ccTLD Presentation for KI

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ccTLD Presentation for KI

• by
• Mr Bwanouia Aberaam
• Manager Engineering

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PRESENTATION FORMAT

• BRIEF BACKGROUND
• CURRENT REGISTRATION POLICIES
• DOMAIN STRUCTURE
• HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE IN USE
• STAFFING AND RELEVANT REGULATORY BODIES
• FEE STRUCTURE / FUNDING MODEL
• FUTURE PLANS

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BACKGROUND

• In 2003, Telecom Services Kiribati Ltd (TSKL),
  fully owned government company was given the
  mandate by the government to run the ccTLD
  service and be the manager
• In February 2005 the Telecommunications Acts was
  amended, a regulatory body is formed called
  Telecommunications Authority of Kiribati (TAK).
  It was given the mandate by law to manage the
  state resources, one of which is the country code
  TLD (KI).
• Starting from 1 July 2005, TAK was started
  managing TLD under the current legislation and be
  the current manager for ccTLD (KI)

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CURRENT REGISTRATION POLICIES

• Our current policies are in line with the ICANN
  on Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.
• Starting from July 1st, we will shift to adopt
  the Council of Country Code Administrators
  (CoCCA). This is due to migration from the
  current system to their system.

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DOMAIN STRUCTURE

• Currently, we sell domain names at the top and
  second levels.
• For TLD - .ki
• For Second Level biz.ki com.ki edu.ki
  info.ki net.ki org.ki, and gov.ki
• When we adopt the new system additional second
  level would be included like mobile.ki,

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HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE IN USE

• Current System
• Hardware Servers Proliant HP, cisco routers
• Software Operating system is - Mandriva LINUX
  Registry software is a non Shared Registry
  Software

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HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE IN USE

• New System (Software)
• CoCCA software an EPP compatible shared
  registry system written and maintained by CoCCA
  members. Source code is free for CoCCA members
• Has two modules an EPP shared registry and a
  basic registrar system
• Uses the postqres database (http//www.postqresql.
  org)

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HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE IN USE

• Uses the Resin Java Application Server
  (http//www.caucho.com)
• TLD name servers used BIND and run on FreeBSD
• The Registrar module uses the database driven
  powerDNS system (http//www.powerdns.com) and no
  zone generation required
• Centos Test environment and FreeBSD for
  nameservers

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HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE IN USE

• New System
• Run it on Apple G5X serve rack mount servers.
• Run OTE (test environment) on Intel boxes running
  on Centos
• Run nameservers on intel boxes with FreeBSD
• Network Operation Centre (NOC) 10mb link 1.5
  racks at a tier- 1 carrier with bio-metric 24/7
  access racks in Sydney AU

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HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE IN USE

• ¼ rack with a TLD DNS server and a mirror of the
  software (disaster recovery) in Seattle
  Washington.
• Use cisco routers and sonicwall firewalls
• Each member encouraged to maintain a local mirror
  server Intel box for data escrow and disaster
  recovery

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STAFFING AND RELEVANT REGULATORY BODIES

• Staffing Currently, only 1 staff looks after the
  daily management of the ccTLD Manager
  Engineering. For maintenance it is the
  responsibility of the host TSKL
• New System For maintenance it is the
  responsibility of the ccTLD Manager and CoCCA
  members who maintained the servers at the NOC in
  Sydney

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STAFFING AND RELEVANT REGULATORY BODIES

• RELEVANT REGULATORY BODIES
• Currently, Telecommunications Authority of
  Kiribati (TAK) which the regulator for the
  Telecommunications Sector in Kiribati, which is
  also the manager of the ccTLD for Kiribati is the
  only regulatory body under the current
  legislation

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FEE STRUCTURE / FUNDING MODEL

• Currently TLD .ki annual and renewal fee is
  AUD1000
• Second Level Domains AUD150 annual and renewal
  fee.
• All proceeds from TLD and Second Level Domains go
  to the Telecom Development Fund. This fund is
  solely for the development of the
  Telecommunications infrastructure in Kiribati.

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FUTURE PLANS

• To completely cut over from the current operator
  which is TSKL by the end of June and start with
  new system 1 July 2006
• To make policies that are in line with the law of
  Kiribati, the uniform domain name dispute
  resolution of ICANN and current best practices by
  other ccTLD operators

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FUTURE PLANS

• To review the annual fee and renewal fee to
  attract more customers
• Will allow other accredited registrars to sell
  domain names for ki
• Recruit more staff if the need arise in relation
  to the service.
• To continue abreast our staff with the
  development in the operation of the service by
  sending them to workshops or trainings like this
  one.

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Thank you