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This is an old revision of NewTLDs made by JulianDemarchi on 2009-05-25 20:59:38.
Within the OpenNIC, a Top-Level Domain is an independent administrative body, responsible for governing itself and maintaining its own resources. TLD administrative groups are free to administer the TLD however they choose, subject to these restrictions:
* each TLD must run at least one Tier 1 server which mirrors the root data of all the OpenNIC TLDs
* each TLD must run or use another operators whois database. Must be compatible with traditional whois programs
* each TLD must provide a means for automatic domain name registration
* each TLD must have a web site at http://www.dns.[TLD] for registration and administrative information
* each TLD must have the following email addresses:
* each TLD must run or use another operators whois database. Must be compatible with traditional whois programs
* each TLD must provide a means for automatic domain name registration
* each TLD must have a web site at http://www.dns.[TLD] for registration and administrative information
* each TLD must have the following email addresses:
o hostmaster@opennic.[TLD]
o abuse@opennic.[TLD]
o webmaster@opennic.[TLD]
* each TLD must publish and enforce a Charter for that TLD, which can only conflict with OpenNIC Policies by vote of the OpenNIC membership.
* unless specified in the TLD description and authorized by vote of the OpenNIC membership, the TLD governance must be democratic and allow one (and only one) vote to each real person holding a domain registration in that TLD
* unless specified in the TLD description and authorized by vote of the OpenNIC membership, the TLD governance must be democratic and allow one (and only one) vote to each real person holding a domain registration in that TLD
OpenNIC has officially supported packages that will assist with running a TLD. Below is a list of these packages;
- whoisd - http://wiki.opennic.glue/files/whoisd-1.0a.tar.bz2
This is a python powered whois server, using mysql as the backend. It current runs the whois is for .geek
- galium - http://sharesource.org/project/galium/files/136/237/
This is a package developed by one of our members Tim. It allows for automatic registration and management of domain names. It currently runs .ing, .bbs, and .gopher
Here are the steps for creating a new OpenNIC TLD:
In order to preserve order and quality of the services OpenNIC provides, creating a new TLD is a lengthy process, with very good reason. An explanation as to why OpenNIC can be found whyisitlengthy here(can also be used as a guide).
* Join OpenNIC - at the moment this is accomplished by subscribing to the Discussion email list and joining the http://www.opennic.glue site (OpenNIC does not tolerate anonymity among TLD operators so use your official name).
* Be known to the community via mailing list posts or contributions to the project
* Have taken part in past discussions
* Have a GPG key signed by the OpenNIC key 0x4D931D54 (Upload your key to hkp://www.geek and notify a T1 admin. They will sign your key and re-upload it.)
* form an admin team - gather a few other administrators to design and maintain the resources for the new TLD
* propose the TLD - choose a TLD name and write a description of how it will be used; write a Charter for the new domain(on the OpenNIC wiki); post these to the discussion list
* call for a vote - at any point in the list's discussion of the proposal, any member may call for a vote on the proposal; new TLDs will be established by collecting more than 50% of the votes cast (so if you don't like it, you'd better vote against it ..
* Be known to the community via mailing list posts or contributions to the project
* Have taken part in past discussions
* Have a GPG key signed by the OpenNIC key 0x4D931D54 (Upload your key to hkp://www.geek and notify a T1 admin. They will sign your key and re-upload it.)
* form an admin team - gather a few other administrators to design and maintain the resources for the new TLD
* propose the TLD - choose a TLD name and write a description of how it will be used; write a Charter for the new domain(on the OpenNIC wiki); post these to the discussion list
* call for a vote - at any point in the list's discussion of the proposal, any member may call for a vote on the proposal; new TLDs will be established by collecting more than 50% of the votes cast (so if you don't like it, you'd better vote against it ..
