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.kr administration�

2024.6.28

전길남

Chon, Kilnam

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2024 krIGF 2023.9.24rev2024.6.19+

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1. .kr History - overview

  1. gTLD deployment
  2. ccTLD deployment; .uk

CSNET member country TLD pre-delegations(.kr,….)

  1. .kr delegation; adm contact/전길남, tech contact/박현제
  2. .10 KNIC Testbed & .kr tech contact change (to 박태하)
  3. .04 KRNIC Service & 정보통신부의 업무위탁
  4. .09 KRNIC transfer to NCA

1990s krnic spinoff from NCA(tech contact changed to 박찬기

1990s 주소위원회 (Chair/이수연, later in 1990s to 이동만)

1990s 주소법

1990s tech contact changed (to: techc)

1990s IANA added “Organization Contact” to Adm. Contact and Tech Contact.

2026 .kr delegation, 40th Year

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1.1 DNS - Beginning

  • 1983 gTLD deployment

.com, .edu, .org, .mil, .arpa

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Remark: What to do non-US entries including UK?

Decided to make .uk

What to do other countries (over 200)?

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1.2 ccTLD

  • Delegate CSNET member countries to Prof Landweber in 1985 (~20).

.kr, .au, .nz, .jp, .hk, .il, .de, .fr,…

  • Other ccTLDs (>200)

accept one-by-one.

delegate group of ccTLDs to Bush and others.

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Remarks

  1. Need good document list on .kr/krnic.
  2. .kr governance

2.1 internet governance started with names/numbers governance.

2.2 .kr – current status

administrative contact 전길남 (1985~)

technical contact KRNIC (박창기 -> techc)

organization contact KRNIC

2.3 management

multistakeholder?

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References

GAC, ICANN Principles for delegation and administration of ccTLDs, 2000.2.23.

IANA, Delegating or transferring a country-code top-level domain, (undated).

ICANN, ccTLD constituency best practice guideline for ccTLD managers, 2001.3.10.

krIGF.kr website

박태하, 한국망정보센터 – 현황 및 발전방형, KRNET’94,(and 2024 email memo)

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Appendix: 2024 krIGF Session – Revised Draft Proposal

1. 오병일/윤봉남

    Overview of .kr administration session

2. 전길남

    Brief history of .kr, 1980s~

3. KRNIC

  3.1 brief history of krnic; 박태하/early, KRNIC/later

    3.2 brief surveys; 3.2.1 IANA,  3.2.2 ccTLDs (.uk, .jp, .cn) 

  3.3 "krnic 법제화" 

4. 주소위원회, 이수연/송광호, 이동만

5. ICANN/ccTLD-ccNSO and .kr, 이영음

6. 주소법 vs ICANN Regulation, 박경신

7. Discussion

    7.1 Open Discussion

  7.2 .kr adm contact transfer procedure with transfer by 2026

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