this does not seem to be an IETF question since the IETF has no control over ICANN or over the ccTLD operators Scott > On Mar 5, 2023, at 6:25 PM, Jan Schaumann <jschauma=40netmeister.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 >
