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THNIC: Thailand Network Information Center - Overview and Services

Learn about THNIC, Thailand's Network Information Center, responsible for administering the .th domain. Explore its history, fee structure, domain statistics, staff, and future plans.

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THNIC: Thailand Network Information Center - Overview and Services

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  1. .th Thailand Network Information Center October 09, 2004

  2. Background • .th is deligated to AIT in July 1988 • First domain deligated under .th is ait.th, chula.th, psu.th • In 1991 .th domain name deligation is done under second-level domains • .ac.th, .co.th, .or.th, .go.th • 1992 hand on .th administration to Chulalongkorn University.

  3. THNIC Background • 1994: Thailand Network Information Center (THNIC) is set up by AIT and Chulalongkorn University to administrate .th domain • 1988-1999: Domain name registration under .th is free of charge • In March 1999 T.H.NIC Co., Ltd. is established to handle registration including billing and DNS. • THNIC become a policy planner for .th • In May 2002 Thai Name Server Co., Ltd. is established to be registry of .th • T.H.NIC Co., Ltd. become the first registrar for .th

  4. THNIC Structure THailand Network Information Center (THNIC) Policy Planning Registry Thai Name Server Co., Ltd. Registrar T.H.NIC Co., Ltd.

  5. Registrar Fee Structure • Future plan • Not yet Decide • Only one registrar • T.H.NIC Co., Ltd. Funding the registry. • 30% of the income go to registry.

  6. Registrant Fee Structure • First registration • 1,500 Baht (US $37) for 2 years • Renewal • 800 Baht (US $20) / year

  7. Domain Structure .th co in ac or go mi net

  8. Second Level Domain (15,959) • .co.th(12,067) – Commercial uses • .in.th(1,423) – Less restricted commercial/individual uses • .ac.th(1,373) – Academic organization • .or.th(622) – Non-profit organization • .go.th(434) – Governmental uses • .mi.th(14) – Military uses • .net.th(25) – ISP / sub-ISP

  9. Statistics • September 04 • Total number of domains 15,959 • New registration, Sep 04 = 377 domains • Average = 351 / month • Renew • average 469 / month

  10. Staff • T.H.NIC Co., Ltd. – 13 staff • Thai Name Server Co., Ltd. – 6 staff

  11. Web Server & WHOIS Server Internet Name Server Backup Server .TH Domain Name Registration System (Old) Pentium 4 2.4 GHz Ram 512 MB HDD 40GB*2 IIS 5.0 MS Access T.H.NIC Name Parking Service Sever Pentium III 550 MHz Ram 320 MB HDD 9GB*2 Apache 1.3.29 BIND 8.4.4 Pentium 4 Xeon 2.8 GHz Ram 1024 MB HDD 36GB*2 Billing & Payment Server Web Server & Name Server Backup Web Server & Name Server Backup (replacement) TH registry LAN Pentium II 400 MHz Ram 256 MB HDD 10 GB *2 Ripe-dbase 2.0.4 Pentium III 800 MHz Ram 640 MB HDD 18GB BIND 8.4.4 Pentium 4 2.4 GHz. Ram 256 MB HDD 40GB+80GB

  12. WHOIS Server Internet Name Server & Web Server Web Server & Database Server Backup Server .TH Domain Name Registration System (New) T.H.NIC Name Parking Service Sever T.H.NIC (registrar) Pentium III 550 MHz Ram 320 MB HDD 9GB*2 Apache 1.3.29 BIND 8.4.4 Pentium 4 2.4 GHz. Ram 512 MB HDD 40GB*2 Mysql 4.0.17 Apache 2.0.45 Web Server & Slave Name Server & Whois Server TH registry LAN Pentium II 400 MHz Ram 256 MB HDD 10 GB *2 Ripe-dbase 2.0.4 Pentium III 800 MHz Ram 640 MB HDD 18GB BIND 8.4.4 Pentium 4 2.4 GHz. Ram 512 MB HDD 40GB*2 Mysql 4.0.12 Pentium 4 2.4 GHz. Ram 256 MB HDD 40GB+80GB Database Server

  13. Old System Vs. New System • Old System • Registration process mostly done via E-mail • Manual edit zone file • No log.Who, When and What’s been modified • New System • Registration process via Web interface. • Automatic update zone file from DB • Can include human edited DNS RR into zone file. • Activities log.

  14. Software • OS FreeBSD • 2.2.7-RELEASE • 3.5.1-RELEASE • 4.7-RELEASE • 4.9-STABLE • 5.0-RELEASE • Windows 2000 • Name Server • BIND 8.4.4 • Whois Server • Ripe-dbase 2.0.4 • Ripe-dbase-3.2.0 (Testing) • Database Server • Mysql-max-4.0.12 • Mysql-max-4.0.17 • MS Access • Web Server • Apache 1.3.29 • Apache 2.0.45 • IIS 5.0 • Programming Lang. • Perl 4 • Php 4.3.1 • C/C++

  15. Software (continue) NSI Registry Registrar Protocol (RRP) TCP 648 November 1998 • RRP version 1.1.0 RFC 2832 May 2000 • RRP version 2.0.0 RFC 3632 November 2003 • THNIC start developing Base on registrar-toolkit-1.1.0a (Network Solutions) TH-RRP September 2001 • TH-RRP MS SQL Beata December 2001 • TH-RRP Mysql 1.0.0 Beta March 2002 • … • TH-RRP 1.0.6 March 2003

  16. Future Plans • Multi-Registrar system

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