| Glossary | New Registrations | Invoicing & Payment | Modifying Your Record |

| Contact Registration | Host Registration | Authenticaion/Authorization |

Glossary (jump to full glossary)

1. What is a domain name?

2. What is DNS?

3. What is a NIC handle?

New Registrations

 

4. Why should I register a domain name?

5. How do I register a new domain name?

6. How can I determine whether the name I want is available?

7. What are the valid characters for a domain name and how long can it be? Is "http://www" part of the domain name?

8. What are the guidelines for registering a .edu domain name?

9. Do I need to have an Internet service provider or two name servers with IP addresses before I can register the domain name I want?

10. How do I register a domain in the .GOV, .US, .CA domain and other top-level domains?

11. Once a domain is registered, who "owns" the domain name--the service provider or the client?

12. Do you accept domain name registrations via fax?

13. How long should registration take?

14. How do I determine the status of my registration?

15. Why are some domain names "On Hold"?

16. I never received any response to my submission.

17. I do not understand the response I received.

18. I lost my tracking number. What do I do?

Invoicing & Payment

 

19. What is the charge for domain name registration?

20. What are the charges for .edu, .gov and .mil registrations?

21. Exactly how will the fees be spent? What's the formula?

22. What are the billing and payment procedures for a new domain name?

23. What are the billing and payment procedures for renewing my domain name?

24. How do I determine the payment status of my account?

25. What payment methods are acceptable?

26. Where do I send my payment?

27. What is the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) for InterNIC?

28. What happens if I don't pay?

Modifying Your Record

 

29. How do I modify an existing domain name record?

30. Is there a charge for modifying a domain name record?

31. Should all domain modifications be submitted by the current administrative or technical contact?

32. My domain record update request was rejected because I could not be verified as a contact of the domain name. What do I do now?

33. Which form should I fill out if I am switching service providers?

34. How do I change the name of the domain itself??

35. How do I transfer a domain name from one Registrant (Organization) to another??

36. What is the best way to update the IP address of a name server?

37. Can the organization listed in Section 3 of the Domain Registration Agreement be changed?

38. If the IP address or host name of a name server needs to be changed, do all the domains and network records associated with the host need to be updated?

39. Do you accept domain name record modifications via fax?

40. Can just anybody submit a request to change my domain record if I don't use PGP or choose an encrypted password?

Contact Registration

 

41. What is the contact template used for?

42. Who can register as a contact in the Whois database?

43. How do I change my contact information if I no longer have access to the e-mail account listed in the Whois database?

44. The contact template gives an option to register as an individual or as a role account. What's the difference between the two types of contact?

45. Who has the authority to update a contact's user record?

Host Registration

 

46. Can a host be registered if it will not be used as a name server?

47. What is the relationship between a host name and its IP address at the InterNIC?

48. Who has the authority to create a new host, update a host, or assign a new contact to a host record?

49. Can a host be deleted if it is listed as a name server for a domain?

50. Will I be notified before or after updates to any host, domain, or contact record I'm associated with are completed?

Authentication/Authorization

 

51. What is Guardian?

52. What levels of security are available?

53. How can I protect my domain name with PGP or an encrypted password?

54. Do I need to have special software to protect my domain or network records with PGP?

55. Do I need to send my public key to the InterNIC before I can guard my domains or networks with PGP?

56. Do I need to use PGP to sign all update requests that I send to the InterNIC?

57. Can just anybody submit a request to change my domain record if I don't use PGP or choose an encrypted password?

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