REGISTERING A NEW NG DOMAIN NAME
1. REGISTRATION TYPE
New, Modification, or Delection
2. THE NAME OF THE DOMAIN
This is the name that will be used in tables and lists associating the domain with the domain server addresses. See Naming Structure Table below. The following formats are accepted as a NG Domain name.
Domain Name Example: MAGNANIMOUS.OR.NG
NG DOMAIN NAMING STRUCTURE
- Schools granting baccalauriat degrees <name>.edu.ng
- Schools granting other degrees <name>.sch.ng
- Commercial <name>.com.ng
- Governmental entities <name>.gov.ng
- Not for profit organizations <name>.org.ng
- Network infrastructure (i.e. isp routers) only <name>.net.ng
3. THE NAME OF THE ENTITY REPRESENTED
The name that describes the Fully Qualified Domain Namee. For example: The Networthy Corporation, not the name of the Network Service Provider or organization submitting the request. The organization must be in Nigeria and be the end user of the domain.
4. PLEASE DESCRIBE THE DOMAIN BRIEFLY.
For example: The Networthy Corporation is a consulting organization of people working with UNIX and the C language in an electronic networking environment. It sponsors two technical conferences annually and distributes a bimonthly newsletter. Registrations must be from organizations with a real presence in Nigeria and with a demonstrable intent to use the domain name on a regular basis on the internet. I.e. brand, vanity, placemark, trademark, service mark, etc. name registration is not appropriate. The Organization and the Adminintrative contact must be in Nigeria.
5. THE DATE YOU EXPECT THE DOMAIN TO BE FULLY OPERATIONAL.
For every registration, we need both the administrative and the technical contacts of a domain (questions 6 & 7) and we MUST have a network mailbox for each. If you have a NIC handle (a unique NIC database identifier) please enter it. (If you don't know what a NIC handle is leave it blank). Also the title, mailing address, phone number, organization, and network mailbox.
6. THE NAME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD OF THE "ORGANIZATION".
The administrator is the contact point for administrative and policy questions about the domain. The Domain administrator should work closely with the personnel they have designated as the "technical contact" for the domain. In this example the Domain Administraror would be the Administrator of the Networty Corporation, not the Administrator of the organization running the nameserver (unless it is the same person). The Administrative contact must be in Nigeria and must be within the organization which is registering the domain.
7. THE NAME OF THE TECHNICAL AND ZONE CONTACT.
The technical and zone contact handles the technical aspects of maintaining the domain's name server and resolver software, and database files. They keep the name server running. This person would be the technical contact running the primary nameserver. The REGISTRATION REQUEST MAILBOX (7j) is where domain name requests are mailed and processed for the delegated domain. Mailboxes names would be like: hostmaster, noc, etc).
8. PRIMARY SERVER.
If this is a request to delegate the domain name, the complete host name of the primary server as well as the IP address.
9. SECONDARY SERVER.
If this is a request to delegate the domain name, the complete host name of the secondary server as well as the IP address.
Domains must provide at least two independent servers that provide the domain service for translating names to addresses for hosts in this domain. Establishing the servers in physically separate locations and on different PSNs and/or networks is required. See RFC2182 for the rationale.
This means that the secondary server MUST be in a physical location quite separate from the primary, and that the two MUST be on completely separate international backbone providers.
If you wish to have more than one secondary server, merely duplicate section 9.
10. INTERNET HOST.
If you just wish to give a single host a domain name, then this option may be appropriate.
It is your responsibility to see that an IN-ADDR pointer record is entered in the DNS database. (For internet hosts only). Contact the administrator of the IP network your host is on to have this done. The NG Domain administration does not administer the network and cannot make these entries in the DNS database.
11. Many applicants have hosts in the UUCP world. Some are one hop away, some two and three hops away from their "Internet Forwarder", this is acceptable. What is important is getting an Internet host to be your forwarder. If you do not already have an Internet forwarder, there are several businesses that provide this service for a fee, (see RFC 1359 - Connecting to the Internet What Connecting Institutions Should Anticipate, ACM SIGUCCS, August 1992). Sometimes local colleges in your area are already on the Internet and may be willing to act as an Internet Forwarder. You would need to work this out with the systems administrator. We cannot make these arrangements for you.
(11a) What is the name of your Internet forwarding host? For example: The host yacht-club.co.ng uses UUCP to connect to RELAY.ISI.EDU which is an Internet host. (i.e., RELAY.ISI.EDU is the forwarding host).
(11b) What is the name of your contact person at fowarding host? The Administrator of RELAY.ISI.EDU must agree to be the forwarding host for yacht-club.co.ng, and the forwarding host must know a delivery method and route to Yacht Club. No double MXing.
(11c) What is the mailbox of your contact? What is the mailbox of the administrator of the forwarding host.
12. What domain name system (dns) resource records (rr) and values are to be entered for your non-IP host. E.g. myname.or.ng MX 10 mail.co.ng. MX 100 backup.mail.co.ng.
