Instructions and Guides

Root Zone Management

• Root Zone Change Request Process
  • Technical Requirements for Requests to Change TLD Nameservers in the Root Zone
  • Requirements for RDAP Servers providing Domain Name Data
  • Obtaining Consent for a Root Zone Change
  • Eligible Top-Level Domain Strings
• Root Zone Management System
  • Root Zone Management System User Guide (PDF, 3.2 MB)
  • Identity Verification User Guide
  • Root Zone Management System API and Testing Environment User Guide
  • System Changelog
• Delegating a Generic Top-Level Domain
• Delegating or Transferring a Country-Code Top-Level Domain
  • Questions and Answers on ccTLD Delegation and Transfers
  • Preparing an Operational and Technical Plan
• Retirement of a Country-Code Top-Level Domain
• Caretaker operations for a top-level domain
• Customer Service Complaint Resolution Process

Root Zone Key Signing Ceremonies

• Attending a key signing ceremony
• Key Ceremony Roles
• Key Signing Ceremony scheduling
• Trusted Community Representatives (TCRs)
  • Selection Criteria
  • Call for volunteers
  • Roles
  • Travel Support Procedures
  • Changes
• Key Management Facilities
  • Facility requirements
  • KMF East: Culpeper, Virginia
  • KMF West: El Segundo, California

Intergovernmental treaty organization (.INT) domains

• Eligibility for a .INT domain

Label Generation Rulesets and IDN Tables

• Procedures for the IDN Repository

Protocol Parameters

• Protocol Registration Procedures
• Licensing Terms

Number Resources

• Making Internet Number Resource Allocations to Regional Internet Registries
• Updating legacy Class A IPv4 allocations

Other

• Example domains
• Using the IANA WHOIS server
• Abuse Issues and IP Addresses
• DNS Blackhole (AS112) Service

Archived Articles

• Common Questions on the Next-Generation Root Zone Management System (2022)
• About the IANA stewardship transition from NTIA (2016)
• Information regarding online root management system (2010)
• Procedures for delegating test IDN top-level domains (2007)