Creating our own top-level domain

[Dena Whitebirch]

The database most of the TLD managers in the inclusive namespace are
using to attempt to avoid duplicating existing TLDs is located at:
http://root-dns.org/vuedig.htm

Just type in the TLD and you can see which zones may already have it
functioning.  (CINICS is an exception...it appears as though
'everything' is already created there as he's wildcarded his zone, so
you can select the 'zones' link to see what's actually there.)

After you've found a non-conflicting TLD, and it's answering on at
least two nameservers, then you can write to hostmaster at vrx.net (me)
and/or richard at vrx.net (Richard Sexton) to request addition to the
ORSC Root Zone.

Help for getting it all setup can be found at:
http://support.open-rsc.org and/or http://orsc.net/

Feel free to write if you need additional help.

Regards,

Dena A. Whitebirch
@quasar Internet Solutions, Inc.
http://quasar.net


Doug Barton <DougB at DougBarton.net> wrote in message news:<9v87s1$jdp at pub3.rc.vix.com>...
> On 10 Dec 2001, Arnout Engelen wrote:
> 
> > We (some CS students) had a cool idea this evening: we could start our
> > own top-level domain. Of course, it would only work for people who
> > included the nameserver we're going to set up as 'secondary
> > nameserver' or so, but it'd be neat to have.
> 
> 	Sounds like an excellent way to learn more about how DNS works.
> 
> > my question is: is this even possible (it seems to us...)?
> 
> 	Of course it's possible. :) The existing root/TLD name server
> relationships exist purely as a matter of agreement between most sites on
> the internet. Your TLD will be the same, just for a smaller subset of
> people.
>