.th

Thailand Network Information Center

October 09, 2004

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.

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

THNIC Structure

THailand Network Information Center (THNIC)

Policy Planning

T.H.NIC Co., Ltd.

Thai Name Server Co., Ltd. Registry

Registrar

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.

Registrant Fee Structure

First registration 1,500 Baht (US $37) for 2 years

Renewal 800 Baht (US $20) / year

Domain Structure

.th

co in ac or go mi net

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

Statistics

September 04 Total number of domains 15,959

New registration, Sep 04 = 377 domains Average = 351 / month

Renew average 469 / month

Staff

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

.TH Domain Name Registration System (Old)

Web Server & WHOIS ServerName Server

Web Server & Name Server Backup

Backup Server

Internet

LAN

Pentium II 400 MHz

Ram 256 MBHDD 10 GB *2

Ripe-dbase 2.0.4

Pentium III800 MHz

Ram 640 MBHDD 18GB BIND 8.4.4

TH registryTH registry

T.H.NIC Name Parking Service SeverT.H.NIC Name Parking Service Sever

Pentium III550 MHz

Ram 320 MBHDD 9GB*2

Apache 1.3.29BIND 8.4.4

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz.Ram 256 MB

HDD 40GB+80GB

Web Server & Name Server Backup (replacement)

Pentium 4Xeon 2.8 GHzRam 1024 MBHDD 36GB*2 Billing & Payment

Server

Pentium 42.4 GHz

Ram 512 MBHDD 40GB*2 IIS 5.0MS Access

.TH Domain Name Registration System (New).TH Domain Name Registration System (New)

WHOIS ServerDatabase Server

Web Server & Database Server

Backup Server

LAN

Pentium II 400 MHz

Ram 256 MBHDD 10 GB *2

Ripe-dbase 2.0.4

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz.Ram 512 MBHDD 40GB*2

Mysql 4.0.12

TH registryTH registry

T.H.NIC (registrar)T.H.NIC (registrar)

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz.Ram 512 MBHDD 40GB*2 Mysql 4.0.17Apache 2.0.45

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz.Ram 256 MB

HDD 40GB+80GB

Name Server & Web Server

Pentium III800 MHz

Ram 640 MBHDD 18GB BIND 8.4.4

Web Server & Slave Name Server& Whois Server

T.H.NIC Name Parking Service SeverT.H.NIC Name Parking Service Sever

Pentium III550 MHz

Ram 320 MBHDD 9GB*2

Apache 1.3.29BIND 8.4.4

Internet

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.

SoftwareSoftware

OS OS FreeBSDFreeBSD – 2.2.7-RELEASE2.2.7-RELEASE

– 3.5.1-RELEASE3.5.1-RELEASE

– 4.7-RELEASE4.7-RELEASE

– 4.9-STABLE4.9-STABLE

– 5.0-RELEASE5.0-RELEASE

– Windows 2000Windows 2000

Name ServerName Server– BIND 8.4.4BIND 8.4.4

Whois ServerWhois Server– Ripe-dbase 2.0.4Ripe-dbase 2.0.4

– Ripe-dbase-3.2.0 Ripe-dbase-3.2.0 (Testing)(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++

Software (continue)Software (continue)

NSI Registry Registrar Protocol (RRP) NSI Registry Registrar Protocol (RRP) TCP 648 November 1998 TCP 648 November 1998  RRP version 1.1.0 RFC 2832 May 2000RRP version 1.1.0 RFC 2832 May 2000 RRP version 2.0.0 RFC 3632 November 2003RRP version 2.0.0 RFC 3632 November 2003

THNIC start developing Base on registrar-toolkit-1.1.0a (Network THNIC start developing Base on registrar-toolkit-1.1.0a (Network Solutions) TH-RRP September 2001Solutions) TH-RRP September 2001– TH-RRP MS SQL Beata December 2001TH-RRP MS SQL Beata December 2001

– TH-RRP Mysql 1.0.0 Beta March 2002TH-RRP Mysql 1.0.0 Beta March 2002

– ……

– TH-RRP 1.0.6 March 2003TH-RRP 1.0.6 March 2003

Future Plans

Multi-Registrar system