at IIT - CNR ITALY Stefano Trumpy Domain name registration at IIT - CNR ITALY Stefano Trumpy International Relations Unit of the “.it” registry Italian National Research Council Institute for Informatics and Telematics

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

3 The Registry activity uDecember 1987: IANA approved the ccTLD“it” and assigned the role of Italian Registry to CNR-CNUCE uToday IIT-CNR acts as the Italian Registry which is in charge of assigning domain names within the country code top level domain “it” (ISO ) uIIT interacts with more than providers/maintainers (Registrars) uAt present, more than domain names are registered under the ccTLD “it” uRegistration can be submitted by natural or juridical person of the EU Countries Institute for Informatics and Telematics

4 Organization of the registry uThe 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; uUp 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 didn’t have direct responsibility of the rules applied; uA 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; uThe constitution of an independent entity, with the participation of CNR, is under evaluation.

5 The Italian Registry Internal Organisation Operations Legal aspects External Relations International Relations Director IIT/RA Systems Steering Committees About 50 people including staff-operators, administrative persons and technicians (35 m * y equivalent)

6 uRegistry-Registrars like, but not exactly uThe Registry also interacts with the Registrants uAt present the Registry manages both electronic and paper documents uThe Letter of Assumption of Responsibility (LAR) is received on paper uWe are moving to electronic papers digitally signed Registrant Registry Registrar The Italian Registry External Organisation

7 uRegistration of new domain names: 4,91 EUR + VAT uChange of registrar: 4,91 EUR + VAT uChange of domain name assignee: 4,91 EUR + VAT uMaintenance rate: 4,91 EUR + VAT The Italian Registry Tariffs (years )

8 Number of registered domains The Italian Registry Statistics The active domains are ~90% of the registered domains Juridical person deregulation

9 Number of contestations at the registry from 1998 to 2003 The Italian Registry Statistics deregulation

10 Types of contestation procedures The Italian Registry Statistics

11 Reassignment procedures (Contestations with judicial action from 1998 to 2003) The Italian Registry Statistics

12 uRunning Domain Names: > uAverage registration time :4,8 hours uAnnual fee/domain name:4,91 euro+ VAT uNumber of “.com” and “.net” names registered in Italy: slightly more than 40% of those registered under “.it” uThe estimated number of Internet users in Italy is today around 23 millions uAnnual budget:about euro uPersonnel:about 50 people (35 m * y equivalent) The Italian Registry in numbers

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

14 Evolutions demanded by the LIC and/or planned by the registry uEliminate limitations for physical persons uAdoption of IDN uEliminate the letter for assumption of responsibility ? uImproving security and stability uImproving WHOIS services also taking into account national and European directives uHarmonizing with “.eu” public policy directives and operations uSetting up of a PKI Certification Authority uThis issues and others will be addressed soon by the newly constituted policy board