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Domain name registrationat IIT - CNR ITALY
Stefano TrumpyInternational Relations Unitof
the .it registry
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Institute for Informatics and Telematics

• Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT)
  target suitably respond to the challenges
  launched by the information and communication
  technologies
• IIT became operative since 1st March 2002, but
  its background is dated in the late 60's, within
  CNUCE Institute
• IIT exhibits a good harmony between research and
  technological activities two aspects of one
  single goal

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Institute for Informatics and Telematics

• The Registry activity
• December 1987 IANA approved the ccTLDit and
  assigned the role of Italian Registry to
  CNR-CNUCE
• Today IIT-CNR acts as the Italian Registry which
  is in charge of assigning domain names within the
  country code top level domain it (ISO 3166-1)
• IIT interacts with more than 2.500
  providers/maintainers (Registrars)
• At present, more than 950.000 domain names are
  registered under the ccTLD it
• Registration can be submitted by natural or
  juridical person of the EU Countries

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Organization of the registry

• The function of manager of .it is performed
  inside a department of a research Institute of
  the National Council of Research the
  administrative contact is the Director of the
  Institute
• Up to December 2003, the regulatory function has
  been performed by an external organization
  composed by experts in DNS, called Naming
  Authority in this way, the registry didnt have
  direct responsibility of the rules applied
• A transition is on going the constituencies of
  the Local Internet Community have selected their
  representatives to form a committee for the rules
  (policy board) acting under the umbrella of the
  registry that committee will include
  representatives of the government
• The constitution of an independent entity, with
  the participation of CNR, is under evaluation.

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The Italian Registry Internal Organisation
About 50 people including staff-operators,
administrative persons and technicians (35 my
equivalent)
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The Italian Registry External Organisation

• Registry-Registrars like, but not exactly
• The Registry also interacts with the Registrants
• At present the Registry manages both electronic
  and paper documents
• The Letter of Assumption of Responsibility (LAR)
  is received on paper
• We are moving to electronic papers digitally
  signed

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The Italian Registry Tariffs (years 2002-2004)

• Registration of new domain names 4,91 EUR VAT
• Change of registrar 4,91 EUR VAT
• Change of domain name assignee 4,91 EUR VAT
• Maintenance rate 4,91 EUR VAT

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Number of registered domains
Juridical person deregulation
The active domains are 90 of the registered
domains
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Number of contestations at the registryfrom 1998
to 2003
deregulation
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Types of contestation procedures
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Reassignment procedures (Contestations with
judicial action from 1998 to 2003)
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• Running Domain Names gt 950.000
• Average registration time 4,8 hours
• Annual fee/domain name 4,91 euro VAT
• Number of .com and .net names registered in
  Italy slightly more than 40 of those registered
  under .it
• The estimated number of Internet users in Italy
  is today around 23 millions
• Annual budget about 5.000.000 euro
• Personnel about 50 people (35 my equivalent)

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• ENUM Italian trial should start before the end of
  the year
• Contacts are in progress with AGCOM and the
  Ministry of Communications for running the teer 1
• A presentation of IIT proposal will be done in
  October 2003 during an ENUM meeting organised by
  AGCOM

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Evolutions demanded by the LIC and/or planned by
the registry

• Eliminate limitations for physical persons
• Adoption of IDN
• Eliminate the letter for assumption of
  responsibility ?
• Improving security and stability
• Improving WHOIS services also taking into account
  national and European directives
• Harmonizing with .eu public policy directives
  and operations
• Setting up of a PKI Certification Authority
• This issues and others will be addressed soon by
  the newly constituted policy board