".nic" Charter - moderntld/www.modernnic.net GitHub Wiki

1. Introduction

ModernNIC is establishing the .nic domain in an effort to promote the mutual peering and promotion of Alternative DNS Roots on the Internet. At this time there is no central registry or authority, the .nic zone itself should not exist in any root zones across any Alternative Roots (more information on this below).

To be clear: .nic is not operated by ModernNIC in any technical capacity outside of .modern.nic. Alt-roots utilizing the .nic specifications we have outlined are doing so with their own independence.

2. Organization

Currently, .nic is not operated by any alt-roots, however, alt-roots are permitted to use a single subdomain for internal official services (for example, .modern.nic and all subdomains such as ns1.us.dns.modern.nic could be used by ModernNIC). It is our hope to have all alternative DNS roots taking part in our effort to use these domains as primary resources for official information within their organizations.

3. Contacts

.modern.nic is administered by ModernTLD on the ModernNIC network, all technical queries should be directed towards them.

Other .nic domains are administered by their respective alt-roots independently, and ModernNIC has no authority over their operations.

4. Registration

Alt-roots are encouraged to add the .[root].nic zone directly to their root zone. You should not add a .nic zone for compatibility reasons. It is not required to add the .nic domains of other roots (example, .modern.nic), however it is encouraged if you are also peering with them.

5. ".nic" in ModernNIC

Not all .nic domains are accessible within ModernNIC for obvious reasons: we cannot monitor alt-roots making use of our zone because there is no central authority for .nic.

ModernNIC will peer the .nic domains of any alternative DNS root we peer with. We currently serve the following .nic second level domains:

Reserved Domains

ModernNIC will never peer .nic domains with the following names. As a general rule, we strongly discourage alt-roots from utilizing these names, and cannot enter peering agreements with those that do so.

  • example.nic
  • test.nic
  • localhost.nic
  • register.nic
  • www.nic
  • altroot.nic