I too had questioned the wording in the code of conduct regarding
registering names for internal use.

One issue to consider is that the registrar is carrying out the policy
checks for names being registered through them.  It could be possible for a
registrar to apply the names policy in a biased manner for names that it
wishes to register for company use or for employees, directors etc.  This is
important for ".com.au", as the application of the policy is about to be
opened to competition.

It may be better to avoid such problems, and avoid biases by leaving the
wording as it is.
ie you would need to use another registrar when initially registering the
name.  Transferring/renewals may not have such a tight restriction.

For example I would assume that a motor vehicle licence issuer could not
issue driving licences directly to family members etc.


Regards,
Bruce Tonkin




> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Keegel [mailto:djk§cyber.com.au]
> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 9:17 AM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Provisionally Accredited Registrars and 
> Interim Code
> of Practice
> 
> 
> Patrick Corliss wrote:
> ] I really don't think the objective of this restriction is 
> to prevent a bona
> ] fide
> ] registrar like Melbourne IT from properly registering a 
> domain name like
> ] "melbourneit.com.au".
> 
> As written it is not saying you can't have that name, but it is saying
> you can't be the registrar for it (so you would need to register your
> own names through another registrar).
> 
> If the issue is letting registrars register their own domain name,
> then this could be covered by allowing each registrar to register
> 1 domain name on its own behalf.
> 
> As a practical matter, registrars and related entities often seem
> to have a few names, so I would allow each registrar to register
> up to 10 domains themselves for the registrar and the various kinds
> of related entities.
> 
> That ought to solve the problem IMHO.
> 
> I'm not a fan of trying to define things like warehousing, because
> you end up just creating loopholes, where people work out something
> that is almost like warehousing but not quite.  It would also mean
> trying to track a moving target as the industry changes and people
> think up new shonky ways to make a quick and dishonest buck.
> 
> ______________________________________________________________
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