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    Public Comments Requested on DNS Stability: The Effect of New gTLDs
    on the Internet Domain Name System

6 February 2008

*DNS Stability: The Effect of New Generic Top Level Domains
on the Internet Domain Name System 
<http://www.icann.org/topics/dns-stability-draft-paper-06feb08.pdf> 
[PDF, 53K] *

The ICANN community has recently completed a policy development process 
regarding the introduction of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). 
This effort took place within ICANN's Generic Names Supporting 
Organization (GNSO) (see http://gnso.icann.org/) and resulted in a set 
of recommendations (see 
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/pdp-dec05-fr-parta-08aug07.htm#_Toc43798015) 
to guide ICANN in introducing new gTLDs to the namespace.

In its recommendations, the GNSO concluded that "ICANN must implement a 
process that allows the introduction of new top-level domains," and 
called for a procedure respecting the principles of fairness, 
transparency and non-discrimination. In preparing for the expected 
implementation of the gTLD policy recommendations, staff is conducting 
some review and analysis of the technical issues involved in this 
development. The addition of gTLDs to the namespace is an expansion of 
the DNS on a potentially large scale, to include many more names at the 
top level. One of the policy recommendations developed in relation to 
the introduction of new gTLDs included the requirement that "Strings 
must not cause any technical instability." ICANN is publishing this 
paper to solicit informed input on the technical issues relevant to the 
addition of new gTLDs, and to provide transparency toward how it will 
interpret and implement this recommendation. The goal is a clear set of 
rules that will be available to potential new gTLD applicants; so that 
it is known from the outset what tests will be applied to each application.

ICANN is seeking feedback on the proposed approach as a step in its 
implementation planning for the introduction of new gTLDs. Comments may 
be submitted to new-gtlds-dns-stability at icann.org 
<mailto:new-gtlds-dns-stability at icann.org> by March 7 2008. Comments can 
be viewed at http://forum.icann.org/lists/new-gtlds-dns-stability/.

For more information about the New gTLD Program, please go to 
http://www.icann.org/topics/new-gtld-program.htm.



-- 
Anne-Rachel Inne
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