Sergey Danilenko: "I don't see the point in using the low-quality services of the .ORG.UA kingdom."

We continue publishing market participants' opinions on the problems with the Ukrainian .ORG.UA domain. Today, Infonic answered questions fromSergey Danilenko, domainer,blogger

— What do you consider the most pressing issues with the .ORG.UA domain? For example, the difficulty of registering such a domain for free, the unjustified blocking of individual name servers (their inclusion on the so-called "blacklist"), the deletion of individual domains without explanation, the different rules and standards that apply to different market players, etc.

All of the above plus a ban on reselling domain names. .ORG.UA administrator Viktor Forsyuk hates people he calls squatters, so he decided to add clause 1.2 to his domain's rules, making .ORG.UA the only Ukrainian public domain where reselling is prohibited!

— Have you tried registering a .ORG.UAIs it free? If so, did you encounter any inconveniences?

No, I haven't tried it, because at the moment I don't see the point in using the low-quality services of the "kingdom of .ORG.UA."

— In your opinion, can a second-level domain administrator establish his own rules, procedures, and standards within the domain?

No, it can't. But we live in Ukraine, so it's not surprising. Forsyuk is one of those people who doesn't care about anything or anyone.

— How, in your opinion, should monopoly in the administration of Ukrainian domains be combated?

I don't see this as a monopoly, because how else can you manage a public domain when it has an administrator (admin-c) and technical support (tech-c). There simply shouldn't be individuals in these two roles; most of the problematic issues wouldn't arise as they do now.

— Do you think Ukraine needs a free .ORG.UA domain, and if so, why?

I'm of two minds here. On the one hand, .ORG.UA and .NET.UA are two free, general-purpose domains, and they have every right to exist, just like other paid domains like .UA, .COM.UA, and .IN.UA. But on the other hand, free domains invite an influx of unscrupulous registrants who, taking advantage of the freebies, will use such domains for spam and other nefarious purposes. Therefore, in the realities of Ukraine (and even beyond), unfortunately, we shouldn't have free domains. And even if we were to consider free domains, we would need to impose some kind of registration restriction, such as domain delegation occurring after receiving an SMS code on the registrant's mobile phone, as is the case with .PP.UA. If I'm not mistaken, Hostmaster, as part of the "EUROrepair of the .UA domain," plans to convert absolutely all current free domains to a paid model. This will engulf .ORG.UA, and after that, no one will ever talk about free Ukrainian domains again.