.LV today and tomorrow

Katrīna Sataki, NIC.LV

Riga, 19 April 2013

Agenda

• Welcome and Introduction• Diversity of the Internet• Internet Security, Stability, and Resilience• Internet Freedom and Internet Governance

Root

ccTLDs gTLDs

.lv .lt .de .se .com .org .edu

.nic .lu .domreg .denic

.a .b

.wikipedia .iana

IDNs.РФ

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Who we are and What we do

Who we are and What we do

Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia

Network Solutions Department -Network Information center

NIC.LV

Members of:

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Three main areas of activities

• Global DNS• Basic services• Additional services

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IPv6

• Name servers• Cache servers• www.nic.lv• AAAA records

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Direct customers Registrars

We also offer

• Name servers• .id.lv per natural person• .lv.mobi• Cache and recursive servers• Technical, legal and other support

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What is.LV

What is.LV

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> 100 000 domain names> 58 000 registrants 121 Registrar

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Domain name growth

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Growth of IDNs

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Registrar growth

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Geographical distribution of domain names

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NS by country

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Domain name length

indianajonesandthekingdomofthecrystalskullmovie.lv

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Age of registrants

.LVcomparing to others

.LVcomparing to others

Principles of registration

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Profit or not for profit?

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Direct registration or registrars?

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Do Registrars pay a fee?

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What level registrations allowed?

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Does the Registry allow IDNs?

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Does the Registry provide DNSSEC?

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How long does it take for a domain name to appear in DNS?

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.LVin... years

.LVin... years

Top priorities

Registrars

Awareness raising

Infrastructure

Registrars

• Actively promote EPP• Encourage DNSSEC usage

Awareness raising

Infrastructure

• Further expansion of our anycast network• Further strengthening of resilient

infrastructure• Colaborative efforts with registrars and

registries world-wide

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Thank you!

katrina@nic.lv