.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
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