RE: [registrars] .US Name Server Requirement

["Donny Simonton" <donny@intercosmos.com>]

You can easily check if an IP is based in the US by doing an ARIN
lookup.  We use a similar program already.

Donny Simonton
DirectNIC.com
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org] On
> Behalf Of Michael D. Palage
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 4:50 PM
> To: registrars@dnso.org
> Subject: [registrars] .US Name Server Requirement
> 
> There have been a number of registrars that have questioned the
> contractual
> requirement that name servers for .US be located within the United
States.
> Although there has been some heated discussion about the
> viability/enforcement of this provision, please note that this was
> required
> in the RFP document prepared by the Department of Commerce. This was
in
> fact
> not a negotiable position for Neustar, or any other .US bidder.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Mike
> 
> See
> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/usrfp/SB1335-01-Q-0740-
> 0001.doc
> 
> 9.	B.3.1 states that "country code top level domain intended to
serve
> the
> community of Internet users resident or located with a bona fide
presence
> in
> the United States . . ." It further states that "in addition to the
> current
> policy set forth in RFC 1480 requiring that usTLD domain name
> registrations
> be hosted on computers located within the United States . . ." What
does
> that second statement mean?  Does it prohibit a US citizen who travels
for
> business and has a PC outside the US from having a .us website?  Does
it
> prohibit a US citizen from having a US website while residing outside
the
> US?  Would it prohibit a US citizen or company from using a foreign
> web-hosting company or registrar?
> 
> Answer:   Current policy generally limits usTLD registrations to
> "computers
> located in the United States."  (See
http://www.nic.us/overview/who.html).
> Since nameservers are the computers that are registered in the domain
name
> registration process (i.e., the "host" computer), we interpret this to
> mean
> that the nameservers are required to be located in the United States.
We
> anticipate that this will also be a subject addressed as part of the
> requirements set forth in B.4.5 and B.5.5 and in offerors responses as
> required in INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING QUOTATIONS  I.3.
>