ICANN Names Back-up Registry Operators for New gTLDsThree geographically diverse EBEROs selected, making another milestone |
02.04.2013
ICANN today announced the selection of three geographically diverse emergency back-end registry operators (EBEROs). The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), Neustar, Inc. and Nominet were selected to guarantee domain names within a new gTLD continue to resolve in the event of a failure by a new TLD operator.
Emergency back-end registry operators are activated only if a registry operator fails to provide or is unable to sustain five critical registry functions temporarily or in the case of transition from one registry operator to another.
The critical functions covered by EBEROs are:
1. DNS resolution for registered domain names
2. Operation of Shared Registration System
3. Provision of Whois service
4. Registry data escrow deposits
5. Maintenance of a properly signed zone in accordance with DNSSEC requirements
