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<H2><A NAME="register"></A> <A NAME="s5">5. Registering A Domain Name</A></H2>
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<P>In order for people in the outside world to locate your servers under
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the domain name of your choice, whether for web, FTP, or email
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delivery, you will have to register the domain name for insertion into
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the relevant top level domain database.
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<P>Exercise some simple prudence in choosing your domain name. Certain
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words or phrases may be forbidden on the grounds of community
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standards, or may be offensive to visitors whose language or slang
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differs from that of your region. Domain names can contain only the 26
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letters of the Roman alphabet (without accents), the hyphen (though
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not at the beginning or end of the name), and the 10 digits. Domain
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names are not case-sensitive, and can be at least 26 characters long
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(this limit is subject to change). Be careful not to register a name
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which you can reasonably have been expected to know infringes on the
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trademarks of an existing company, the courts are not kind to
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cybersquatters. Some information on the circumstances under which your
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poorly-chosen domain name might be stripped from your control are
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available in this
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<A HREF="http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-policy-24oct99.htm">Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy</A>.
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<P>There are many companies which register names in the ``.com'',
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``.net'', and ``.org'' top level domains. For a current list, check
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the
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<A HREF="http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html">list of accredited registrars</A>.
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<P>To register a name under a country top level domain, such as a
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``.ca'', ``.de'', ``.uk'', etc., check with the appropriate authority,
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which can be located in the
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<A HREF="http://www.iana.org/cctld.html">Country Code Top-Level Domains database</A>.
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<P>Typically, you have to provide the registrar with contact information,
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primary and secondary DNS IP numbers, a change request validation
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scheme (you wouldn't want just anybody changing your domain for you),
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and money in the form of an annual fee. If you're not comfortable with
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the change request validation schemes offered by a registrar, let them
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know that you're not willing to use the service until they address
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your security concerns.
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