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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><small><small>Le 21/08/12 20:03, David
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<small><small>Karen McKarthy, generally very well
informed, wrote in 2003:<br>
" <i>It is difficult to track back in the past what
domains may have existed since the entire domain
is now down and has been for some time. However,
Internet and telecoms consulting firm
TeleGeography claimed in January 2002 that there
were <b>225</b> owners of .iq domains</i>."<br>
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<div><small><small>While Kieren may be many things, he is not
a she (:-)).</small></small></div>
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<small><small>:-)) Well, as he seems to stay in many places, he is
perhaps here. So, Kieren, please, excuse me.</small></small><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><small><small>Some army tanks
(sent by George W. Bush or Saddam Hussein) may be as
efficient as ICANN in order to scare ISP, registrars
and site creators.<br>
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<div><small><small>Yes, but unless things have changed a bit
since I left, ICANN doesn't control any tanks.</small></small></div>
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<small><small>That ICANN's quality seems to me likely indisputable.
And quite positive.</small></small><br>
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<small><small>But what ICANN-IANA did exactly between
Bayan Elashi's imprisonment and the effective
redelegation?<br>
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<div><small><small>Nothing. IANA does not do anything unless
asked by the TLD administrator (the ancient .HT case
discussed a while back notwithstanding). <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><small><small> And why the
correct details are not in the IANA report?<br>
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<small><small>My guess (informed by the Kieren's comment "the
entire domain is now down and has been for some time") would
be that the .IQ name servers went offline/were misconfigured
such that by the time the .IQ redelegation occurred, the .IQ
name servers were not providing answers so any .IQ
second-level domains would not show up on the Internet.</small></small></div>
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<small><small>Thanks a lot, David.<br>
So, I presume the 18 months sequence could be:<br>
- The registry manager disappears (tourism or whatever)<br>
- The tanks scare the rare ISP, registrars and clients.<br>
- The telecom lines are destroyed.<br>
- The registry becomes empty.<br>
- As it is a ccTLD and that we are app. 10 years ago, nobody
claims any very light fees that could be asked for.<br>
- Some ISP engineers could see, during some weeks, that a domain
generates some technical issues, but its a very little
phenomenon beside day to day network life.<br>
- The app. 200 owners cannot reniew their domain and they guess
that something may be broken.<br>
- The .iq problem becomes visible when the question of
rebuilding iraqi networks is on a possible agenda.<br>
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Best, Dominique</small></small><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"><small><small>--
Dominique Lacroix
Société européenne de l'Internet
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ies-france.eu">http://www.ies-france.eu</a>
+33 (0)6 63 24 39 14</small></small></pre>
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