Registration of third level domains in .COM.RU, .NET.RU, ORG.RU and PP.RU zones is free of charge.
The request for a domain name should be sent only from working address. The letters sent from idle addresses, and also the letters received from users mailer-daemon, uucp, cron and postmaster are not processed and answers to them are not sent.
The request for domain registration must be sending by person or organization specified in bill-o field of the domain description form. The domain starts to operate immediately after its registration if the nameservers list was tested successfully.
A legal or physical entity can be a payer for the domain.
The Contract between the payer and RIPN must be concluded before the domain registration.
The domain must be paid within one month after the domain registration. An invoice will be sent by post.
The right of disposal of the domain name and the right of choice of an organization, which provides technical support of a domain, belong to domain administrator - the organization or person, specified in admin-o field of the domain description form.
As third level domain administrator can act:
in .NET.RU zone - organization, which takes part in developing of Internet, for the purpose of realization of Internet development projects
in .ORG.RU zone - non-commercial organization
in the .COM.RU zone - commercial organization
in the .PP.RU zone - individual person
Foreign organizations can register domains in .RU, .COM.RU, .NET.RU, .ORG.RU and .PP.RU zones, acting both as administrators and payers. Such organizations can fail to have their offices in Russia and can use services of non-Russian providers.
General provisions for administering domains .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU (GENERIC type)
1.1. RIPN provides registration and delegation of third level domain names in the .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU domains in accordance with this Rules. Modifications are implemented by agreement with Coordination Center for TLD RU. The rules approved by Coordination Center for TLD RU are available at RIPN's web-server.
1.2. RIPN provides the domain operation on the basis of its technical facilities.
1.3. When registering a third level domain name RIPN is not liable for infringement of trade mark rights, for possible conflict situations caused by using the names of other organizations, as well as for other conflict situations, which may occur when the domain name is used.
1.4. Registration and delegation of third level domain names in the .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU domains is free of charge.
1.5.Domain names in the .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU domains are not the objects of purchase and sale.
1.6. All contact persons indicated in the Application for registration of a third level domain should be accessible by e-mail. If the contact persons are inaccessible, RIPN is not liable if information messages are not received by them.
1.7. For each instance receiving the writing issue from an Administrator of a third level domain name according to Subsections 2.9.1, 2.14(1) and 5.2 where an Administrator of a third level domain name is an individual and has not specified the identification information in application form #[PERSON_TEMPLATE], RIPN shall obtain confirmation that this person has the authority to request specified actions pertaining to the third level domain name. Instructions are available at RIPN's web-server.
Conditions of registration and delegation of a third level domain in the .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU domains
2.1. Registration and delegation of a domain name in the .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU domains are made only in the presence at least two domain name servers (primary and secondary DNS) supporting the delegated third level domain. At least two of the DNS servers must be on different IP networks (on different Class C networks in customary terms) and have reliable connection to the Internet. A "reliable connection" implies that the total time for which the server is not connected to the Internet does not exceed two hours a day.
2.2. The domain name servers (primary and secondary DNS) must be maintained in conformity with the requirements of the international standards RFC-1032, RFC-1033, RFC-1034, and RFC-1591.
2.3. The information on domain name servers must correspond to the current state of the network.
2.4. It is advisable to register third level domains
in the .NET.RU domain - for projects connected with Internet development;
in the .ORG.RU domain - for noncommercial projects;
in the .PP.RU domain - for persons.
2.5. Under selection of domain names in the .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU domains:
2.5.1. it is recommended to follow the title of projects, the name of an organization or a group of organizations, or the surname or first name of a person on behalf of which/whom the application is sent in. An Applicant should give an annotation of the requested domain name in ‘descr’ field in English and a detailed explanation of the reason for choosing the domain name in ‘comp-d’ field in Russian. The description of the domain name in ‘comp-d’ field is not put in databases accessible to the public and is not given to other organizations.
2.5.2. on registration of a third level domain name for a legal or individual person, as well as for announcement of their activities, exactly this legal or individual person it is recommended to specify in ‘admin-o’ field.
2.5.3. if a third level domain name is registered to be used by several organizations and it is equivalent to the name of one of them, exactly this organization it is recommended to indicate in ‘admin-o’ field.
2.6. A domain name should consist of more than one symbol, begin and end with a letter of the Latin alphabet or a digit, intermediate symbols may be letters, figures or a hyphen.
2.7. Application for registration of a domain name is declined unconditionally when the requested domain name already exists and has been registered on behalf of another organization or individual person.
2.8. RIPN has the right to decline the application for registration of a domain name in the following cases:
2.8.1. If not normative words or phrases conflicting with the laws of the Russian Federation are used in a domain name.
2.8.2. If an application for registration of a domain name does not meet the requirements set forth in the General rules for preparing applications.
2.9. RIPN has the right to suspend immediately the delegation of the third level domain in the following cases:
2.9.1. If the third level domain Administrator indicated in ‘admin-o’ field of the domain description form #[DOMAIN TEMPLATE]# sends a formal letter.
2.9.2. If the service of technical support of the domain makes a request when after changing information on domain name servers (‘nserver’ field of the domain description form #[DOMAIN TEMPLATE]#) the conditions of the article 2.1. of The Rules are not fulfilled.
2.10. RIPN has the right to test DNS-servers at any time. If the articles 2.1., 2.2., 2.3. of this Rules have not been being fulfilled for more than one month RIPN has the right to suspend the delegation of a third level domain until the breach of maintenance of the servers is eliminated. At the time of suspension of the delegation of the third level domain the right to administer it belongs to the third level domain Administrator indicated in ‘admin-o’ field of the domain description form #[DOMAIN TEMPLATE]#. Domain delegation should be resumed after submitting an applicatian with domain form contained new DNS-servers data meeting the reqirements of the articles 2.1., 2.2., 2.3. of this Rules and after receiving positive results of a validity check on DNS-servers.
2.11. When the information on the organization acting as a third level domain Administrator in the RIPN database ceases to correspond with reality (becomes out of date), it should be renewed within a month from the moment of its change.
2.12. RIPN has the right at any time to request a third level domain Administrator identification and communication information and if necessary the documentary confirmation of this information. This information is indicated in application forms (templates) for organization and person (including fields marked OPTIONAL).
RIPN sent notifications by e-mail to the contact addresses of third level domain Administrator given in the RIPN's database weekly during a month.
2.13. If the requested information (documents) is not submitted within a month from the moment of sending the first notification RIPN has the right to stop domain delegation. Domain delegation is restored within three working days from the moment of submitting requested information (documents) by the Administrator.
2.14. RIPN terminates the registration of a third level domain name in the .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU domains before the expiry of the registration term in the following cases:
(1) by reason of the Administrator's written request;
(2) over the expiry of one month from the moment of suspending delegation (section 2.10, 2.13) if the Administrator the third level domain name does not eliminate reasons of the suspending delegation;
(3) the conditions (section 1.5) are not fulfiled for the domain name;
(4) by reason of an effective court order:
- which finds that the administration of the domain by its Administrator breaches the plaintiff's rights;
- and/or prohibits the use of a designation belonging to or licensed to the plaintiff in the domain name.
In such cases, the person whose rights the court has found infringed is given priority in registration of the vacated domain. To make use of the prerogative, the person should send a written request to a Registrar's address not later than 30 (thirty) calendar days after the court order becomes effective.
Processing applications for registration of a third level domain in the .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU domains
3.1. Registration and delegation of third level domain names in the .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU domains is made on application. All applications are considered with equal reason irrespective of the fact on behalf of which legal or individual person they are sent in.
3.2. If there are several applications for the same domain name, a decision on its registration is made in order of coming.
3.3. The application form for registration of a third level domain in the .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU domains and recommendations on filling it are available at RIPN's web-server.
3.4. The application form for registration of a domain name can be sent by e-mail at the request of the Applicant within a working day from the moment of the receipt of the request. The request should be made to the address of the service desk: ru-ncc@ripn.net.
3.5. The filled application for registration of a domain name should be sent to the address of the automatic processor: ru-dns@ripn.net or via WWW-interface for making up and sending application.
3.6. Confirmation of the receipt of the filled application for registration of a domain name is sent to the Applicant within one working day from the moment of the receipt by RIPN.
3.7. Decision on the application for registration of a domain name should be sent to the Applicant after lapse of two working days from the moment of the acceptance of the correctly filled application to the queue for registration.
3.8. Registration and delegation of a third level domain name in the .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU domains can be made if the conditions set forth in article 2 of The Rules are fulfilled.
Annual re-registration of a third level domain in the .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU domains
4.1. Annual re-registration of a third level domain name in the .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU domains is made on the expiration of the accounting period.
4.2. The process of re-registration of a third level domain name in the .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU domains consists of the following procedures:
4.2.1.Verification of information on the domain name contained in the RIPN database.
If there is no answer to the request of RIPN within three working days, it is considered that updates to the information are not required.
4.2.2. Check of DNS-servers indicated in the database for a domain name (“n-server” field)according to section 2.10.
4.3. Annual re-registration extens registration of the third level domain for the next accounting period.
Changes to the information of a third level domain in the .NET.RU, .ORG.RU, .PP.RU domains
5.1. The procedure of an information update of a third level domain is available at RIPN's web-server.
5.2. The procedure of re-delegation (assignment of rights) of a third level domain is available at RIPN's web-server.