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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> arabic-vip-bounces@icann.org [mailto:arabic-vip-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Raed Al-Fayez<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 17, 2011 10:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> arabic-vip@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [arabic-vip] Variants implications on registry operations and DNSSEC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is a Preliminary list for issues that a registry should consider (from operational point of view) when dealing with variants:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><b>Whois</b>: The registry might need to change how the whois information are handled and displayed. For example if someone searches for a string in the whois tool (web/cmd) and that string represents a variant
for an already registered domain name then the registry might indicates the status of that variant (e.g. active or inactive) along with the whois information for the domain name (which is the base for that variant).
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph">Here are some questions (about this issue) that each registry should consider:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Should the whois information be the same for a domain name and it's variant or the whois information may vary?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Should the registry return the whois information for a domain name when someone tries to query one of its variants or only return a notice that indicates there are not whois information for the variant but there
is one for the domain?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Should the registry list the status of the variant (active: enables by the user or inactive: only blocked but not used)?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">d.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Should the registry control the language which is used for the whois information (e.g. if the domain/variant is in Urdu then the whois info should be in Urdu)?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">e.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>…etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><b>Registration Processes</b>: The registry should change the registration process when someone tries to register a string as a domain name. For example if someone wants to register a string (as a domain) then
a DB lookup should be done across all registered domain names and all of their possible variants in order to deny registering a variant for someone else.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph">Here are some questions (about this issue) that each registry should consider:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Should the registry store all possible variants in a table and use it for registration lookup or use an optimized mechanism to make it simpler and faster (e.g. generating a unified/base string for each domain and
use it for lookups – master key algorithm).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Is it possible for the same set of variants to be registered/used by different registrants?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Should the registry list all possible variants for a domain name at the end of the registration process or separate that from the registration process?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">d.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Can variants be activated/bundled automatically or the registrant need to ask for them?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">e.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Should the registry ask the registrant which language is used for writing the domain name?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">f.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>..etc<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span> <b>Delegation</b>: The registry should decide how to handle the variants and how to activated/bundled them.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph">Here are some questions (about this issue) that each registry should consider:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>How to delegate the variants for a given domain name from technical point of view (use NS, DNAME, CNAME ..etc)?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Should name servers be exactly the same for a given domain name and its variants or could name servers be different?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span> …etc<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><b>Reserved List</b>: The registry may need to block reserved names variants.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph">Here are some questions (about this issue) that each registry should consider:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>If someone get an exception to register a name from the reserved list, should he also get its variants?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Should the registry add all variants or some of them to the reserve list?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>…etc<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><b>Activating/Disabling variants</b>: The registry should allow registrant to activate (delegate) one or more variant of the registered domain name.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph">Here are some questions (about this issue) that each registry should consider:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Is there a limitation to the number of variants that can be activated for a given domain name?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Can a variant be composed of code-points within one language table or it can be mixed of code-points across the script?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Should the registry ask the registrant which language is used for each variant?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">d.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Once a variant is activated can it be disabled (deactivated)?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">e.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>..etc<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><b>EPP</b>: The registry may need to add some extensions to the EPP in order to support variants and activated/bundled them.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph">Here are some questions (about this issue) that each registry should consider:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>What are the needed extensions, XML and DB fields (from EPP point of view)?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>What are the needed variant's status for the domain life cycle (from EPP point of view)?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>...etc <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><b> DNSSEC</b>: The registry may need to think more about key management specially when they adopt variants.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph">Here are some questions (about this issue) that each registry should consider:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Are the variants going to share the same signing-key or each variant will have its own signing-key?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>What will happen if the signing-key is expired for a domain name or one of its variants?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>When transferring a domain what will happen for the domain & variants signing-key(s)?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">d.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>...etc <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><b>Defining Language table/variant table</b>: The registry should decide what are the supported languages along with defining language table & variants table for each support language.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph">Here are some questions (about this issue) that each registry should consider:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>What are the supported languages in the registry's TLD?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Should the registry define a language table and a variant table for each supported language.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Should variants be defined up to the positioning level [Begging, Middle, End, Isolated] (e.g. HEH = KNOTTED HEH : in Begging or Middle or Isolated shapes/positions) of code-point or one-to-one mapping (e.g. HEH
= KNOTTED HEH)?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">d.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>..etc<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><b>Deleting & transferring domain name</b>: The registry should decide what to do with variants if the domain name is deleted or transferred.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph">Here are some questions (about this issue) that each registry should consider:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>When transferring or deleting a domain what will happen with its variants?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>When a domain name expires what will happen to its variants?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>..etc<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">10.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><b>Fees</b>: The registry should decide the pricing schema for variants<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph">Here are some questions (about this issue) that each registry should consider:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Is there a fee for activating/bundling variants?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Is there a fee for disabling a variant?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>...etc <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">11.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><b>TLD variants</b>: If the registry gets a variant(s) for their TLD label then zone generation process might be affected.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph">Here are some questions (about this issue) that each registry should consider:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Build zone file for each TLD variant or the variant(s) will share the same TLD label zone file?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Should each variant's zone file contains resource records for the same language( an Urdu variant TLD should only contains Urdu domains) or not?
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Is it possible for the registry to have different set of NS registered with IANA? Or will they share the same TLD label info?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">d.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>...etc <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is just a start point and I hope that everyone contributes to it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">With best regards,<br>
<br>
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Saudi Network Information Center (SaudiNIC) <br>
Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC)<br>
Tel: + 966-1-2639235 - Fax: + 966-1-2639393<br>
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