NTIA launches research on the future development of .us domain names

Recently, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the United States issued a "Market Research Request for Information (RFI)" on the future development of the US national top-level domain ".us", which has attracted widespread attention in the industry.

NTIA's move aims to explore innovative strategies to enhance the stability and security of the domain name system and effectively curb DNS abuse. At the same time, it further implements the usTLD - Nexus policy, which requires that when registering a ".us" domain name, the domain name owner must have a substantial connection with the United States. In addition, NTIA also hopes to achieve privacy-friendly access to domain name owner registration data.

Once the news was released, many organizations responded positively. Among them, organizations such as the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) have made their responses public. They generally recommend maintaining the current management status of the ".us" domain name. M3AAWG pointed out that the ".us" domain name is of great significance as a critical national infrastructure of the United States. In addition, it is predicted that it is expected to generate more than $100 million in new revenue during the next registry contract period.

However, there are still many uncertainties about how the ".us" domain name will develop during the administration of the current President Donald Trump. Although there has been no official public announcement, at least the possibility of renaming the domain name has been considered extremely low.

This NTIA investigation not only concerns the future direction of the US domain name system, but will also have a certain impact on the global Internet domain name management landscape. In the future, we will continue to pay attention to NTIA's decision-making dynamics and further reactions from relevant parties to bring you the latest reports.