On 15 April 2010 the registry of ccTLD .RU has been transferred to a completely new system of registration. It was just shortly before the move that ccTLD .SU was transferred to the same system of registration. From its onset ccTLD .РФ started functioning already in the new system of registration. The transfer of ccTLD .RU to the new system of registration required a individual special preparation, because the quantity of domain names therein has already outnumbered 2.7 million.
Notwithstanding that and the fact that ccTLD .RU is already 16-plus year old, the market has not by far been saturated, and the 2010 growth rate has remained at the 2009 level (35-37%) – a phenomenal pace, as far as European and other overseas TLDs are concerned.
The new registration system is more up-to-date from the perspective of both its architecture and disaster-proof features. It provides for a possibility for backup in various regions of Russia. The server capacity has also been increased.
The new system of registration is designed for EPP protocol. It also compatible with CEP protocol, DRTP and CEP transport, with SMTP (ESMTP) transport.
The new system of registration represents a unique designer product. It has been granted certificate of state registration program for computer systems № 2010611644. The certificate was issued by the Federal service for intellectual property, patents and trade marks and entered in the registry for computer programs on 1 March 2010, and The Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU holds the respective rights.
Overall, the new system of registration will be much faster and more stable, as well as capable of prompt processing of the constantly increasing expansion of Russian national top-level domains (.RU and .РФ).
