Friday, October 4, 2019

APTLD Executive Fellowship-2019

Roshini Peter – Manager,  Domain Registration, LK Domain Registry at Netherlands Domain Registry SIDN.





Roshini Peter – Manager, Domain Registration represented LK Domain Registry Sri Lanka for the APTLD Executive Fellowship 2019 where she got the opportunity to  visit one of the largest ccTLD  in the world, Netherlands Domain Registry SIDN.

The Netherlands, a country in northwestern Europe, is known for a flat landscape of canals, tulip fields, windmills and cycling routes and 5.8 million domain names under SIDN control – over 3 million of them secured with DNSSEC – and activities generate a lot of data which shows their contribution towards the country economic developments.

SIDN’s main role is acting as the ‘Registry’ for .nl – the Netherlands’ country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) SIDN, the registry of the .nl domain, are responsible for the functional stability and development of the .nl internet domain.

When comes to the mission of SIDN connecting people and companies for a care free and promising digital existence &  help built and strategy of internet. SIDN is one of the safest domains in the world secure protocols, robust infrastructure and proactive measures. It provides secure log –in solutions and reusable digital identities.

They have established SIDN Labs their research arm dedicated to applied research and  technological developments of the Internet, working with the Internet measurement committee and Internet Task force, Internet engineering committee and collaborating with various Universities.

DNS performance improvements and monitoring are being seriously treated by SIDN and they always want to enhance the customer satisfaction and round trip time.

Summarised developments through SIDN services are highlighted how .nl SIDN System functions:


Domain Name Surveillance Service- with this SIDN warns the client in advance about the registration of a domain name that is similar to your brand or domain name.

Domain Name Portfolio Checker (DPC) - Puts you back in control. It provides a full breakdown of your .nl domain names, with details of the registrar that manages each one.)


.nl Control -(With .nl Control, they have extra control over the domain name. No important changes can be made without first being approved by the agent)