[registrars] .pro domain names - the "NON-COLLIDING" new TLD (unlike .info, .biz,.name and .museum) (fwd)

[Rick Wesson <wessorh@ar.com>]

anyone else recieve this spam?



---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 18:43:43 +0200
From: steinle@smartvia.de
Subject: .pro domain names - the "NON-COLLIDING" new TLD (unlike .info, .biz,
     .name and .museum)

+++ Important message about Stability and Security of the Internet +++


.pro contract signed.
prices: $250 - $300 per domain

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49573-2002May7.html

What do you think, would lawyers, accountants and doctors also be interested in registering the "alternate" (in fact Original) version of their ICANN .pro domain name?
You know these people deal with serious data.
It is not very likely but it could happen that e-mails go to the false receiver. This would happen when sender and receiver uses different roots.
It is estimated that approximately 5% of the Internet users use NON-ICANN roots.
http://new.chat.new.net/viewtopic.php?topic=2820&forum=16


Wanna have a free LAW.PRO MED.PRO CPA.PRO domain?
you can now have it from me FOR FREE!
As everybody knows RegisterPro's .pro domains will only cover 90 to 95% of the internet users.
If you want the other 5 to 10% you have to register by me. My domains are carried in the PacificRoot. For now registration is free.

Some active domains (carried in the PacificRoot):

http://www.nic.pro

http://www.law.pro
http://www.med.pro
http://www.cpa.pro

http://www.yourcompany.law.pro
http://www.yourname.med.pro
http://www.yourname.cpa.pro

If you don't use PacificRoot DNS you could access these sites by adding the extension xs2.net and without the www in front of the domain. E.g. http://nic.pro.xs2.net , http://law.pro.xs2.net or http://yourhospital.med.pro .
http://new.chat.new.net/viewtopic.php?topic=951&forum=16


Please tell me your opinions.

1. Do you think that's true that Name.Space, The PacificRoot and The Universal Registry together reach 5 up to 10% of the internet?

2. And therefore do you think you can profit from this traffic with colliding domains from the alternate roots?

3. Do you think companies/brands want to protect their TM/company name 100% and therefore buy the alt root version of their domain in addition?
Why advertise a domain with 90-95% visibility, when you can have 100%?
Imagine a competitor would buy the alt root version of the domain name.

4. Should I restrict law.pro, med.pro and cpa.pro to lawyers, m.d. and accountants like RegistryPro (http://www.registrypro.com/aboutpro.htm) does it? Or no restriction?
http://new.chat.new.net/viewtopic.php?topic=951&forum=16


In the dotPRO namespace there will be no colliders if all Registrants register with http://nic.pro.xs2.net in addition!

Isn't that a great news!?

nic.PRO is supported by:
- Common Interest Network Information Center Society
- Name.Space
- Open Root Server Confederation
- The PacificRoot

check here for details:
http://root-dns.org/VueDig/VueDig_tld.php?tld=nic.pro&record=NS

http://nic.pro.xs2.net
nic.PRO - the original .PRO third level domain registry!
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-full/Arc10/msg00041.html


John wrote about ICANN's introduction of colliding top level domains, especially about the .BIZ collider.
And I wrote that this cannnot happen in the .PRO name space.
RegistryPro introduces .med.pro , .law.pro and .cpa.pro later this year. But the .PRO TLD already exists in the Inclusive Namespace roots (ORSC, Pacific Root,...). This would mean colliding domain names!

But there is a solution: Someone was so wise :-) to reserve exactly the same domain names (.law.pro, .med.pro, .cpa.pro) in the (registry reserved! ;-)).

This has following benefits:
ICANN people always talk about Stability of the Internet and about Security. Now you can have it!
1. .PRO is a "non-colliding" TLD unlike .info and .biz
2. Professionals could register IDENTICAL domain names in the "legacy root" and in the Inclusive Namespace root. Therefore users could get the same information whether they surf the "legacy root" or the Inclusive Namespace roots.
3. Because IDENTICAL sites with domain names registered in two registries exist in the "legacy root" and in the "Inclusive Namespace roots" there could be a complete data loss in one registry. Moreover one root network could go down completely. The domain name and the website would still be fully functional in the other root network!
That's the benefit of redundancy.
ICANN TALKS about Stability and Security of the Internet, others take action.
4. Security issues are paramont in the .PRO name space, it would be used by professionals like lawyers or accountants. If professionals would only register their domain name with RegistryPro the possibility that e-mails would reach their corresponding e-mail addrsss is approx. 95%. And you know these e-mails would very likely contain confidential information.
Therefore a 100% solution is needed. If professionals would register their domain name with both registries they could make sure that NO e-mail message would get lost.
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-full/Arc10/msg00075.html


Until now I haven't contacted the RegistryPro (ICANN.PRO) people. I had to wait till the contracts were signed. O.K. now it would be time to do that...and I will do that the next weeks.
But I think RegistryPro would not be amused. :-) I doubt that they want to advertise another .pro. And they would have to explain why there is another .pro. This would be news for most of the Internet users that there are roots "beside" ICANN. I think they will decide not to open pandoras box.
But I think some "small but fine" registrars (with educated customers or customers who want to be educated) could be interested and could offer this as premium service (100% visibility and security).
If no one is interested and the Inclusive Roots would still support name.spaces .pro instead of ICANNs .pro I would still get likely huge traffic, if it is true that 5-10% uses Inclusive Roots. Maybe I could support this assertion or not.

I know there are some registrar mailing lists...but don't know the URIs to join them to make a proposel.
Any advice?
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-full/Arc10/msg00119.html




PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING REGISTRY-/REGISTRAR-SERVICE FOR .CPA.PRO, .LAW.PRO AND .MED.PRO DOMAIN NAMES.


BEST REGARDS,

SIMON STEINLE

http://NIC.PRO.XS2.NET ( http://WWW.NIC.PRO WITH ADVANCED DNS )
nic.PRO - the original .PRO third level domain registry!