Hello, ICANN makes available gTLD zone files via the Centralized Zone Data Service: https://czds.icann.org/home This excludes ccTLDs, which generally do not provide this data to the public. There are some exceptions: you can AXFR some zones, and some ccTLD operators provide either the full zone as open data, or provide domain names only. But that number is very small. For academic research and to further an open internet, public access to this data would be beneficial. ccTLD operators may wish to "protect" this information for a variety of reasons, yet at the same time there are several commercial services from which one can purchase this data, which invalidates any argument other than "we'd like to make money from selling access to this data". Have there been any discussions around moving towards a required open data model for ccTLD zone data? Given that gTLD zone data (including .com) is publicly available, I think there's strong precedence that making this data available is not harmful and in fact in the public interest. -Jan
