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[Quinn Wood <wood.quinn.s AT gmail.com>]

On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net> wrote:
> Should we develop a policy for cleaning out our zone files?
>
I think so. Not that it's super important, but it would also lead to
more legitimate information about actual OpenNIC usage by hosts.

I would recommend deciding on either guidelines for TLDs or actually
incorporating rules into the OpenNIC charter- in that order- on
default lease times and expiration/renewal criteria. Gotta make sure
people can't register (for a year) and immediately pro-actively renew
it once or twice unless you intend for that to be a feature of your
TLD.

> 3) Getting back to some of the basics now... What about general contact
> emails, and a consistent way to always reach the admin of a TLD?
>
I suggest- le gasp!- using DNS records to store that info of course :)
I do think that the scale OpenNIC is at right now doesn't really suit
maintaining multiple inboxes, since usually one admin runs everything
for a TLD (especially if they can't have aliases on their provider.) I
think admin AT opennic.tld is a pretty easy to remember address.

Does anyone currently get spam on their OpenNIC mail addresses?

> I would instead like to submit an alternative.  For all registrar pages, we
> use reg.<tld> and all TLDs are required to keep a homepage for the zone at
> www.<tld> and opennic.<tld> which contains pertinent info like links to the
> TLD charter, registration page, and the opennic homepage.
>
But what will happen to the authentic Australian reg.for.free? Is www.
to be the same website for all TLDs or designed by each operator?

> 5a) Some ideas for reserved names
Hrm. I think it'd be better to not allow use of generic-sounding
domains in general, but I still think reserved space should be
limited. Perhaps instead of test, example, like ICANN.

> 5b) Name length: what should we consider for the minimum number of
> characters?  The maximum?  Some prevent single or double-digit domain names.
> Do we want to impose a maximum length?  Do we want to leave this up to the
> individual TLD admin, or create a set of rules so there is consistency
> across all TLDs?
I don't think we should bother with name length or domain format
provided they're following spec. Dealing with squatters is more work,
but allows for less of a blunt antispam device to be employed.