Internet Governance Forum Brazil, 2007 Workshop: “ Internet Users' Voices on Internationalized Domain Names ” Andrzej Bartosiewicz, NASK

[ preparations ] > February 2002: first internal test of IDNs registrations (real data in real DNS “zone”) > February July 2003: consultations with Internet Community (Local and International) + preparations > August the 11 th, 2003: NASK’s IETF draft Andrzej Bartosiewicz, CENTR

[ implementation schedule ] > September the 11 th, 2003: (Polish script) for.pl domains only ****NASK is the first European Registry offering IDNs**** > September the 18 th, 2003: (Polish script) for 3rd level domain names like:.com.pl.net.pl.org.pl.biz.pl Andrzej Bartosiewicz, CENTR

> October 6, 2003: +German umlauts > October 20, 2003: +Latin (Latin Suplement-1 and Latin Extended-A) > November 3, 2003: +Hebrew, Greek > February 26, 2004: +Cyryllic [ implementation schedule ] Andrzej Bartosiewicz, CENTR

> internal consultations: –mainly with Partners (Registrars) – from our point of view, Registrars play most important role in communication with end-users (domain name holders) –direct feedback from end users > communication: –info to the press –NASK’s web page, RSS channels, magazines like “Computerworld”, daily newspapers, > portals [ consultations ] Andrzej Bartosiewicz, CENTR

> external consultations: –with other ccTLDs mainly CENTR meetings: General Assembles, Administrative and Technical workshops directly with other TLDs (like consultations with.RU before implementing Cyrillic script) –during ICANN meetings [ consultations ] Andrzej Bartosiewicz, CENTR

> the main results of the consultation process are as follows: –First Come, First Served method –no “pre-registrations” –no “sunrise” period –no special rules for ACE domain names, –a combination of characters from different character sets is not allowed –no variants –no bundling –no association with languages – no “language tags” [ consultations – results ] Andrzej Bartosiewicz, CENTR

[ # of ‘idn’ registrations – (growing, monthly) ] Andrzej Bartosiewicz, CENTR

[ # of new ‘idn’ registrations (quarterly) ] Andrzej Bartosiewicz, CENTR

[ # of ‘idn’ registrations (growing, monthly) ] Andrzej Bartosiewicz, CENTR

[ # of new ‘idn’ registrations (yearly) ] Andrzej Bartosiewicz, CENTR

[ new prices ] > starting September 2007, NASK offers… 95% discount to the IDN registrations in the wholesales channel > this idea comes from Registrars – it’s a good example of full cooperation with our community Andrzej Bartosiewicz, CENTR

[ important: anty-phishing solutions ] > “look alike” domain names registration is not allowed > for the policy go to: policy.txt policy.txt Andrzej Bartosiewicz, CENTR