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Re: [registrars] Deletion of all IDN.org domains February 1st 2004:-(

  • To: tbarrett@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: [registrars] Deletion of all IDN.org domains February 1st 2004:-(
  • From: Jean-Michel <jmbecar@xxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:05:01 +0900
  • Cc: "'Robert F. Connelly'" <rconnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'Registrars Constituency'" <registrars@xxxxxxxx>
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I don't think Verisign will ever cancel the IDN domains in .comm and .net.
They successfully migrated them from RACE to punycode. So for that reason I would like to see PIR doing the same , so we stay consistent with our customers and the domain industry image has a lot to loose with this PIR decision.

Yesterday, I sent an official letter to Paul Twomey cc to PIR asking them to hold off the deletion and to discuss this issue. That letter was the result of a meeting here in Tokyo of ALL registrars concerned with that decision and also some big resellers. And we are all agree that will be very bad for our industry and market. So I would like to see like Bob already tried to get from this list more reaction and I was hoping the RC would put the pressure on PIR in order to migrate those legacy domains to the new standards, because it feasible Verisign did it :-)

Regards,

Jean-Michel

tbarrett wrote:

Bob,
This is worth discussing, since we are receiving inquiries about in-coming transfers of com/net IDN domains. Is there any reason a registrant should transfer their existing domains to another registrar or will they end up being cancelled by Verisign-GRS in a few months anyway? Tom
    -----Original Message-----
    *From:* owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    [mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Robert F.
    Connelly
    *Sent:* Monday, January 12, 2004 8:45 PM
    *To:* Registrars Constituency
    *Cc:* David W. Maher; David W. Maher; Bruce Beckwith
    *Subject:* [registrars] Deletion of all IDN.org domains February
    1st 2004:-(
    *Importance:* High

    Dear Registrars:

    [This is an update:  Updated items in square brackets.]

    [Excom has requested a teleconference between registrars and PIR.]

    [Netsol has posted a note saying that they will not continue to
    support IDNs in .com and .net.  See note, attached at the end of
    this posting. Verisign Japan has made a simper posting.]

    You may wish for me to take this thread to a separate list.

    On or about 23 December 2003, PIR announced on their web site
    their intention to delete all idn.org domains which were in the
    domains they migrated from Verisign.  I am told that it was not
    announced in the form of an Email to registrars.  I know that I
    was advised by telephone just before Christmas.  The announcement
    says that PIR will delete all RACE encoded .org domains --
    bq--xxxxxxx.org -- on 1 February 2004.   Here is the URL:

            http://www.pir.org/registrars/registrar_relations/announcements/index_html


    [The above web site available only from registered IP address
    using ID and password.]

    The Registrars in Japan are justly concerned about such an
eventuality. A concerted action by registrars is in the making. Unfortunately, December 23rd was a holiday, the Emperor's
    Birthday, and the 26th was the last day of business until 5
    January.  It has taken a few days for the realization to hit home,
    but hit it has, and hard!!!

    I think I remember that Register.com, Tucows, perhaps eNom and
    other registrars not domiciled in Japan also made registrations
    during the so called "test bed" landrush starting 9 November
    2000.  Was Netaka a registrar at that time, also?  I think some of
    you also made registrations in Korean and Traditional and
    Simplified Chinese.  All of these .org domains are scheduled for
    the guillotine in 30 days;-(

    Question:  Is this matter of sufficient general concern to the
    Consistency to vet the issue on this List? Or should we create a
    separate list?

    Regards, BobC, speaking with my PSI-Japan, Inc. hat on;-}

    > Dear Valued Partner,
    >
    > We regret to inform you that Network Solutions(r) will no longer
    provide
    > multilingual domain name registration services or host
    multilingual domain
    > names as of February 28, 2004. Domain name registrations and
    services not
    > affiliated with multilingual domain names will not be affected.
    >
    > The .org registry, Public Interest Registry, has also announced
    that it will
    > be deleting legacy multilingual domain names, which are RACE
    encoded, from
    > its registry database on February 1, 2004. Network Solutions will be
    > deleting them from our systems on that date as well.
    >
    > If you wish to continue any of your current .com and .net
    multilingual
    > domain name registrations and related services, you will need to
    initiate a
    > change of registrar for those .com and .net multilingual domain name
    > registrations in your wholesale account to a registrar that
    provides and
    > will host multilingual domain names (MDNs).  You must transfer
    your .com and
    > .net multilingual domain name(s) and related services to another
    provider
    > prior to February 28, 2004 to avoid the deletion of your .com
    and .net
    > multilingual domain name registration(s) and related services.
    >
    > The existing term of your domain name registration will not be
    affected by
    > this change as long as you transfer your multilingual domain
    name(s) prior
    > to February 28, 2004. All .org multilingual domain names will be
    deleted out
    > of our system February 1, 2004, and .com and .net domain names
    will be
    > deleted February 28, 2004.
    >
    > We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have
    any questions
    > or concerns regarding your multilingual domain name
    registration(s), please
    > contact partnerprogram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
    >
    > You are a valued Partner and we appreciate your allowing Network
    Solutions
    > to provide you with domain name registration services.
    >
    > Sincerely,
    >
    > The Network Solutions(r) Partner Program
    >
    > (c) Copyright 2003 Network Solutions, LLC. All rights reserved.
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