Re: [ga] How hard should it be to get a domain registered? At what point does a ccTLD manager become guilty of abusive behavior?

["Dr. Nii N. Quaynor" <quaynor@ghana.com>]

Dave, Vany,

On the .ke questions, please note from below that the ccTLD admin is Shem
Ochuodho and the one who make the kinds of decisions being referred to.
These are not the Tech POC decisions. It is also quite normal to have Tech
POCs located where bandwidth is readily available, typically outside Africa.
Shem is the in-country admin of .ke and the complainant should contact him
in Nairobi and talk to him about .ke policies and procedures.

Dave's comments are key. Also check rfc 2182, Selection and Operation of
Secondary DNS Servers for details of what Tech POC do on the subject.

Nii

===================from whois====================

Kenya (Republic of) top-level domain (KE-DOM)
   P.O. Box 58638
   Nairobi,
   Kenya
   Domain Name: KE
   Administrative Contact:
      Ochuodho, Shem J.  (SJO2)  shem@ARCC.OR.KE
      +254-2-442121 x335 (FAX) +254-2-447870
   Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      Bush, Randy  (RB366)  randy@PSG.COM
      +1 206 780-0431 (FAX) +1 206 780-0653
   Record last updated on 06-Apr-1999.
   Record created on 29-Apr-1993.
   Database last updated on 14-Nov-1999 12:33:59 EST.
   Domain servers in listed order:
   RIP.PSG.COM                  147.28.0.39
   NS.RIPE.NET                  193.0.0.193
   HIPPO.RU.AC.ZA               146.231.128.1
=============================================

>Not that Randy is not fully capable of answering, but I'm guessing he has
>better things to do on a Saturday night:
>
>At 09:44 PM 11/13/1999 , vany@sdnp.org.pa wrote:
>>I would like to ask to Randy Bush what are the technical reasons why he
>>requires all those conditions fullfilled in order to delegate a domain.In
>
>1. Pre-installation of the entries avoids lame delegations and the problems
>they cause.
>
>2. Independent access paths to independent copies of the entries avoids
>outages.
>
>
>>my country, the ccTLD doesn't asks for such requirements as obligatory and
>>they are working fine and delegating domains without problems.
>
>The fact that a bad design hasn't failed yet, does not make it a good
design.
>
>
>>My personal possition about ccTLD administration and operation is that
>>both administration and operation must reside within the country to which
>>such ccTLD belongs, even if the ones that holds management and/or
>
>Personal opinions are fine, except when one confuses them with management
>authority.
>
>It's a lot like confusing the power or authority of RFCs, thinking that a
>registry operator is bound only to what is in RFCs.
>
>d/
>
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