[ga] FYI: Expiring domain names interim solution

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

 ICANN:
 Third Advisory Concerning Equitable Allocation of Shared Registration
 System Resources

 (23 August 2001) As previously reported in advisories dated 16 July 2001
 and 10 August 2001, the registry operator and registrars participating
 in the Shared Registration System (SRS) for .com/.net/.org have been
 working together to devise a plan to handle expiring names in a manner
 that is fair and does not interfere with other activities in the SRS.

 While all parties will continue to look for a long-term solution, the
 registry operator announced today that it has developed, and is
 preparing to implement, a short-term measure that will allow for the
 resumption of the batch delete process. This short-term measure will
 allow for the return of deleted names to the "pool" of names available
 for registration by any registrant, through any registrar, on a first-
 come/first-served basis. This will alleviate the growing backlog of
 names in delete-pending status and may provide additional data for
 use in developing appropriate long-term solutions.

 ICANN's Domain Name Supporting Organization has already been advised of
 the situation and has begun to discuss possible measures for handling
 expiring names. Members of the community are urged to participate in
 the DNSO's discussions, so that all viewpoints can be considered in
 developing measures for fair allocation of expiring names.

(http://www.icann.org/announcements/icann-pr23aug01.htm contains
a long mail VeriSign GRS mail about the new system. There are
three pools -- Guarantee Pool, Overflow Pool, Automated Batch
Pool: Intensive automated batch processing is only allowed in the
third pool. There is an enforcement system with 1st, 2nd, 3rd
and additional offenses. All batch releases of domain names will
be performed daily at 18:00 UTC.)

Best regards,
/// Alexander
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