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I would also suggest making a domain to hold all these subdomains. It 
would be better for future expansion (you can just add a subdomain to 
your already defined-in-the-charger reserved domain instead of having to 
add new entries) and it just makes more sense in general.

On 2017-02-03 14:27, Jonah Aragon wrote:
> I'm not currently associated with .core. All I know about it is what's
> been posted up to now on this Mailing List.
>
> Jonah
>
> On Feb 3, 2017 8:23 AM, "mk" <mk AT mkwia.com> wrote:
>
> > "presumably"? Aren't you one of these, so called, Tower Devs?
> >
> > On 02/02/2017 22:33, Jonah Aragon wrote:
> >
> > I don't think too much attention should be paid to those
> > necessarily. They presumably must serve some purpose and even if
> > they weren't listed here I'd assume Joseph would just "register"
> > them himself anyways, so the end result is the same.
> >
> > Jonah
> >
> > On Feb 2, 2017 3:37 PM, "Roman Hargrave" <roman AT hargrave.info>
> > wrote:
> > I primarily am curious about the list of reserved domains, primarily
> > some of them seemingly arbitrary
> >
> > * citadel.core
> > * exertus.core
> > * arctarus.core
> > * helios.core
> >
> > If these are all reserved for "backend operations" it would suggest
> > to me that they are in fact the
> > names of individual services or "machines" (as it were), which
> > strikes me as something that one would
> > prefer to use a subdomain of a more meaningful domain, e.g.
> > `exertus.nic.core`, `exertus.tower.core` or `exertus.central.core`
> > for.
> >
> > On Thu,  2 Feb 2017 20:32:44 +0000 (UTC)
> > <josephmarsden AT towerdevs.xyz> wrote:
> >
> > > I’d like to start a proposal for the .core TLD on the OpenNIC
> > network.
> > > ========
> > > CHARTER
> > > ========
> > >
> > > The .core TLD, operated by CoreDomain and managed by TOWER, is to
> > be used by
> > > individuals or commercial entities (individual or groups) to
> > promote their
> > > resource hosting (e.g virtual machine, website, file hosting) on
> > the OpenNIC
> > > network. The domain should only be used for the aforementioned
> > purposes,
> > > however exceptions may be granted in special cases.
> > > Use of this TLD is not a given right to any holder, and domain
> > names may be
> > > revoked by the CoreDomain administration team, TOWER management or
> > by a vote
> > > of domain holders (henceforth known as "Members"), especially
> > pertaining to
> > > violations of our policies (see Section 2).
> > >
> > > "Members" in this charter refers to owners of .core domains and
> > not OpenNIC
> > > members unless otherwise noted.
> > >
> > > 1. REGISTRATION
> > > ----------------------------
> > >
> > > .core domains will be available on a first-come, first-serve
> > basis. Some
> > > domains have been reserved for administrative use (see Section 6)
> > prior to
> > > public registration.
> > >
> > > Registrations immediately after approval will be handled manually
> > via email.
> > > An automated registration system is in development and will be
> > available at
> > > register.core when it becomes available. Registrations will be
> > available from
> > > 3 month to 2 year periods. All registrations will be available for
> > free after
> > > approval, however, the CoreDomain administration reserves the
> > right to raise
> > > prices as needed to cover operating costs.
> > >
> > > 2. ABUSE
> > > ---------------
> > >
> > > TOWER will not tolerate the following behaviour, and use of our
> > domains for
> > > any of the following is grounds for termination (see Section 3):
> > >
> > > -      Domain squatting
> > > -      Spam email delivery
> > > -      Malware distribution
> > > -      Malicious interference with computer systems
> > > -     Using the TLD for any other purpose not outlined in this
> > charter
> > > Our abuse policies are in line with OpenNIC's abuse policies as
> > well
> > > (http://wiki.opennicproject.org/TLDPolicy [1] - "Obnoxious
> > Activity: Spam &
> > > Cracking"), and any policies listed there apply to .on domains as
> > well.
> > > CoreDomain is not a domain police force and meaningful abuse
> > enforcement will
> > > be reliant on members reporting. All abusive behavior should be
> > immediately
> > > reported to abuse AT central.core so administration can take action.
> > >
> > > 3. TERMINATION / REVOCATION
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Domains can be immediately terminated if they are found to be in
> > violation of
> > > our policies by the CoreDomain administration or TOWER management,
> > and a
> > > notice will be sent to the registrant of the offending domain.
> > Domains can
> > > also be terminated via a member vote. Membership is granted to any
> > domain
> > > holder, 1 vote per member regardless of the amount registrations
> > they hold.
> > > Member votes are subject to policies as listed in Section 4.
> > >
> > > Domains may also be revoked by the CoreDomain administration if
> > the OpenNIC
> > > membership at large moves to revoke a registration. We do not
> > foresee a
> > > circumstance where OpenNIC as a whole will be required to vote on
> > the
> > > revocation of a .core domain, but if the need arises we will
> > comply with any
> > > such vote.
> > >
> > > 4. VOTING
> > > ----------------
> > >
> > > All matters of administrative importance will be voted upon by
> > members of the
> > > CoreDomain domain registry administration team. Motions will be
> > passed by a
> > > simple majority of votes (50% + 1). The CoreDomain administration,
> > and the
> > > higher TOWER management, holds the right to veto any member votes,
> > in order to
> > > retain control of .core operation.
> > >
> > > 5. DISPUTES
> > > --------------------
> > >
> > > Trademark holders should email legal AT towerdevs.xyz if they wish to
> > dispute a
> > > domain. TOWER itself will revoke or transfer registrations if
> > ordered by a
> > > legitimate court of law, as a courtesy to that country, as
> > applicable to
> > > OpenNIC's dispute policy.
> > >
> > > 6. RESERVED DOMAINS
> > > -------------------------------------
> > >
> > > The following domains are reserved by the CoreDomain
> > administration and will
> > > never be available for public registration:
> > >
> > > -     Register.core – Domain registration site.
> > > -     Central.core – Administration and management site.
> > > -     About.core – Overview site, CoreDomain hub.
> > > -     Admin.core – CoreDomain administration site.
> > > -     Websites.core – For future web hosting.
> > > -     Secure.core – Future SSL certificates.
> > > -     Nic.core – Reserved for redirection.
> > > -     Opennic.core – Reserved for redirection.
> > > -     Www.core [2] – Reserved for redirection.
> > > -     Files.core – Future file hosting site.
> > > -     Citadel.core – Reserved.
> > > -     Exertus.core – Reserved for backend operations.
> > > -     Arctarus.core – Reserved for backend operations.
> > > -     Helios.core – Reserved for backend operations.
> > > -     Deepsector.core – Reserved for special operations.
> > > -     Meta.core – Internal server operations and control.
> > > -     Example.core – Example web page
> > > -     Test.core – Test web page, is a blank page on the DNS
> > server
> > > -     Keystore.core – Used for internal private key operations.
> > > -     Vote.core – Used for mass user polling.
> > >
> > > 7. AMENDMENTS AND MISC. POLICIES
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Amendments to this charter may be added by a vote of .core
> > members.
> > > Additionally, the CoreDomain administration is permitted to
> > provide a binding
> > > user agreement for registrations at register.core that may include
> > policies
> > > outside the scope of this charter.
> > >
> > > 8. FUTURE
> > > ----------------
> > >
> > > CoreDomain and TOWER are committed to the future of the OpenNIC
> > network and
> > > will attempt to provide, in addition to the .core Tier 1 server,
> > multiple Tier
> > > 2 DNS servers to support the OpenNIC infrastructure, free and paid
> > web
> > > hosting, and free and paid file hosting.These services have no
> > deadline for
> > > completion at the moment. We also wish to help in spreading the
> > word about
> > > OpenNIC via self promotion and joining the Public Relations
> > Working Group
> > > http://wiki.opennicproject.org/PublicRelationsWG [3].
> > >
> > > 9. CONTACTS
> > > --------------------
> > >
> > > -     CoreDomain Administration: administration AT central.core
> > > -     Abuse Reporting: abuse AT central.core (All reserved .core
> > domains have
> > > the same abuse email.)
> > > -     Legal Team: legal AT towerdevs.xyz (for subjects such as DMCA
> > and legal
> > > action)
> > > -     Billing support: billing AT websites.core, billing AT files.core
> > (for
> > > premium file and website hosting)
> > > -     Webmaster: webmaster AT central.core (All reserved .core
> > domains have the
> > > same webmaster.)
> > > -     Postmaster: postmaster AT central.core (All reserved .core
> > domains have
> > > the same postmaster.)
> > >
> > > ====
> > >
> > > This charter template used under license
> > > (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ [4]) very
> > kindly provided by
> > > Jonah Aragon.
> > >
> > > Note: Our non-OpenNIC front is at https://core.towerdevs.xyz
> > (which will
> > > direct users to configure their DNS settings to OpenNIC and auto
> > redirect
> > > them, or if they already are using OpenNIC they will automatically
> > be
> > > redirected to https://central.core for domain registration
> > instructions. This
> > > site is currently not online yet as it is undergoing the design
> > process.)
> > > Thanks for reading through this proposal, we are open to
> > suggestions for any
> > > changes.
> > >
> > > Joseph Marsden
> > > Root Administrator at CoreDomain and Director at TOWER
> > > IRC: CitadelCore
> > > Email: josephmarsden AT towerdevs.xyz
> > >
> > > Sorry if this got sent as a duplicate... I think Outlook broke. :/
> >
> > --
> > Roman Hargrave
> > http://hargrave.info
> > roman AT hargrave.info
> >
> > $ fortune -s linuxcookie linux cookie
> > "I go on working for the same reason a hen goes on laying eggs."
> > -- H. L. Mencken
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> [1] http://wiki.opennicproject.org/TLDPolicy
> [2] http://Www.core
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