[dns-operations] .AERO: last unsigned non-IDNA gTLD

[Rubens Kuhl]

> On 12 Jun 2018, at 03:03, Viktor Dukhovni <ietf-dane at dukhovni.org> wrote:
> 
> Glancing at TLD data I noticed that .AERO is the last
> unsigned non-IDNA gTLD.  A Network World article in
> 2010 suggested that .AERO was to be among the first
> TLDs to be signed:
> 
>   https://www.networkworld.com/article/2216910/lan-wan/registry-operator-afilias-embraces-dns-security.html
> 
>  Next, Afilias will roll out DNSSEC for the following domains
>  before the end of the year: Mongolia's .mn; Seychelles' .sc;
>  Honduras' .hn; Belize's .bz ; Antigua and Barbuda's .ag;
>  St. Lucia's .lc ; St. Vincent and the Grenadines' .vc ;
>  Gibralter's .gi; and Montenegro's .me. Afilias also will
>  support DNSSEC for .aero, a Web site name extension restricted
>  to the aviation industry.
> 
> Sadly, that did not come to pass for either .AERO or .VC.
> 
> The unsigned TLDs at this time number:
> 
> * 122 ISO 2 letter ccTLDs
> * 21 ccTLD IDNA TLDs,
> * 4 generic IDNA TLDs, and
> * .AERO
> 
> The 4 generic IDNA names being:
> 
>  xn--otu796d
>  xn--mxtq1m
>  xn--mgbaakc7dvf
>  xn--ngbrx


These 4 generics are out of compliance with their contracts.

As for .aero, its contract renewal is coming up next year, so they will likely be obliged to sign when they renew.


Rubens

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