On Tuesday, April 28, 1998 10:19 PM, Peter deBlanc[SMTP:pdeblanc at usvi.net] wrote: @Thanks Bob, for your comments on this interesting concept. I have always @promoted public service internet access. In fact, my paper for the @Internet Society conference in Hawaii in 1995 was about a funding model @for public internet access in developing countries. After spending 5 @years working for the United Nations in such countries in the Caribbean, @It became clear that some method was needed to bridge the gap between @"information haves" and information have-nots". I am all in favor of @profitable enterprise. And I subscribe to the concept that pro bono @service is a responsibility of the mature professional. @ Peter, Do you have any plans to evolve the .VI DNS system to a more production-oriented structure ? As you can see below there are various levels delegated in your TLD Name Servers. This makes it more difficult to have a volume interface similar to the InterNIC where all .COM entries look like the CO.VI entry below: $ORIGIN vi. co IN NS ns1.octagon.net. IN NS ns2.octagon.net. While entries like the following may make sense for a TLD registry that caters to a small number of domains that you are hosting or familiar with, this might be expensive to maintain in a volume (production) situation. ships IN A 208.200.189.167 In other words, one would expect that the name SHIPS.VI would cause an entry with a minimum of 2 name servers (as CO.VI has) and then the delegate for SHIPS.VI would be responsible for handling the traffic for that zone. At the present this is handled on the .VI "root" TLD Name Servers. I bring this up because now is the time to clean-up the .VI zone before it grows. It may be difficult or impossible to do that later. I am interested in your plans to bring the .VI TLD Name Servers to a point where it has a production-grade structure. I am also interested in the criteria for names being entered below the .VI TLD. I have heard the "Free Net" arguments that names are provided for worthy causes. I have also heard the argument that commercial companies should be under CO.VI. As shown below, there does not seem to be a consistent policy for the .VI TLD. What is the current policy for names directly under .VI. Can one assume that ALL names currently under .COM could also be registered under .VI, if those owners desired ? Free Nets seem to have a way of developing Free-Form policies that few people can articulate. Maybe you can work with Bob Allisat on articulating the policy for the .VI TLD. Thanks... Jim Fleming ============================== ; BIND version named 4.9.3-P1 Tue Jan 23 15:41:55 GMT 1996 ; BIND version polk at forge.BSDI.COM:/usr/src/usr.sbin/named/named ; zone 'vi' last serial 0 ; from 198.6.1.65 at Wed Apr 29 14:11:39 1998 $ORIGIN . vi IN SOA ns1.octagon.net. hostmaster.usvi.net. 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IN A 208.200.189.178 $ORIGIN soccer-masters.vi. www IN CNAME soccer-masters.vi. $ORIGIN vi. coconutcoaststudios IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. rolexregatta IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. IN A 208.200.189.173 $ORIGIN rolexregatta.vi. www IN CNAME rolexregatta.vi. $ORIGIN vi. islands IN NS ns1.octagon.net. IN NS ns2.octagon.net. wedus IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. IN A 208.200.189.184 $ORIGIN wedus.vi. www IN CNAME wedus.vi. $ORIGIN vi. morrett IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. $ORIGIN morrett.vi. chad IN A 204.199.0.98 $ORIGIN vi. co IN NS ns1.octagon.net. IN NS ns2.octagon.net. ships IN A 208.200.189.167 $ORIGIN ships.vi. www IN A 208.200.189.167 $ORIGIN vi. location IN MX 10 mail.location.vi. IN MX 20 noc.usvi.net. IN A 208.200.189.166 $ORIGIN location.vi. mail IN A 204.199.1.240 IN MX 10 mail.location.vi. IN MX 20 noc.usvi.net. www IN A 208.200.189.166 $ORIGIN vi. hotelboynes IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. 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IN A 208.200.189.183 $ORIGIN armour.vi. impossibleapple IN A 204.199.0.92 peach IN A 204.199.0.95 chocolate IN A 204.199.0.94 cherry IN A 204.199.0.93 rutabaga IN A 204.199.0.90 www IN CNAME armour.vi. mincemeat IN A 204.199.0.97 pumpkin IN A 204.199.0.96 lemon IN A 204.199.0.91 $ORIGIN st.john.vi. www IN CNAME redirect.www.usvi.net. $ORIGIN vi. yachts IN A 208.200.189.132 IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. $ORIGIN yachts.vi. www IN A 208.200.189.132 $ORIGIN st-thomas.vi. www IN CNAME redirect.www.usvi.net. $ORIGIN vi. marriott-ms IN A 208.200.189.172 IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. $ORIGIN marriott-ms.vi. www IN A 208.200.189.172 $ORIGIN vi. zbvi IN A 208.200.189.169 IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. $ORIGIN zbvi.vi. www IN A 208.200.189.169 $ORIGIN vi. davidjones IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. IN A 208.200.189.191 $ORIGIN davidjones.vi. www IN CNAME davidjones.vi. $ORIGIN vi. k12 IN NS ns1.octagon.net. IN NS ns2.octagon.net. $ORIGIN stcroix.vi. www IN CNAME redirect.www.usvi.net. $ORIGIN vi. royalcaribbean IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. IN A 208.200.189.10 $ORIGIN royalcaribbean.vi. www IN CNAME royalcaribbean.vi. $ORIGIN st.croix.vi. www IN CNAME redirect.www.usvi.net. $ORIGIN st-john.vi. www IN CNAME redirect.www.usvi.net. $ORIGIN vi. gv IN NS ns1.octagon.net. IN NS ns2.octagon.net. islandvideo IN A 208.200.189.155 IN MX 0 noc.usvi.net. $ORIGIN islandvideo.vi. www IN CNAME islandvideo.vi. $ORIGIN vi. fantasia IN A 208.200.189.147 IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. $ORIGIN fantasia.vi. www IN A 208.200.189.147 $ORIGIN vi. diusvi IN A 208.200.189.177 IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. $ORIGIN diusvi.vi. www IN A 208.200.189.177 $ORIGIN vi. jnet IN A 146.226.2.198 IN HINFO "i80586" "FreeBSD" IN MX 0 jnet.vi. $ORIGIN jnet.vi. www IN CNAME jnet.vi. $ORIGIN visit.vi. www IN CNAME redirect.www.usvi.net. $ORIGIN vi. tti IN MX 0 noc.usvi.net. org IN NS ns1.octagon.net. IN NS ns2.octagon.net. $ORIGIN stthomas.vi. www IN CNAME redirect.www.usvi.net. $ORIGIN vi. aquaman IN MX 10 mail.islands.vi. IN A 208.200.189.186 $ORIGIN aquaman.vi. www IN CNAME aquaman.vi. $ORIGIN vi. www IN CNAME redirect.www.usvi.net. windsurfing IN A 208.200.189.157 IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. $ORIGIN windsurfing.vi. www IN A 208.200.189.157 $ORIGIN vi. iyc IN A 208.200.189.168 IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. $ORIGIN iyc.vi. www IN A 208.200.189.168 $ORIGIN vi. charterboat IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. IN A 208.200.189.181 $ORIGIN charterboat.vi. www IN CNAME charterboat.vi. $ORIGIN vi. bcphoto IN A 208.200.189.176 IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. $ORIGIN bcphoto.vi. www IN A 208.200.189.176 $ORIGIN vi. sunrealty IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. IN A 208.200.189.182 $ORIGIN sunrealty.vi. www IN CNAME sunrealty.vi. $ORIGIN vi. vitelcom IN NS ns1.octagon.net. IN NS ns2.octagon.net. test IN NS ns1.octagon.net. IN NS ns2.octagon.net. bvimall IN A 208.200.189.135 IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. $ORIGIN bvimall.vi. www IN A 208.200.189.135 $ORIGIN vi. bushtea IN A 208.200.189.148 IN MX 10 noc.usvi.net. $ORIGIN bushtea.vi. www IN A 208.200.189.148 ===================================== - Jim Fleming Unir Corporation IBC, Tortola, BVI http://vi.unir.net -------- Logged at Thu Apr 30 14:56:10 MET DST 1998 ---------