.TN ccTLD Overview ISOC ccTLD Workshop Tunisian Internet Agency - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

.TN ccTLD Overview ISOC ccTLD Workshop Tunisian Internet Agency Atef LOUKIL atef@ati.tn nic@ati.tn

A brief History  .TN assigned to IRSIT during the year 1991  Re-delegation to ATI during the year 1996  2R Model(Registry/Registrant)  An average of 01 registration/week  T wo primary DNS servers for “.TN” in Tunisia, and 04 secondaries in Europe and the US  ISPs ‘born’ by late 1997  3R model (Registry/Registrar/Registrant)  11 ISP Registrars (5 private and 6 publics)  An average of 06 registrations/day 16/09/08 .TN ccTLD 2

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Registry/Registrars workflow IS P S ais ie de la Demande .T N demande C onseil du client + Vérification préliminaire des notification justificatifs Plateforme de ges tion Vérification de la n o demande i t a c i f i t o n enr egis tr ement DNS 16/09/08 Gestion du .TN 6

About the Policy  2001: INTT is the .TN regulation authority: in charge of formal adjustments of naming charter, as well as Dispute resolution.  Need to be in T unisia to reserve a domain name (some people in T ennessee wanted .TN)  Except for International Trademarks  Generic sub-domains are not allowed (textile.com.tn , ngo.org.tn …)  A request for a name may need a proof for eligibility 16/09/08 Gestion du .TN 7

T echnical aspects  BIND, MySQL/PHP, Linux, perl, snmp, mrtg  The primary nameserver “NS.ATI.TN” is IPv6 Ready, and declared in the IANA root servers.  DNSsec was tested since 2003, using privately generated keys, (Exchange of name Zones between the primary DNS with its secondaries for some test Zones).  Several IDN aware solutions have been tested (at the local DNS level + testing of browsers with specific Plug-In’s) 16/09/08 .TN ccTLD 8

Initiatives to Boost the .TN  No more registration fees, only a yearly subscription fees (42 Dinars /year ~ 28$)  Free of charge for embassies, International organizations in T unisia, and associations  ISP is no longer liable for content (users tend to get generic names and host them elsewhere)  However: Users still prefer a GTLD: Cheaper, no paper work needed, they get it online 16/09/08 .TN ccTLD 9

Ongoing Projects  World Bank funded project:  NIC supporting IDN (Arabic domain names), Including the tools for implementing the Workflow between Registry and its registrars.  Implementing a system to automate the checking of the “trade Registers” database (hosted at the ministry of trade)  this will allow the Online sale of domain names 16/09/08 .TN ccTLD 10

Ongoing Projects (continued)  ENUM System is under consideration at the technical level (“6.1.2.E164.arpa” has not yet been requested by the T elecom Regulator)  Defining a specific naming charter for the government agencies  Revising the telecom law for a better domain names legal frame  Revising the fees for .TN 16/09/08 .TN ccTLD 11

Thank You nic@ati.tn 16/09/08 Gestion du .TN 12