RE: [registrars] .US Name Server Requirement

[Rick H Wesson <wessorh@ar.com>]

Donny,

There are lots of blocks that checking ARIN doesn't work on, not to
mention that Physical location of the registrant of the ipv4 block bares
no collriation to physical location of the servers hosting an address with
in the block.


-rick

On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Donny Simonton wrote:

> 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.
> >
>
>
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