From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Dec 11 07:20:05 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA18209 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 11 Dec 1995 07:20:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk (skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.222.60]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA18152 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 1995 07:19:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from snowdon.elsevier.co.uk (snowdon.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.164]) by skiddaw.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id PAA11917; Mon, 11 Dec 1995 15:18:06 GMT Received: from cadair.elsevier.co.uk (actually host cadair) by snowdon with SMTP (PP); Mon, 11 Dec 1995 15:14:22 +0000 Received: (from dpr@localhost) by cadair.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA05518; Mon, 11 Dec 1995 15:14:30 GMT From: Paul Richards Message-Id: <199512111514.PAA05518@cadair.elsevier.co.uk> Subject: Re: A call for DNS secondaries to server for .freebsd.org To: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 15:14:30 +0000 (GMT) Cc: cross@math.psu.edu, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199512082305.AAA18506@keltia.freenix.fr> from "Ollivier Robert" at Dec 9, 95 00:05:40 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In reply to Ollivier Robert who said > > It seems that Dan Cross said: > > > What do you think? I can get the domain name and a name server sorted > > > out but not the actual mirror sites, not enough bandwidth. > > > > I agree with this logic, it also fits in with the problem that Jordan > > mentioned regarding the existing freebsd.org stuff in the US. Why bother > > changing stuff around when there's an easier, and arguably more intuitive > > alternative? > > Forget about it in France. A new domain after the first one that you get > with your provider will cost you between $200/y and $600/y depending on > whether he (the provider) has paid the $6000 fee to be in the FR-NIC > council or not. > > In France, it is not as easy as paying $50/y for a domain :-( > > In other words, forget about freebsd.org.fr. I don't even think they would > accept it as they ask the name to be a registered trade mark in order to > reduce name space pollution in .fr. How do they deal with non-profit organisations? I'm just curious, the UK naming committee mailing list discussed naming conventions a few months ago and I argued strongly against adopting a policy of only allowing .co.uk names to be given to registered companies since there a lots of legitimate bodies that might want a .co.uk domain name that are not registered companies. Is this common around the world, has the UK got a half sensible policy for once :-) Ohh, there's no charge in the UK either at the moment though that was another thing under discussion. -- Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd. Internet: paul@netcraft.co.uk, http://www.netcraft.co.uk Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 1225 447500 (work)