always right.

Right now the name servers are (there will be more, with better geographic 
distribution once I get things ironed out):
	puck.iwl.com.
	ariel.iwl.com.
	lear.cavebear.com.

As for the .ewe registry, in my not very copious spare time I've been 
working on the code, which will be published under a non-viral open source 
license.  (The code is in Python and uses MySQL.) It's changed a bit from 
the original "digital certificate" model - now the act of registration 
requires that the acquirer deposit a public key.  Possession of the 
private key then becomes the mark of ownership.

> $30 for a 30-year transferable certificate?

Right now it looks as if registration itself will be free, but activing 
the name (if you don't activate within 5 days of registration, the name 
becomes available again), declaring/changing name servers, 
hiding/revealing the name, and other administrative services will require 
that someone deposit tokens (via digitally signed credit memo) that 
represent the fact that by some undefined mechanism some money has changed 
hands.

> 50 000  registrants in the first year?

My wife already has "beautiful.ewe".

I'm also thinking of doing .dog, the dyslexic TLD.

		--karl--