Transcript TWNIC mDNS Business Plan Kenny Huang TWNIC JET Meeting, Beijing

TWNIC mDNS Business Plan
Kenny Huang
TWNIC
JET Meeting, Beijing
28 August 2000
Outline
• Business Model
• Market
• Operation
Business Model
What Problems Are We Solving
• Problem 1
– Lack of marketing and technology capability
– S1: Initiate whole set of mDNS related projects,include
TANet mDNS deployment project,mDNS research project,
mDNS-Email project, Microsoft joint development project
• Problem 2
– System Interoperability
– S2: CDNC mDNS Roaming Testbed, JET
• Problem 3
– Slow pace on system deployment, service delivery
– S3: Creating new registrars. Privatization study
Regulatory Issues
• Primarily in
– Ensuring competition,
– Protecting user interests, or
– Controlling legal monopolies
Executive Strategy
• Phase 1 : Exploration
– Launch multilingual domain name trial service (2Q
2000)
– System development
• Phase 2 : Production Management
– Revise mDNS trial service
– System Interoperability (Roaming model)
– Production system feasibility study (include DRP)
• Phase 3 : Production and Collaboration
– new name space and registration policy
– New registrars
Market
Demand For mTLD Registration
120000
97276
100000
.教育.台灣
88456
66922
.網路.台灣
80000
.商業.台灣
33301
60000
.組織.台灣
.idv.tw
11744
.com.tw
40000
.org.tw
20000
.net.tw
.gov.tw
0
1997/12
Source : TWNIC
1998/12
1999/12
2000/08(eng)
2000/08(cht)
.edu.tw
Operation
Facilities
• Hardware
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SUN Ultra 2
200Mhz CPU * 2
256Mb
hard disk: 3.3G
Network: fast ethernet
• Software
– OS: Solaris 2.6
– web server: Netscape Enterprise 3.5
– database: Oracle 7.3.4
Networks
• Name systems have fully redundant internal
networks from servers to border routers with
10/100Mbps switched Ethernet
• Name systems are collocated on high reliable
network POPs where direct peer with major
tier1 ISPs
Operations
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Unix platform, 24x7 operation
Monitoring of site availability
Load sharing and caching architecture
Server configurations, back-end network and
database integration
• Daily incremental backup and full monthly offsite storage
Customer Service
• Assigned technical team from RFP through
installation, operation, and trouble handling,
24x7
• On-site help-desk provide 8x5 customer
inquiry service and trouble reporting
• Real-time, Web-based customer reporting
systems
Technology
• System Software
– BIND revision
• Architecture
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Roaming model
DNS Forwarder
DNS gateway (code conversion)
Revised ZLD
• Encoding Support
– BIG5,GB,UTF8,UTF5,RACE(TBC)
• Application
Multilingual Email System
• Email System V1.0 :
– OS : Linux 6.2
– Software : ELM, MAIL (8-bit clean)
– WEB Email Service Provided
• Trial operation in TWNIC and Academia Sinica
Future Organization Structure
TWNIC
.TW
Registry
.COM
Registry
Other TLD
Registry
Affiliate
TLD
Registrar
Affiliate
Partnership
Partnership
Registrar
Registrar
Registrar
Registrar