[At-Large] What should we do if a domain fails ?

[RJGlass | America@Large]

Yes, here is a small example to test to see if the process works.  What
would happen if it were the .com registry affected by an enron-type
debacle?

I think ICANN should begin setting firm contingency plans that it actually
carries out.

Randy Glass
A at L

On 5/19/07, John L <johnl at iecc.com> wrote:
>
> To follow up to Danny's recent message and to the one I sent out about
> .travel, it seems likely that the sponsor for .travel will go bust within
> the next month.  Unlike registerfly, there's no problem of losing the
> data, since Neustar runs the day to day operations.
>
> The question is what should happen to a domain that dies.  Should it just
> wind up, no new registrations, the existing ones end when they end?
> (That may take up to ten years, the maximum registration period.)
>
> Presumably when Tralliance goes, ICANN will look for a new sponsor.  What
> if no new sponsor appears?  Given what a dud .travel is, that's quite
> possible.  Should ICANN pay Neustar or someone to keep it going anyway?
>
> Assuming that long-term stability is good, having .travel suddenly
> disappear would be bad.  But having it live on as a zombie with nobody
> caring whether the domains continue to meet the sponsorship rules wouldn't
> be so great either.
>
> In the particular case of .travel, it's so small and obscure that it
> hardly matters to users what happens.  But if ICANN carries through with
> plans to add lots more TLDs, someday a domain that's big enough to matter
> will fail, and it would be a good idea to have a plan in place beyond
> having the data not get lost.
>
> Regards,
> John Levine, johnl at iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for
> Dummies",
> Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, ex-Mayor
> "More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly.
>
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