OpenNIC How to run your own Top Level Domain July 31, 2008 by Tim Groeneveld | 5 Comments on How to run your own Top Level Domain What does it take to run a Top Level Domain Registry? And what’s more easy to run: a ccTLD or gTLD? Opinions so far have ranged from “it’s easy” to “it’s a serious business” – both of which are obviously far too vague to being to measure what is an intriguing question. Some suggestions fall […] Read more » cctld gtld icann OpenNIC TLD top level domain
Random Thoughts How much it costs to run a .tld July 29, 2008 by Tim Groeneveld | 1 Comment on How much it costs to run a .tld If we were to run a proper top level domain (eg, a .au or a .nz), I would need seven or eight computers located around the world. The proof is in the root. dig au NS @4.2.2.2 | grep ^au. | wc -l The command above returns “8“, which means that the Australian top level […] Read more » BIND dns IANA icann maths OpenNIC rants