One step would be to prioritize domains which correspond to physical
networks. If an organization is actually connected to the network
they can get one prioritized registration for the domain name for
their network. In the event of a conflict a domain registration for
an actual network would take precedence to a psuedo-domain having only
MX records and pointing to a web server on a provider's network. Dial
accounts would not qualify since they are not permanently connected.
There would still be conflicts, but this might make domain name
speculation a thing of the past.
Curtis
With regards the issue of prospectors trying to grab deleted domains,
perhaps the InterNIC should use a similar policy to what the FCC uses
for radio callsigns (amateur radio, at least): Callsigns which are
abandoned due to change of callsign, death, or expiration of the license
are unavailable for re-issue for two years. This allows for the previous
owner (if not dead) to reclaim the callsign (or a relative of the
deceased to do so). It also helps avoid identity confusion.
Seems like the same rules would make sense in the domain name context,
and would avoid problems where billing errors or other problems dealing
with the Internic could result in loss of a domain name.
I think this would be extremely unfair to legitimate domain registrants
who are truly interested in a name (and willing to pay the registration
fee) due to the random (and extreme) number of registrations that these
domain speculators are registering. You are essentially putting a domain
name that has never been paid for for two years, because some speculator
registered it. This would give the speculators even more reason to
extract the value of the name from someone who may want it - "If you don't
pay me, its gone for two years....."
Ed
Edward Fang wrote:
I think this would be extremely unfair to legitimate domain registrants
who are truly interested in a name (and willing to pay the registration
fee) due to the random (and extreme) number of registrations that these
domain speculators are registering. You are essentially putting a domain
name that has never been paid for for two years, because some speculator
registered it. This would give the speculators even more reason to
extract the value of the name from someone who may want it - "If you don't
pay me, its gone for two years....."
Hmmm. Guess I was thinking it would only apply to domains that actually
WERE
already active, not ones that'd never gone live...
My concern was that a company whose registration hadn't gotten paid for,
whether due to error at the company or at the Internic, should not be
a possible target of extortion by speculators making a grab for their
domain name.
Guess I have to agree with other folks that domains should be PAID for
before
they appear in the root servers. Too much abuse otherwise.