Re: Iraqi Internet communications still working 3/21/03

["Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve () telecomplete co uk>]

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine wrote:

> > And to answer the question, no I don't know why the .IQ top-level domain
> > is registered in Richardson Texas, nor do I know why the official state
> > provider uses .NET and .COM instead of .iq.
>
> That is who the IANA delegation was made to:
>
> The SO for the .IQ delegation is (as of 13 Oct '02)

If I remember this correctly, the cc delegations are split into admin and zone,
many ccTLD zones being managed by "western" ISPs but their admin stays with
their respective country.

So you need to write to Saddam to get your .iq registry working, you might want
to hold that thought a few days..

> Alani Corp.
> c/o InfoCom
> 630 International Parkway
> Richardson, Texas 75081
> United States
>
> Administrative Contact:
> Saud Alani
> Alani Corporation
> c/o InfoCom
> 630 International Parkway
> Richardson, Texas 75081
> United States
> Email: alani () mynet net
> Voice: +964 1 556 4753
> Fax: +1 972 644 8609
>
> Technical Contact:
> Bayan Elashi
> InfoCom Corporation
> 630 International Parkway
> Suit 100
> Richardson, Texas 75081
> United States
> Email: bayan () infocomusa com
> Voice: +1 972 644 5363
> Fax: +1 972 644 8609
>
> There is no URL for registration services.
>
> I wrote alani () mynet net, bayan () infocomusa com on 06.02.03, asking about
> registration (I'm an ICANN accredited registrar, whoop-de-doo, looking
> at ccTLDs, but mostly as a co-author of the EPP spec and as an implementor
> looking for guinea pigs er field trials).
>
> I've had better luck with the .IR registry. The operator and I both were
> at Berkeley, doing maths.
>
> So, the long and the short of "why any provider uses something other than
> the .IQ namespace" is -- see [1], effectivally a denial of service attack
> by the sodding SO and operator -- though it is hyperbole to call slacking
> off for months "an attack".
>
> > Since either the Iraqi government or the US government could shutdown the
>
> Aside, the namespace management doesn't require addrs to exist, be allocated,
> or even wires, everything could be in London, or Zurich.
>
> Anyway, some good writing has been coming out of Bagdad for several months,
> the usual mechanism is dialtone to an external isp, and then, they are as
> close to you as I am.
>
> Anyone interested in getting the .IQ registry operational, so it can be
> transfered to a _responsible_ sponsoring org with a non-lame operator
> after the current moment of scheduled down-time is transited? If so,
> drop me a note.
>
> Eric
>
> [1] http://www.icann.org/general/pn-report-11feb00.htm