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[Joseph Marsden <josephmarsden AT towerdevs.xyz>]

I'll consider placing some of the backend-reserved and miscellaneous domains 
under a generalized subdomain. Maybe backend.core (for example 
arctarus.backend.core). If you were wondering, these are codenames for our 
internal file hosting and media sharing services - they are not visited 
normally and would simply redirect you to central.core. (excluding 
citadel.core).

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Subject: Re: [opennic-discuss] .core TLD Proposal

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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