From: Hostmaster Subject: Re: [NIC-961127.4583] HT fourth-step reaction To: rehred@acn2.net (REHRED) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 23:34:48 -0500 (EST) >Hello, Are you changing domain name ownership, or are you simply making a modification to a domain name? Thank you. Robin Andrews Hostmaster InterNIC Registration Services Voice (703) 742-4777 E-mail robina@internic.net ================================================================ > > FROM: REHRED > > TO: IANA > > > For the understanding of our forth-step reaction, we reproduce the copy of the fax (copy produced by IANA). > > > At 16:26 14/03/97 -0800, iana@ISI.EDU wrote: > > > >TO: Everyone Concerned > > > >FROM: IANA > > > >The memo which we received from the Government of Haiti has been > >re-typed in order that all parties mentioned and concerned might > >understand the direction we have taken in regards to the Haiti domain. > >It is included below. > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- > >MINISTETE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES > > March 13, 1997 > > Port Au Prince, Haiti > > > >SM-105.97 > > > >Mr. Jon FOSTER > >Associate Director of Networking > >International Assign Numbers Authority (IANA) > >USC/Information Sciences Institute > >4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1001 > >Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6895 > >USA > > > > > > > >Dear Mr. FOSTER: > > > > The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Haiti is > >pleased to inform you that it has decided to grant to FOCUS DATA, on a > >non-exclusive basis, the right to use Haiti's Top Level Domain. FOCUS > >DATA is a company duly registered in Haiti as an Internet Service > >Provider (ISP). > > > > Here are the specifications of the company's server located in > >Petion-Ville, Haiti: > > > >Primary DNS Server Address : 206.152.15.33 > >Secondary DNS Server Address : 206.152.15.34 > >Primary Server Name : ns.haitiworld.com > >Secondary Server Name : appsrv.haitiworld.com > >E-Mail Address : cfilien@haitiworld.com > >FAX Number : (509) 57-9040 > >Telephone Number : (509) 57-0377 > > > > > The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Haiti would > >appreciate it if you would take the necessary steps to implement that > >decision. > > > >Sincerely yours, > > >------------------------- > >Fritz LONGCHAMP > > Minister > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > In accordance with all correspondance that has been exchanged yesterday and after the lecture of the Minister's Memo, we allow us to produce the following remarks: > > 1. For now, we don't know the exact content of FOCUS DATA's request to the Haitian Goverment. What is sure is that the Foreign Affairs Minister dont ask IANA > >to redelegate the HT domain to another company for the time being. > It only speaks about > >>the right to use Haiti's Top Level Domain, on a non-exclusive basis. > ^^^^^ > (we underline to use) > > 2. REHRED, as administrative responsible for the TLD HT understands that IANA, receiving the Minster's Memo, interpreted it as a 'flag' that something was unclear between the various concerned Haitian parties. As following, and in respect of the Internic/Internet's rules, IANA should have contact the parties and ask them to search and reach an agreement (reference to RFC 1591). In no case IANA can take the decision, before and without any conciliation procedure, to redelegate the HT domain to another institution. > > 3. REHRED is glad to confirm you that all ISPs of Haiti should be grant to use the > Haiti's TLD in a non-exclusive fashion by following the normal procedure > of Internet. In that very case FOCUS DATA must contact the administrative > contact for TLD (Mr Zaugg at REHRED) and express their request. > The administrative contact will in a timely fashion process it and > allow the use of the TLD domain to FOCUS DATA, as all local institutions will be able to. > > > Consequently, REHRED repeats and insists on his position, that means: > > 1. TLD HT is still delegated to REHRED, with the information contacts (administrative and technical) that figure in the Internic's registers and which is accessible via "whois". In this sense, we ask the IANA to send us a clear message that confirm this fact and cancel the one we received that announced the redelegation to FOCUS DATA. > > 2. REHRED is on the way to rapidly organize a large meeting with all implied actors on the national Internet scene and in view to create a National ad hoc Commitee for the promotion and the management of the TLD HT. > > 2. REHRED will normally consider the needs and volunty of FOCUS DATA to use the HT domains. It would certainly be possible, increasing the fiability of the technical operation of the TLD HT to suggest to include one of FOCUS DATA's servers as secondary DNS. > > > As conclusion, REHRED hope that all what just happened about the TLD HT will serve as experience for the IANA and for us, in Haiti and will allow to prevent any further disagreements on the TLD's scene. > > Best regards. > > Bernard ZAUGG > REHRED Coordinator