__Shared Registrar System Registrar Accreditation Application

Name.Space, Inc.

ICANN gTLD Registry

Accreditation Application

September 30,2000

Generic Top Level Domain Registry Accreditation Application

Name.Space, Inc., currently operates highly automated and technically advanced domain registry and registrar services spanning the full range of technical, administrative and financial qualifications established by ICANN for a shared registrar system ("SRS") testbed applicant. Name.Space is well-positioned to bring significant cost efficiencies and technical improvements, including diverse routing, "smart" whois service and server mirroring, to second level domain registrations in new gTLDs that Name.Space publishes and operates. Given Name.Space’s unparalled real-world experience operating a global nameserver system and automated, Web-based domain registration worldwide, Name.Space provides a proven track record of reliable service and ground-breaking innovation to the ICANN gTLD registry process.

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

D2.) Name.Space, Incorporated

11 East 4th Street Second Floor

New York, New York, 10003

USA

Telephone: 212.677.4080

Fax: 212.677.3603

Email: info@name-space.com

D4.) Type of Business: Corporation; Legal Jurisdiction: United States

D5.) URL: http://name-space.com

D6.) D-U-N-S Number: 96-828-3739

D7.) Number of employees: Under 10

D8.) Total revenues last fiscal year (1999):

D9.) Full names and positions of:

(i) All Directors:

(ii) All Officers

(iii) All relevant managers

(iv) Any persons or entities owning five percent of moreof registry operator

D10.) Name, telephone and fax number, and e-mail address of person to contact for additional information regarding this proposal:

Contact Person: Paul Garrin

Contact Telephone: 212.677.4080

Email: pg@name-space.com

D11.) The full legal name, principal address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, and Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S Number (if any) of all subcontractors identified in item D15.3 below:

N/A

II. Business Capabilities and Plan

D13.1.) Detailed description of the registry operator's capabilities:

Name.Space, Incorporated ("Name.Space"), including its predecessor company pgMedia, Inc., has been a pioneer in the domain name registration and name service business since 1996, developing and servicing new generic TLDs and providing related value-added services. Since June 1998, Name.Space has also operated as an independent reseller of second level domains in the legacy ".com." ".org," and ".net" TLDs, offering simplified, secure, Web-based registration and administration services oriented toward small businesses and individual consumers. Online operations are currently up and running and may be accessed via the Web site at <http://name-space.com>.

One example of Name.Space’s practical technological developments is the "smart" Whois (sWhois) service, created in 1996. sWhois is a universal domain name search engine that handles all toplevel domains, ccTLDs and new gTLDs, and queries the appropriate database, returning domain informaiton, or indicating the availability of a domain for registration. sWhois can also search IP number block assignments, Internic handles, and registered nameserver host information, all via a simple, web-based form, or via UNIX command line on standard "whois" port 43. Name.Space was the first to successfully implement a global whois service, and is among the very few who offer this capability to internet users today.

Name.Space provides a free, encrypted web-based email service called "LokMail" to its customers. LokMail is compatible with standard PGP and GnuPG encryption, and uses a standard 128 bit SSL brower/server connection. Name.Space encourages the use of encryption and digital signatures to protect the integrity of confidential communications with customers, which may contain sensitive account information such as passwords or credit card information, as well as to authenticate update requests to domain and contact information. Name.Space intends to make the use of encryption and digital signatures a standard feature available to all of its domain registration and web hosting clients, as well as to its affiliates and resellers.

Current operational facilities consist of the company’s main premises, located at 11 East 4th Street, New York, N.Y., occupying the entire second floor at that location. Connectivity at that site currently consists of two full 1.544Mbps T1 service (clear channel) running BGP routing through two different upstream providers to provide for route redundancy and to insure against interruptions in service.

Name.Space operates a nameserver network consisting of seven redundant and geographically diverse nameservers, in addition to its New York City production center, co-located at various facilities in San Jose, California (in a facility with T3 connection and backup generators), New York (redundant T1’s), Amsterdam (2Mbps connection), with volunteer servers operating in , Stockholm (10Mbps connection), Riga (2Mbps connection), Amsterdam and Ljubljana. Present server locations are publicly accessible at <http://name-space.com/admin>.

Presently, Name.Space serves international clients in regions as diverse as China, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, in addition to Europe and North America and Australia. We plan to extend our market globally by translating our interface into Italian, Spanish, Portugese, French, Japanese, Korean and Chinese and by forming alliances with ISPs who serve clients in those languages. We have already begun dialogues with potential partners interested in local language domain services.

Registry/database/Internet related experience and activities. Experience with database operation, Internet service provision:

Billy Donahue has worked with internet-oriented Perl andJava programs for 5 years now. Every project has involved a database backend for which he was the database administrator as well as application programmer. he's run Oracle, mySQL and PostgreSQL installations on UNIX and Linux platforms. Billy is the author of sWhois 3.0 and the latest Name.Space registry system. Billy holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering from The Cooper Union. He has worked at Lucent Technologies writing DSP firmware code for cellular base station equipment. He is also an experienced web developer. He commands a mastery of a wide variety of programming idioms including Assembly, C, C++, Perl, and Java as well as SQL, Postgres, and other database technologies. He specializes in UNIX based computing, particularly Linux. He is a member of the New York Linux User's Group and has contributed to the development of the Linux kernel.

Simon Lok is presently a contractor and consultant to Name.Space whom the company seeks to hire full-time as Chief Security and Technical Officer. Mr. Lok is currently the Vice President of INW, Inc., a solutions integrator and value added reseller based in New York, a position that he has held for three years. His previous position was that of a network administrator at an educational institution where he successfully lobbied for over 12 million dollars in software donations over the course of two years from vendors including HP, SGI and OrCAD. Prior to that, Mr. Lok was a software engineer and systems administrator for NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies where he helped develop interfaces to global climate modeling software. Mr. Lok is also involved in cutting edge technology research including parallel-distributed computing clusters, tactical mobile robotics and microwave frequency logic gates for which he has patents pending. Mr. Lok holds professional certifications from Microsoft (MCSE, MCP+I) and Cisco Systems (CCNA) as well as a Bachelors and Masters of Engineering degrees in electrical engineering from The Cooper Union. Mr. Lok is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at Columbia University.

D13.1.5.) Mission.

Name.Space was founded in 1996 to publish and provide registry services for new generic toplevel domains (gTLDs), such as .art, .cam, .design, .gallery, .music, .news, .shop, .sports, .sex, and others, to open the domain name market to competition and diversity and to bring new services to the marketplace, as well as provide cultural and educational support for communities, and to bridge the "digital divide". Through public survey, Name.Space has selected, established, published and presently operates over 540 new gTLDs. Through practice and hands-on development, Name.Space and its engineers have proven the concept for new gTLDs that are published and managed in accordance to market demand and best technical practice, beyond any doubts.

In the past, many have declared that it could not, or should not be done--to add large numbers of new gTLDs. The question "why so many?" is not at all difficult to explain. Some gTLDs will inevitably become commercially successful as witnessed by the "dot-com" phenomenon.

When the "dot-everything" phenomenon comes, not all TLDs will fare that well in terms of commercial success, but nonetheless have value for non-profit, educational, cultural, or other uses. Although there is a strong value to cultural, educational and non-commercial TLDs, registrations in them may not total the numbers sufficient to pay the necessary infrastructure costs to support them. If a registry were limited to operating only a single TLD, one that may not turn out to be a popular commercial success, or by its nature is oriented toward expressive, educational or non-commercial use, said registry would have to charge prices too high for most non-profits to afford. A popular commercial TLD can easily support registry operations for the less popular TLDs because once the necessary technical and business infrastructure is in place to run one TLD, sufficient resources remain available to simultaneously operate a large number of additional TLDs with no substantial increase in costs. This model is proven in that Network Solutions can charge the same price for "com" "org" and "net" because they operate them on the same infrastructure, thereby sharing the costs of operations. This same scenario allows NSI to continue to support "edu" domains for free. This model can be refined and improved with new TLDs in order to keep the prices fair across the board for TLDs that are both popular and commercial and those that are cultural and non-commercial, while giving investors an excellent return on investment.

During the course of development, the Name.Space Lab in New York has spun off many features and services that have become popular and even emulated by others. These include a "Smart" Whois (sWhois) the Universal Domain Search located at http://swhois.net and http://DNS411.com., and secure, online Portable Account Manager, and of course the first fully automated real-time new gTLD domain registry and database with real-time domain activation and whois data updates.

All new domain name registrations begin with a search. sWhois is registry/registrar aware for all "legacy" TLDs, ccTLDs, gTLDs, IP address assignments, Autonomous System Numbers, NIC handles, and selective general search. sWhois is the center of the "shared registry universe" and is an essential tool to provide powerful domain directory access across the globe and throughout a diverse namespace. In a "stand-alone" mode, sWhois is a the most powerful DNS and IP Number search tool on the Internet. sWhois can also act as a "meta" registrar, to find the best prices across all registries/registrars, creating a unique business opportunity and a valuable service to customers.

Once a client establishes an account with Name.Space, they need to manage it to configure their DNS records where appropriate, and to access their contact information to keep it up to date. Secure, online account management using 128 bit SSL makes a domain portable by allowing client to update domain to IP mappings to change as their service provider does, or for "dynamic" DNS (DynDNS) purposes. This Portable Account Manager (PAM) also enables clients secure access to their contact information and may update it safely, quickly and conveniently, as well as use it to make instant online payments to their accounts with their credit cards.

This high degree of automation is key to the efficiency and the success of the Name.Space model and a key competitive advantage the company has.

D13.1.6.) Management. Qualifications and experience of financial and business officers and other relevant employees.

The company was founded in 1996 by Paul Garrin, who continues as CEO. Paul has a wide range of hands-on experience in art and technology that spans 20 years and includes his work in video art, experimental advanced television and computer animation, interactive systems, robotics and internet. His unconventional mix of knowledge and experience in media, communications and technology led to the creation of Name.Space, and the establishment of a model service for the DNS industry. Paul holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cooper Union; Awards include NY State Council for the Arts, NY Foundation for the Arts, ZKM Media Arts Prize, Ars Electronica Prize, and others. Paul's work has been published worldwide, and he has lectured internationally on media art and internet in both academic and non-academic forums. Media Art installations by Paul Garrin have been exhibited internationally including Holly Solomon Gallery, Sao Paulo Biennale, Lyon Biennale, Musee d'Art Contemporaine du Montreal, Kwangju Biennale, Faurschou Gallery, and others. Paul is a member of CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility) and serves as a member of the CPSR working groups on Privacy and Domain Name Policy. He also is a member of the ICANN Domain Name Supporting Organization (DNSO) and its Working Group C dealing with issues of new generic top level domains.

Satomi Sugishita is the Chief Financial Officer of Name.Space, and wears many hats, including web designer. Satomi holds a Bachelors of Science degree and graduated with honors from New York Institute of Technology. Satomi is accomplished in television and video production, having worked formerly for NHK-TV, Japan as Producer and video editor. In addition to her "number crunching" skills, Satomi is proficient in HTML, Javascript, Photoshop, and a wide range of image and web authoring tools. Satomi designed the Name.Space and DNS411.com websites, among others.

Billy Donahue is presently a contractor whom the company seeks to hire full-time as Chief of Software Engineering. Billy holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering from The Cooper Union. He has worked at Lucent Technologies writing DSP firmware code for cellular base station equipment. He is also an experienced web developer. He commands a mastery of a wide variety of programming idioms including Assembly, C, C++, Perl, and Java as well as SQL, Postgres, and other database technologies. He specializes in UNIX based computing, particularly Linux. He is a member of the New York Linux User's Group and has contributed to the development of the Linux kernel.

D13.1.7.) Staff/employees. Current staff size, demonstrated ability to expand employee base, hiring policy, employee training, space for additional staff.

Name.Space will expand its staff to meet growth demands over the next 12-18 months. Additional staff positions will include a Chief Financial Officer, a Business and Marketing Director, Systems Maintenance Engineer, and Customer Service and Phone Support.

The Name.Space Production Center on East 4th Street in Manhattan has sufficient space to expand staff for the forseeable and expected demand. In the event that additional staff is needed, Name.Space may consider outsourcing, depending on the service required, or hiring additional staff and acquiring sufficient space to support them in the event staff requirements exceed present facilities.

In-house technical staff and management will train new employees on the job.

New employees will be screened according to their capabilities and will be required to have proficiency in their field at the time of hiring. Name.Space will provide an internship program for students to engage in on the job training with our staff. Name.Space will also be seeking to form community partnerships with public schools and non-profit community and cultural organizations and plans to initiate a community service program to raise awareness about computers and technology for communites and cultural use, and to bridge the digital divide.

D13.1.8.) Commercial general liability insurance. Address/include amount of insurance policy, provider of policy, plans for obtaining additional insurance.

Name.Space presently carries a 5 million dollar commercial business and liabilities policy

with Hanover Insurance.

SEE ATTATCHED PROOF OF INSURANCE, MARKED CONFIDENTIAL

D13.2.) Business plan for the proposed registry operations.

SEE ATTATCHED BUSINESS PLAN, MARKED CONFIDENTIAL