1. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB1 II-stiftelsen - www.iis.se Managed by: The Foundation for Internet Infrastructure (In Swedish: Stiftelsen för Internetinfrastruktur or in short II-stiftelsen/IIS) Subsidary: NIC-SE (Network Information Centre Sweden) Anders Janson, Chairman of the board Per-Olof Josefsson, CEO The Swedish ccTLD.se

2. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB2 Comparison relative other European ccTLD Legal status of registry  Private company6  Part of academic network6  Association4  Foundation4  Government agency3  Telecom Operator1  Others9 According to CENTR Survey 2002

3. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB3 This presentation Structure and figures for.se Major events during 2003  liberalization april  introduction of IDN october  legislationproposal for.se

4. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB4 II-stiftelsen - www.iis.se TPTEST – band width test A Freeware program that measures the speed of (the band width) of the Internet connection. Founded by the IT commission. Further developed by IIS in conjunction with PTS and Swedish Consumer Protection Board (Konsumentverket). URL tptest.iis.se Internetdagarna (The Internet Days) A yearly two day conference about the Internet infrastructure, security and usage. Gathers most of the Swedish Internet community. www.iis.se/Internetdagarna www.iis.se/Internetdagarna Investigation and research work II-stiftelsen does their own investigations, supports research and standardization work within among others DNS. In 2002 a new Internet study was initiated. International standardization work II-stiftelsen contribute to IETF:s international standardization work for the Internet. II-stiftelsen’s other areas (1/2)

5. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB5 II-stiftelsen - www.iis.se International representation Participates in international forums, ICANN, IETF, Centr. ENUM II-stiftelsen and NIC-SE work in conjunction with PTS to evaluate ENUM (telephone number in the DNS-system). A body for commenting legislation etc II-stiftelsen is the body considering proposed legislation for among other issues IT-infrastructure. DNSSEC II-stiftelsen participates actively in the development of a standard for safer DNS-request on the Internet. DNSTEST II-stiftelsen develops a tool to control DNS-configurations within.se. II-stiftelsen’s other areas (2/2)

6. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB6.se registration development Number active domains in.se domännamn 96 574 106 418 214 417 0 50 000 100 000 150 000 200 000 250 000 200120022003

7. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB7 Transition to domainrules 3.0 Year 2003 Receivingperiod Wednesday 2 april 13:00 Thursday 27 march 16:00 Rule 2 Wednesday 9 april 12:00 Monday 28 april 13:00 Open applications rule 3.0 All applications are assigned the same timestamp Normal registration starts NIC-SE database mailboxes registrar application Message to registrars and endusers via e-mail Different priorities Applications buffering according first come – first serve Wednesday 23 april 13:00 Random selection Allocationperiod

8. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB8 Transition statistics 106.325 registrations 31 dec 2002 110.763 registrations 31 mars 2003 41.757 registrations 2-9 april  Number of applications total: 62.319  Number of duplicates total: 5.188  Increase with 38%  5189 domainnames with more than one applicant (25122) 157.927 registrations may 2003 214 417 registrations 31 dec 2003 An increase over 100% (101,5%) during 2003

9. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB9 Example of a Swedish Newspaper

10. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB10 Which characters to include in first phase? Why ”å, ä, ö, ü, é” for.se?  Why not only å, ä och ö in the first phase?  Why only these characters? ”I strongly recommend the characters Å Ä Ö É Ü in the first phase of the IDN introduction. These characters has been part of the national census bureaux since the time of computerizing it, see Swedish standard document SIS 63 21 27 (SS 63 21 27 version 2 1984) och Statskontorets technical norm nr 3 (3:2 from 1984; 3:3 from 1993).” Wolf Arfvidson Senior Advisor Statskontoret/The Swedish Agency for Public Management

11. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB11 Introduction of IDN in.se From registrars via e-mail Time schedule ReceivingperiodAllocationperiod Tuesday 14 october 13:00 Tuesday 21 october 12:00 15 november – 1 december Pre- IDN-autoreg Thursday 23 october 12:00 Normal Registration IDN-domainname Priority queue Normal registration IDN-domainname Continous registration ”classic” domainname

12. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB12 Sunrise rules at the introduction of IDN If there exists a previous registration for the same name but without diaresis you get priority to registraing the same with diaresis according to prevoius published table: Translitteration å ---> a, aa ä ---> a, ae ö ---> o, oe ü ---> u, ue é ---> e Priority gets all that has registered before 11 june 2003 (time for the deciscion of this rule was taken). Only one registration allowed per classical domainname In the case two or mor applicants apply for the same name, the one one with oldest registration date has precedence.

13. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB13 Statistics for the IDN introduction Totally for the period 14.822 correct applications was received  4.619 priority registrations  10.203 new registrations The number of unique applications was 8.764.  The priority queue contained 4.619 applications, of which 4.604 was unique. For 15 domainname the several applicants, in which case the ones with the oldest registartion dates was allocated the name.  The new registration queue contained 10.203 applications for 5.090 unique domainnames. For 962 domainname there was more than one applicants. Selection of applicants was made according to random selection (lottery) in the same way as for the liberalisation transition in april 2003.

14. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB14 The most popular domainnames sök.se206 båt.se143 varumärken.se119 öl.se103 kläder.se97 göteborg.se93 malmö.se68 mäklare.se59 fastighetsbyrå.se57 domän.se53 åre.se47 köp.se47 åhlens.se47 domännamn.se44 sälj.se44 båtar.se44 hälsa.se43 företag.se43 åhléns.se42 böcker.se36

15. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB15.se relation with the government Probably the most analysed cc in the world… 2000 The Domain Name Committee 2003 The committee implementing the e-.communication directive proposes: ”a law regarding the national top-level domain for Sweden”

16. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB16 The Domain Name committe IIS be contracted by government Government to appoint two members of IIS board New simpler rules without prior assessment

17. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB17 Law regarding.se Purpose? Objective  Administered efficient, robust and secure, protect common interest Supervising authority  Access to information, equipment, premises  Empowered to issue injunctions  Inspection fee (2 euro/domain)  Price control

18. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB18 Law regarding.se - cont IP-rights in database recognized Obligation to transfer registration data to new administrator Safety copy of database to be kept with supervising authority

19. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB19 IIS main objections Conflicts the constitution ”Lex in casuae” Conflicts the European convention on human right Conflicts basic rules of competion and freedom of trade

20. NIC-SE Network Information Centre Sweden AB20 What´s next National Post and Telecommunications Agency to make a survey regarding which functions in the operation and administration of top-level domains that are essential to ensure security in the DNS To be continued