Looking over that list .. The .int - only a very small set of organisations could register one, so there’s absolutely no reason to keep it if it’s not being used. The hyphenated domains - is there any “risk” in dropping them? I sincerely doubt it As for the rest - I’ve no strong feelings either way, but holding on to a bunch of domains “just because” is pointless And I wasn’t even aware that RIPE would even need to consult with the community or members on this kind of administrative matter . . Regards Michele -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting, Colocation & Domains http://www.blacknight.host/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://www.blacknight.press - get our latest news & media coverage http://www.technology.ie Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Social: http://mneylon.social Random Stuff: http://michele.irish ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845 On 30/06/2015 13:41, "dns-wg on behalf of Ralf Weber" <dns-wg-bounces@ripe.net on behalf of dns@fl1ger.de> wrote:
Moin!
On 30 Jun 2015, at 14:30, Romeo Zwart wrote:
Dear colleagues,
The RIPE NCC holds a number of domains besides ripe.net.
Some of these domains were only registered as a "protection" mechanism, which was considered good practice at the time. Is this considered bad practice now? Was there a policy change I missed?
We now plan to release the following domains, which are not being actively used by the RIPE NCC:
ripe-ncc.org ripe-ncc.com ripe-ncc.net ripencc.com ripencc.net ripencc.org ripelabs.net ripen.cc ripe.int ipv6roadshow.com ipv6roadshow.net ipv6roadshow.org So we are talking about 12 domains. What is the hassle of keeping them? I'm pretty "confident" the new owners won't do as good things with it as the RIPE NCC.
I would like to see more reasoning behind why you don't want to serve these 12 domains any longer.
So long -Ralf