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reload frequency .nz name servers
by Peter Mott 18 May '00

18 May '00

Does anybody know the timetable for reload of .nz 2TLD name servers on the domainz new system? I just rang them and was advised name servers are only reloaded once a day following a zone build at 4pm. The person did not state whether this occured on the weekend as well as during the week. Useful stuff like this does not appear on the domainz web site :-( Regards Peter Mott Chief Enthusiast 2day.com -/- --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Email notifications of name server changes
by Andrew McGhie 18 May '00

18 May '00

We are in the process of implementing the following: After any change to name server details for a domain name a notification message will be sent to the email address in the soa record for the master name server. Where the master name server has changed as a result of the operation, the same message will be sent to the email address in the soa record of the master name server to which the domain name is being changed. Email messages will also be sent to the contact email addresses in the DRS database records for any Registrar(s) involved in a transaction. Registrars should therefore check their email contact addresses in the DRS. If these are incorrect, please notify registrars(a)domainz.net.nz and we will correct them. We expect to have these facilities available by the close of business hours tomorrow (19.5.00). Regards Andrew Mason (from Andrew McGhie's email) --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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E-Mail Addy When registering a new domain
by nntp＠takin.proz.ac.nz 17 May '00

17 May '00

(A copy of this message has also been posted to the following newsgroups: nz.org.isocnz) Hiyas I have just created a new domain name in the .school.nz space. We have created many of these before for schools as they gain an internet presence. When entering the Name Holder Details, we used to enter the e-mail address as "principal(a)schoolname.school.nz". This was fine and all e-mail to the name holder made it to the desired recipient. I have already set up our mail server to accept mail for that domain. Now when I try and do the same thing with the new DRS system, I am told that the e-mail field is not acceptable. It states that you must use a real address. Presumably this is because their checks show that there is no such domain (as we are only registering it now!!). So, to get around it (the e-mail field is compulsory!) I have to enter a bullshite address with a real domain name (fakie(a)advcomm.co.nz for instance). This is hopeless! Now all e-mail intended for the Name Holder will be lost, whereas it used to get there fine! Why has this chnaged, and can Advantage change it so that it will accept an e-mail field with a domain-name that is still being registered? Thanks in advance! Pete --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Re: [DRS] Email notification of change of Registrar
by Pete 17 May '00

17 May '00

Put my name down for a yes. If it used to happen automatically, and now it does not, who made the decision that it should not be implemented without registrars requesting it? On Thu, 18 May 2000, Andrew McGhie wrote: > As we have announced, when a name is transferred from one Registrar to > another, email notifications are sent to both Registrars on successful > completion of the transfer. > > The system does not at present send a notification to the soa for the names > servers if this is different from the Registrar. As you are probably aware, > we have received a request to do this; we would be grateful to hear from > Registrars as to whether this is a facility that they would like to see. > Technically this can be accomplished very quickly > > Regards > Andrew Mason (from Andrew McGhie's email) > > > > _______________________________________________ > DRS mailing list > DRS(a)domainz.net.nz > http://listserver.actrix.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/drs > --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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notification of delegation of domain names
by Peter Mott 17 May '00

17 May '00

Sorry for the intrusion... The new domainz system does not send a notification email to the soa email address for the zone a name server is delegated to when delegating or removing a delegation. The UoW system did this ok, and our DNS automatically removed zones as a result of such notification. It appears that DOMAINZ is struggling to hear enough people telling them this is an important feature. As a result, they may not fix the problem. If there are people here who are sysadms for name servers and you value being informed when domain names are moved, can I ask you to send messages to domainz via whatever means you know how, telling them that notification of delegations is rather important and they really should fix it. Thanks Regards Peter Mott Chief Enthusiast 2day.com -/- --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Zone file builds
by Andrew McEwen Mason 17 May '00

17 May '00

Greetings all This is to inform you of a change in the schedule of zone builds effective Friday 19.5.00. As you know, these have continued uninterrupted at 16.00 daily since the introduction of the new Domainz Registration System, and have been moved to a 7 days/week operation. In the last few days we have consulted with major Registrars about both increasing the frequency of builds and also the preferred timings. A consensus emerged that twice daily would be appreciated, in the morning and after the end of the working day. As a result, starting this Friday (19 May 2000) zone builds will be carried out twice daily at 11.00 and 19.00 - 7 days a week. Thanks to all who gave their input. We hope that this new arrangement will be acceptable to all, and will welcome any feedback on timing, frequency or any other aspect of the zone build process. Regards to all Andrew ________________________________________________ Andrew McEwen Mason BSA Consulting Group 7 Mariri Road, Kelburn Wellington, NZ Phone +64 4 934-3178 Mobile +64 21 466-181 --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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FW: [DRS] Zone builds
by Peter Mott 16 May '00

16 May '00

Below for information of sysadmins. It was news to us as we are not a registrar and have no knowledge of the means by which domainz consults. I am not sure if the "zone builds" referred to mean the master name server for .nz 2TLD zones is reloaded using the new data, but one assumes this is the case Regards Peter Mott Chief Enthusiast 2day.com -/- > -----Original Message----- > From: drs-admin(a)domainz.net.nz [mailto:drs-admin(a)domainz.net.nz]On > Behalf Of Andrew McEwen Mason > Sent: Wednesday, 17 May 2000 9:49 p.m. > To: drs(a)domainz.net.nz > Subject: [DRS] Zone builds > > > Greetings all > > This is to inform you of a change in the schedule of zone builds effective > Friday 19.5.00. > > AS you know, these have continued uninterrupted at 16.00 daily since the > introduction of the new Domainz Registration System, and have > been moved to > a 7 days/week operation. > > In the last few days we have consulted with major Registrars about both > increasing the frequency of builds and also the preferred timings. A > consensus emerged that twice daily would be appreciated, in the > morning and > after the end of the working day. As a result, starting this > Friday (19 May > 2000) zone builds will be carried out twice daily at 11.00 and 19.00 - 7 > days a week. > > Thanks to all who gave their input. We hope that this new > arrangement will > be acceptable to all, and will welcome any feedback on timing, > frequency or > any other aspect of the zone build process. > > Regards to all > Andrew > > ________________________________________________ > Andrew McEwen Mason > BSA Consulting Group > 7 Mariri Road, Kelburn > Wellington, NZ > > Phone +64 4 934-3178 Mobile +64 21 466-181 > > > _______________________________________________ > DRS mailing list > DRS(a)domainz.net.nz > http://listserver.actrix.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/drs --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Name server authoritativeness checking
by Andrew McGhie 16 May '00

16 May '00

This is to confirm that the DRS has been amended such that, at registration or change of delegation it carries out authoritativeness checks on the master and first slave name servers only, and no others. The checks that it carries out have also been relaxed, which will overcome some other problems experienced in some quarters. The actual checks that are carried out are currently being documented and will be promulgated by the end of the day tomorrow. In the meantime, please let us know if there are any specific details you would like to see in this documentation. Regards Andrew Mason --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Old UPSes for New
by Joe Abley 16 May '00

16 May '00

Hi, Due to bad planning, I have two nearly-new Compaq UPSes that are about 10cm too long for the racks I need to put them in. The units were supplied new by Compaq for the LV Cup media centre in Auckland, and were purchased by my client as the media centre was closed down at the end of the Americas Cup. They have not since been used. The UPSes seem to be a Compaq-rebadged version of an APC rack-mount UPS, spec'd to 3000 kVA. Maximum input current 16A. 18 x 10A outputs on three separate buses. About 70kg each, which brings them nicely into the "christ, my back" category of equipment haulage. [Unit descriptions are from memory; I don't have them with me right now] I'd be very happy if I could exchange them for other, similar-spec rack- mount UPSes that will fit in our cabinets. If I have to, I will sell them. Private mail gratefully received :) Joe --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Well known problem
by Arron Scott 15 May '00

15 May '00

Hi all, As this is a discussion forum for Network Operations people in NZ, I thought I would raise a little problem that I regularly see around the network. I am not pointing this at anyone in NZ in specific, it's just FYI. Hopefully most of you will already know about this. The problem: Clients can ping Web Servers running MTU Path Discovery but cannot HTTP. Why: At HTTP connect time, MTU is negotiated as the lowest set on the interfaces between server and client, for both using Internet this would be 1500 bytes. After that the server attempts to do MTU Path Discovery, by sending the largest agreed packet marked "DO NOT FRAGMENT". If there is a circuit somewhere along the path that is smaller than that packet size, the router is expected to drop the packet, and return ICMP Unreachables, with the "COULD NOT FRAGMENT" message attached. The server should then try a smaller packet. Unfortunately it is common for sites to filter the ICMP Unreachables, which the server never sees, and it spends it's life resending MTU Discovery Packets forever. How to Fix it: TURN OFF MTU PATH DISCOVERY on the server ... or less popular, change filtering to allow the required responses in. It is of course possible to fix the MTU for a specific case, but this never will work for everyone on the Internet. Common Scenarios: This will regularly occur with networks using; - Tunnels (L2TP, GRE, IPIP etc) as the tunnels must have lower MTU than the physical path, to allow it to carry the IP header. - ISDN Routers, where the client has an Ethernet, but the ISDN dialled connection is set to 952 or whatever. - Sites behind small links, where the MTU is tuned for the bandwidth available. This does not occur on dial-up connections, as the client may only have an MTU of 512 bytes, but this is internal to the client, and the original MTU negotiation will prevent a path discovery of packets beyond the MTU of the rest of the path. ps. I hope you are all aware of the problem with clients setting IP packets with a TTL of 32 hops, causing certain locations deep inside Europe to be unreachable. Detail on this problem is on www.netgate.net.nz under the "Too Many Hops Issue" Hope this is useful, Arron Scott Telecom NZ Ltd (But only for three more weeks)

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Tic toc, tic toc......BOOM.......
by Ben Martel 15 May '00

15 May '00

Fellow time travellers, Due to the need for most of us humanoids to have some reference to this thing called 'time' CLEAR Net have now installed (for the general enhancement of the Internet in NZ - hint to ISOCNZ), albeit a minor enhancement, a GPS based time source for your pleasure. This service is based on a unit (which claims to be a stratum one time source - <sigh>) located on the top of the CLEAR building, in Takapuna, Auckland. Techincal details: Device: Truetime NTS 90 (http://www.truetime.com) Hostname: bigben.clix.net.nz - also CNAME'd as tictoc.clix.net.nz IP Address: 203.167.224.60 Protocols supported: NTP (RFC 1305), SNTP (RFC 1361), TIME (RFC 868) NB: You cannot query this device using NTP unless the source port for the request is the NTP port (a la an NTP server). You are free to use this service - Enjoy! Any problems please report them to bgp(a)clear.net.nz. Ben Martel CLEAR Net --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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RFC (fwd) Registration of Offensive Names
by Sue Leader 15 May '00

15 May '00

Greetings - fowarded on behalf of: ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- <snip> From: Elizabeth <E-DengateThrush(a)GlobalEsoft.com> Subject: Registration of offensive names <snip> Comment and feedback sought for proposed policy change. ISOCNZ has proposed a change to its registration of offensive names policy. The proposed policy has been previously circulated to members for comment. The quality of the comments has been worthwhile though the level of feedback and comment has been low. This is an area where our membership who are largely and 'on-line' population, potentially has a different view from the general population, who also have an interest in the Internet in New Zealand. The proposed policy covers registration. Perhaps some thought could be given to remedies for people or organisations that find a name offensive. This would be an adjunct to the proposed policy rather than necessarily change the direction that is indicated in the proposed policy. I urge you to consider the effect on our society of the ability for anyone to register and promote an offensive domain name and what, if anything, we should do about this. I welcome your comments and views. In the interest of brevity please reply to me, and in line with the ISOCNZ policy development process, I will log comments, summarise and include points of view if appropriate. Comments and associated policy developments will be available on the website in due course. Regards Liz Dengate Thrush Policy Committee, ISOCNZ ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- <snip> Below is the policy on offensive words which Council approved in principle for public consultation. "We have not defined in our current policy what words are necessarily offensive and unregisterable but DOMAINZ tends to follow the FCC list of seven words that can not be used on air. Policy Committee recommends that we should remove the ban for the reasons below 1) By banning just some words we are seen to give implicit approval to the words we do let through. This contrasts with our general policy of not making judgements as to who may use what name.. 2) The gTLDs like *.com no longer ban any offensive words 3) People have been able to work around the ban with domain names such as motherf-cker.co.nz which is a legal and registerable name 4) Because we only control third level names we are unable to anyway stop people registering for example sucker.co.nz and setting up a 4th level domain such as cock.sucker.co.nz 5) Why ban certain words just in domain names when they are can be used on the websites themselves. 6) We have been unable to come up with any definitive list of what words we will ban and hence can be accused of having a very ad hoc policy. 7) We only ban offensive words in english yet let through potentially offensive words in Maori which is also an official language of NZ. 8) Having the current policy, without defining what words are not acceptable, stops DOMAINZ from being able to have a fully automated registry where people can register names without human interference in the registry process, thus restricting the registry to normal working hours only. Therefore for all of the above reasons we recommend to Council that the ban on offensive words be lifted. Public comment is sought before Council makes a final decision to rescind the current policy banning offensive words. ------------------------------ Sue Leader - Executive Director ISOCNZ (Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) Exe.Dir(a)isocnz.org.nz Voice: +64-4-801-6256 http://www.isocnz.org.nz Postal: Level 1, (e)-Vision Centre, 282 Wakefield St, Wellington "Error: Press any key to continue or any other key to quit..." --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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[m.arnott@domainz.net.nz: [isocnz-l]Domainz Web-site]
by Joe Abley 15 May '00

15 May '00

If the notification comes out after the the site has been taken down, does it still count as a scheduled outage? ----- Forwarded message from Maria Arnott <m.arnott(a)domainz.net.nz> ----- Delivered-To: jabley-isocnzl(a)automagic.org From: "Maria Arnott" <m.arnott(a)domainz.net.nz> Newsgroups: nz.org.isocnz Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 10:14:36 +1200 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.49.152.2 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.49.152.2 X-Trace: 16 May 2000 10:39:47 NZST, 202.49.152.2 Path: news.actrix.gen.nz!202.49.152.2 Xref: news.actrix.gen.nz nz.org.isocnz:5352 To: isocnz-l(a)isocnz.org.nz Subject: [isocnz-l]Domainz Web-site Reply-To: isocnz-l(a)isocnz.org.nz Errors-To: isocnz-l-admin(a)isocnz.org.nz X-Mailman-Version: 1.1 Precedence: bulk List-Id: ISOCNZ Public mailing list <isocnz-l.isocnz.org.nz> X-BeenThere: isocnz-l(a)isocnz.org.nz Dear list members, The Domainz website will be down for a short while. I will notify as soon as we are up again. My Regards Maria Arnott ph: 04 473 4567 fax: 04 473 4569 email: m.arnott(a)domainz.net.nz web: www.domainz.net.nz _______________________________________________ go to http://listserver.actrix.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/isocnz-l for subscription/unsubscription information. ----- End forwarded message ----- --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Delegated domains that are not in the Register
by Joe Abley 15 May '00

15 May '00

Looks to me like the domains domainz.net.nz dns.net.nz are delegated, but reported with "domain_name_status: 00 Not Listed". They seem to be missing from the register because they are domains used by Domainz, and are therefore in some way special compared to every other domain in the register. You just know that people are going to try and register these when they see interfaces like whois.domainz.net.nz reporting them available. In the interests of simplicity, would it not make more sense to have _every_ delegated domain listed in the register? Joe --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Email template Users URGENT
by Andrew McGhie 14 May '00

14 May '00

Dear all, Registrars using the email template as a means of lodging name applications for new name holders (this applies to adding of new name holder situations only) should change their user passwords and the passwords for their staff using the DRS system immediately. Due to my oversight, a copy of the name application emails on which the application was originated has been sent to the name holder concerned. Where the non-encrypt option was used for these transmissions, the name holder would have been able to see the registrar ID and password. The situation affects a group of 6 live registrars who have been contacted directly. This is to let you know that as soon as we became aware of the problem we immediately ceased the issue of copy applications to name holders. We acknowledge this is an issue that should not have arisen and we deeply regret it. We have done all possible to rectify the problem imnmediately. Andrew Jamieson Development project manager ADV E-Commerce Ltd --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Domainz Security Problem/Warning
by James Bell 14 May '00

14 May '00

When a Registrar modifies or registers a domain name with the email template, a confirmation is CC'd to the name holder by Domainz. This confirmation includes the original email template, which includes the Registrar's ID and password. This means that any customers who have new or modified domains in the last week are now the proud owners of their ISP's Registrar ID and password - allowing them access to any domain name that the ISP is Registrar for. I urge anyone using the email template to check and see if this is happening for them, and also to change their Registrar password. I ask Domainz to (publicly) confirm this is a problem, and to announce a proposed timeline for a fix. Apparently this problem was logged as a bug during testing by another Registrar. I have confirmed with this other Registrar that the problem still exists for them also. Regards, James Bell (Private person, not speaking for anyone) --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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How do I change nameservers on a domain, now?
by Joe Abley 14 May '00

14 May '00

Hi, Customer has domain registered with 2day.com. Customer wishes to shift said domain to another ISP. 2Day is not a Domainz "registrar", and neither is this other ISP. The nameholder has received nothing from Domainz by way of nameholder usernames or passwords. We can probably get the domain key from 2day.com if we ask Peter nicely, but that seems to be of negligable use in this Brave New World. How do we change the nameservers on this domain? Joe --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Telecom Clear Media Release 14/5/00 (fwd)
by Joe Abley 13 May '00

13 May '00

In case it is of interest (note it is after 1800, hence there is no embargo on release). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 18:58:20 +1200 From: Alan Mitford-Taylor <alan.mtaylor(a)telecom.co.nz> To: jabley(a)patho.gen.nz Subject: Telecom Clear Media Release 14/5/00 Joe Abley Mercury Telecommunications Ltd Dear Joe The following is a media statement jointly released by Telecom New Zealand Ltd and Clear Communications this evening. I will endeavour to supply more information to you as soon as it becomes available. Regards Alan Mitford-Taylor 14 May 2000 MEDIA RELEASE Embargoed until 1800 CLEAR AND TELECOM REACH AGREEMENT ON 0867 INTERNET NUMBER RANGE Internet users will not pay a two-cents per minute charge for non-0867 Internet calls, under a comprehensive three and a half-month agreement between Telecom and CLEAR. The two companies say the agreement provides a breathing space in which they can renegotiate their interconnection agreement, which expires at the end of 2000. Telecom has agreed to suspend the two-cent charge and CLEAR has agreed to encourage its customers who are dial-up Internet users to begin using 0867 numbers. The agreement is effective immediately. Other aspects of the agreement are: * CLEAR and Telecom will sign an agreement whereby CLEAR will provide Internet access services under an 0867 agreement, initially until the end of August. * CLEAR will withdraw its application for an interim injunction requiring Telecom to honour the terms of the number portability agreement between the two companies. * Telecom will not appeal against the interim injunction granted to i4free last month. * The agreement is for three and half months, during which time the two companies will aim to negotiate a new interconnection agreement. CLEAR and Telecom say the agreement is a pragmatic solution to the long-running 0867 Internet issue. The agreement recognises the needs of both companies in New Zealand's rapidly changing telecommunications sector. Both companies recognise the need to set aside differences in order to benefit Internet users and to create space for developing a better interconnection agreement for the future. For further information, contact: Linda Sanders Telecom New Zealand Ross Inglis CLEAR Communications --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Domainz Registration System - authoritativeness checking
by Andrew McEwen Mason 13 May '00

13 May '00

It has been pointed out that the DRS has been checking all name servers for authoritativeness at Registration, when the Waikato system only ever checked the Master and first Slave NSs. The system is being amended to follow the Waikato practice (check first 2 NSs only), and we expect that this will be completed by tomorrow 14.5.00. Regards _________________________________ Andrew McEwen Mason BSA Consulting Group 7 Mariri Road, Kelburn Wellington, NZ Phone +64 4 934-3178 Mobile +64 21 466-181 --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Emails to domain name holders
by Andrew McEwen Mason 13 May '00

13 May '00

As you know, Domainz is in the process of notifying name holders of their user IDs and passwords for accessing the Domainz Registration System. In a number of cases, apparent duplicate emails are being sent. The old system had one record per domain name, which held details of the name holder as well as of the name itself. As a result, whenever it was necessary to contact name holders, a letter had to be sent to the holder of each domain, which meant that anyone with n names received n letters. Under the DRS, we have created name holder records, based on name and address details in the domain records, and have associated all domains having a common N/H name and address with the one name holder record. Each name holder as held in the DRS database is currently being sent one pair of email messages containing their ID and password. These messages do not explicitly mention the names tagged to the name holder in the database. This has caused some confusion and we will change the letters to show domain names. There are also some apparently duplicated name holders who will be receiving more than one email pair. This has arisen where the details for the same name holder on the old database differed one from another between different domain name records - for example "Joe Bloggs, 52 High Street" and "J Bloggs, P.O. Box 44". Obviously there is nothing we can do to de-duplicate these records automatically, and so the business rule for these situations was to create a separate Name Holder record where there was any doubt. Because of this, there are probably more Name Holder records now than are really required. If anyone would like to consolidate multiple records for the same Name Holder, they should mail Domainz at changes(a)domainz.net.nz. We do acknowledge that the multiple letters seem alike, and this is a mistake that we will rectify. From feedback received it is clear that including the domain name(s) is important to recipients, so (as stated above) these will be included in the letter. At the same time, we will remove the excess ".nz" in the reply-to address. We apologise that this was included in the first place. Andrew _________________________________ Andrew McEwen Mason BSA Consulting Group 7 Mariri Road, Kelburn Wellington, NZ Phone +64 4 934-3178 Mobile +64 21 466-181 --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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RE: Domainz information corruption.
by Dylan Reeve 11 May '00

11 May '00

On Thu, 11 May 2000, James Bell wrote: > >Right well, I registered those domain names, and as far as I understand, > >that is the fuction of registrar. However I realise that doesn't > >immediatly make me a registrar (as exciting a title as that is). So what > >does? > Paying Domainz $300 (or $3000). So I can still register them? I just can't make any changes once I have done so? I see this as sub-optimal, but I guess I don't really have a choice. > and signing a Registrar agreement. Is that the one that I hear no-one has signed? Dylan Reeve - dylan(a)wibble.net "Um, yeah." --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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RE: Domainz system (authoritative checking)
by Ted Grenfell 11 May '00

11 May '00

At 12:40 12/05/00, Simon Green wrote: >To Domainz: Where was the notification of the change in the number of >nameservers you were going to check. This not only has caught 2day off >guard, but also caught off the isp that I work with[1] as well. If you are >going to make changes like this, you need to tell us IN ADVANCE. I assume >that is why you set up the drs(a)domainz readonly mailing list. > > Having said that, I know Domainz aren't going to reply, so sorrt for >wasting your bandwidth. Oversight on their part apparently and will be remedied tomorrow when they go back to just checking 2 name servers as before. -- Ted Grenfell Xtra ISP Performance Manager Mob 025 435 455; DDI 09 359 5854; Fax 09 355 5283 Level 12, Telecom Tower, 16 Kingston St, Private Bag 92028, Auckland --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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RE: Domainz system (authoritative checking)
by Ted Grenfell 11 May '00

11 May '00

At 10:29 12/05/00, Ben Martel wrote: > > Does anybody know if new system tests for a domain being > > authoratative on > > the specified name servers prior to registration? >This is supposed to be an option in the new system. What I mean by that, is >that each registrar should be able to set this on or off for their own >registrations. Currently for us the DRS does *not* appear to be checking our >name servers for 'authoritativeness' before accepting a new registration. >There is a rumor that DRS will check for authority after a day - but I don't >know what happens if it fails :( > >BTW: I cannot find anywhere in the new system that allows a registrar to >change this option. This means that either only Domainz can change this >value or that I have been mislead! I queried Domainz about them allowing us to register domains prior to being authoritative and was told that this feature is part of the Registrar agreement and is a privilege that may be given to some Registrars. This functionality has been provisioned for in the changes Domainz have made but will not be activated on Day 1. Are you sure they're not checking first Ben or have you managed to specifically arrange for this service to be activated? I'm under the impression that Domainz are the only ones who can modify the feature. -- Ted Grenfell Xtra ISP Performance Manager Mob 025 435 455; DDI 09 359 5854; Fax 09 355 5283 Level 12, Telecom Tower, 16 Kingston St, Private Bag 92028, Auckland --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Domainz system
by Peter Mott 11 May '00

11 May '00

Does anybody know if new system tests for a domain being authoratative on the specified name servers prior to registration? The UoW system used to check the first two name servers only. I am getting problem reports suggesting the new system may be checking all specified name servers (one of our 4 name servers only reloads once every 24 hours whereas the others reload every 30 mins if changes have been made) p.s. I received an e-mail from Rex Croft yesterday. He is working in Adelaide CBD being a "fixit" person for solaris systems. He seems rather happy with the move to AU. Regards Peter Mott Chief Enthusiast 2day.com -/- --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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RE: Domainz system (authoritative checking)
by Ben Martel 11 May '00

11 May '00

> Does anybody know if new system tests for a domain being > authoratative on > the specified name servers prior to registration? This is supposed to be an option in the new system. What I mean by that, is that each registrar should be able to set this on or off for their own registrations. Currently for us the DRS does *not* appear to be checking our name servers for 'authoritativeness' before accepting a new registration. There is a rumor that DRS will check for authority after a day - but I don't know what happens if it fails :( BTW: I cannot find anywhere in the new system that allows a registrar to change this option. This means that either only Domainz can change this value or that I have been mislead! Ben CLEAR Net --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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