[IPv6crawler-wg] Input domain name data / TLDs / Domains

[Sameh El-Ansary]

Domains who allow zone transfers are extremely rare nowadays.

Sameh  


On 3/14/10 12:12 PM, "Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond" <ocl at gih.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am leaving Nairobi today but needed to update you on the situation wrt
> obtaining an input set of data for the IPv6 Crawler. In our
> specifications, we mention a "sample" of 50 000 domains. I guess that
> we'll have a higher percentage of .UK domains, since our project is for
> ISOC England, but we really need a sample even for the really small TLDs.
> 
> I have spoken to the head of Strategy at ISOC who liaised with PIR (the
> people who run .org) to obtain zone maps for .org - as a test to see how
> likely it is to be able to obtain this data.
> The response, although not negative, was something along the lines of
> "if you wish us to provide the data, you should get us involved" - ie.
> this is a project which interests them too.
> 
> We are, of course, not willing to add yet more partners - since we would
> end us with as many partners as there are gTLDs, ccTLDs etc.
> 
> I spoke at length to someone at Afilias (they support the tlds described
> at: http://www.afilias.info/global-registry-services )
> and I am yet to receive a formal reply. The person I spoke to told me:
> "but why don't you just do a zone dump for each TLD? Then you can
> pick/choose what domain you wish..."
> 
> I am unsure whether Zone dumps are possible for every TLD these days?
> Will someone please advise whether we can do this?
> I asked re: LEGALITY of doing such a thing. I am told there is nothing
> wrong with it, a-priori, since we are not using the data collected to
> spam people or do anything malicious. This area of the law is not
> defined, so unless we do something malicious, we are fine.
> 
> Okay - I'll look to your feedback on that.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Olivier
>