Status of “.KR”

1. Status of “.KR” March 2, 2004 KRNIC JiEun Park(jepark@nic.or.kr)

2. Task of KRNIC Cooperation with internet-related international organizations R&D of Internet-related subjects Release Internet-related Statistics Technical Support Policy Development management of .KR Name server & D/B allocations & assignment of IPv4&ASN IPv6, ENUM etc.

3. AA(Authorized Agency) 1 AA 2 AA 7 … Competition Flowchart KRNIC • operate & maintain name server/DB • develop Internet resource policy • set DRP(dispute resolution policy&procedure) • set AA’s task standards Approval /Contract • domain name registration service • added service (ex. Parking, web hosting…) • accredited by KRNIC Contract Registrants

4. History • Jun. 29th 1999 • KRNIC was founded as a non-profit organization • Became to register multiple domain names per 1 certificate • Jan. 4th 2002 • Launched .KR Domain Name Dispute Resolution committee • Aug. 19th 2002 • Competition system introduction for domain name registration phase(authorized agencies) • Aug. 19th 2003 • Started 한글.kr service(한글stands for Korean character)

5. Number of Domain Names Total no. of DN No. of 한글.KR

6. <Source : Korea Network Information Center " The component ratio of KR domain" Dec. 2003> Component of ratio of KR

7. Status of 한글.kr • Key points • 한글.KR has been launched since August 19th, 10:00 • Registrations at second level ex) 한글.kr • However, ASCII names are still registered at third level • ex) samsung.co.kr • Sunrise period for public names, registered trade marks and company names. • After sunrise period, we started FCFS in Nov. 4, 2003. • Number of 한글.KR: About 73,000(Feb. 2004) • Connection ratio • For 한글.KR, about 30% is linked to homepage • For ascii domain name, about 60% is linked to homepage

8. Environment Change_present MIC (Ministry of Information and Communication) • Approval of • -President&Board members • KRNIC bylaws, regulations • Domain name registration fee • KR dispute application fee Entrust the national duty of Internet resources management in Korea Auditing every three years KRNIC (Korea Network Information Center)

9. Environment Change • Passed a law concerning .KR (Jan. 29, 2004) • Ministry of Information and Communication(MIC) enacted, “Act on Internet Address Resources” • Rationale for Proposal  & Major details • To establish a system to govern the registration and management of Internet addresses including designation of an Internet Address Management Authority. • To protect the rights of duly entitled parties to the use of relevant Internet addresses by banning preemptive occupation and registration of domain names for unjustified purposes. • To establish the National Internet Agency(tentative named) as the organization in charge of efficiently executing government policies as regards Internet address resources, and sets forth its major duties. • To set up an Internet address dispute conciliation system so as to efficiently resolve disputes arising from registration/use of Internet addresses.

10. Environment Change_after • Change on the status of KRNIC • NIC function will be kept continuously in NIA • Law is going to be enforced on August, 2004

11. Thank you ~ KRNIC JiEun Park(jepark@nic.or.kr)