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Progress of .geek.nz, and NO more 2ld submissions
by Dean Pemberton 29 Aug '02

29 Aug '02

Hi All. Just got this back from InternetNZ re the .geek.nz submission. Interesting to note two things. 1) My request to have .geek.nz processed at the same time as .bank.nz was rejected. They can only apparently handle one at a time. 2) There will be no more 2ld's until they finish a full review. Got in just in time but there will be no .celt.nz =( Dean ----- Forwarded message from Sue Leader <exe.dir(a)internetnz.net.nz> ----- To: Dean Pemberton <dean(a)deanpemberton.com> From: Sue Leader <exe.dir(a)internetnz.net.nz> Subject: Re: .geek.nz Cc: dnc(a)dnc.org.nz X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) Hi Dean The .nz Oversight Ctte (NZOC) reported on their planned work schedule at today's Council Meeting. NZOC noted that the review of both the new 2LD creation process and the surrounding discussions about the nature of the space itself, was high on their priority list after the SRS is implemented. On that basis, and in line with the sequential process adopted for .maori.nz/.bank.nz, the Council passed the following resolution: MOVED: Streatfield/Bourne 'THAT (a) a moratorium start today on all new 2LD applications (no more will be received) because of the upcoming review of 2nd level domains by NZOC (b) that .bank.nz continues (c) that .geek.nz proceeds sequentially after .bank.nz is concluded CARRIED ABSTENTION De Salis/Davidson Given that the review of the 2LD process will involve public consultation, and given the nature of your community of interest, the consultation would benefit from the input of your knowledge, experience and expertise. We will keep you posted on the progress on .bank.nz. I am unable to give you a precise time frame, as the Request For Discussion (RFD) for .bank.nz opened on August 26 and will not conclude before October 25, nor later than Nov 24. At that stage the straw poll will be arranged, which runs for a two week period, finishing around 9 December. Until then, we will not know whether that application moves into the next stage of public submissions, a period which runs for another 30-60 days. Note, that should .bank.nz fail to meet the threshold in the straw poll, that would mean that the .geek.nz proposal would move into the RFD stage in mid-December, a timing which may not give the proposal as much attention as might otherwise be the case. The timing is negotiable with the proposer. cheers Sue ----- 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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Mailwasher Update?
by Mark Foster 29 Aug '02

29 Aug '02

IDG Article mentions NZNOG as well (apologies if its been seen already) http://www.idg.net.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/CAE93CFD0D72B2A7CC256C21001B3127!ope… - 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: bank.nz maori.nz geek.nz
by Frank March 28 Aug '02

28 Aug '02

> -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Heath [SMTP:sheath(a)paradise.net.nz] > Sent: Tuesday, 27 August 2002 16:19 > To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: Re: bank.nz maori.nz geek.nz > > Other than InternetNZ sitting on this application for 3.5 months > InternetNZ has > done nothing wrong. In late May I presented a paper to council about > reviewing > the 2LD name space and it was assigned to the .nz oversight committee to > look > at where it has rotted ever since not even appearing on its agenda. > Actually, this *is* on the agenda of the .nz Oversight Committeen (NZOC). At present the NZOC is focused closely on the SRS rollout and urgent policy development associated with that. Details are available at www.dnc.org.nz. Partly because of the need for urgency, but also because Rose Percivall and others widely consulted over the SRS implementation over a number of months, there is minimal public input at this stage but once the SRS implementation is rolling forward, and subject to approval from the Council of InternetNZ, a review will be initiated for all current policies, including the process for allocation or extension of the SLD space, and public participation will be a critical part of that review. Frank March Chair, .nz Oversight Committee > - > To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > where the body of your message reads: > unsubscribe nznog Any opinions expressed in this message are not necessarily those of the Ministry of Economic Development. This message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivery to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this message in error and that any use is strictly prohibited. Please contact the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your computer. - 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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Updated DNS monitoring
by Rob Thomas 27 Aug '02

27 Aug '02

Hi, NZNOGers. [ Apologies to those of you who have received this note in other fora. ] I've crafted several enhancements to my DNS monitoring suite. I am now monitoring the gTLD name servers, and you can see the data here: http://www.cymru.com/DNS/gtlddns.html (graphs) http://www.cymru.com/DNS/gtlddnstext.html (text) I have enhanced the root and gTLD name server monitoring. Now instead of only graphing hourly query response, I am also graphing hourly ICMP 8 0 ("ping") response. This may provide some additional insight during periods of high latency; it may instead be specious as all get out. ;) You will find it here: http://www.cymru.com/DNS/index.html On a related note... Are you lame? Being lame means I will pick on you during my next presentation. Avoid this shame! :) Take a look at the lame server report below. It is updated weekly. My thanks to those who donate to the data. http://www.cymru.com/DNS/lame.html Comments, feedback, donated data, and peering sessions are always welcome! Thanks, Rob. -- Rob Thomas http://www.cymru.com ASSERT(coffee != empty); - 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: RFD - proposal to create '.bank.nz'
by Juha Saarinen 27 Aug '02

27 Aug '02

Actually... I want to cash in on this. Gimme 'americascup.nz' now! -- Juha Saarinen - 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: [members-announce] RFD - proposal to create '.bank.nz'
by David Farrar 26 Aug '02

26 Aug '02

Andy wrote: > At 7:16 AM +1200 8/27/02, DPF wrote: > >On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 10:53:21 -0500, Andy Gardner > ><andy(a)navigator.co.nz> wrote: > > > >> > >>How about this: > >> > >>Once the SRS is running and has passed tests (tests conceived by someone > >>other than a baboon), .nz's SLD is opened up to allcomers? > > > >That exact proposition (plus other possible changes) is planned to > >indeed be the subject of consultation and review next year. Andy > >Linton amongst others has been pushing for this for some time and it > >was going to be reviewed and considered this year but as you > >suggested, we decided it was best to wait until the SRS is in place. > > > >It is pretty rare for a ccTLD to abolish a 2LD structure > > Who said anything about abolishing co/net/org etc? > > Open up the SLD to allcomers, but leave the existing registrations in > place. People will be free to continue their .co.nz, can register new names > in .co.nz if they want, but also have the choice of *.nz Yep that would be the way to do it. I suspect in reality though this would effectively kill co.nz etc as the vast majority of registrants would want to go from say telecom.co.nz to telecom.nz. DPF - 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: bank.nz maori.nz geek.nz
by Ewen McNeill 26 Aug '02

26 Aug '02

In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208271600320.2972-100000(a)wark.lionra.net.nz>, Andy Li nton writes: >On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Ewen McNeill wrote: >> And then someone could build a directory service over the top of that >> offering a one-to-many mapping. > >And as Chris pointed out that's (almost) already been done by Google (or >whoever you deem to be search engine of the moment). Google is the best-substitute-for-a-directory-service which we have at the moment. It's not exactly ideal. Your point that we could be focusing on a new directory service is definitely a good one. Although I personally think if we're going to take that approach to a logical conclusion we should completely devalue domain names (making them provider assigned arbitrary strings) to take the rest of the argument out of them. Half-measures seem like a recipie for additional problems. >Imagine this debate being held over 0800 numbers: Except that the other prefixes that you talk about are purely arbitrary in the 0800-etc case, and the second level domain suffixes being suggested here are at least somewhat meaningful divisons. The equivilent to suggesting 801, 802, et al (which incidentally do exist in another form, viz 0800, 0508, in NZ, and others in the US) would be someone suggesting co1.nz, co2.nz, co3.nz etc. I don't think anyone's seriously suggested co1.nz yet. >Also nice to note the categories before and after BANKS: Balloons-Hot Air >and Banners. There's some food for thought in the Yellow Pages categories. :-) >And the justification would be the same as that of the banks. And of >course 'celts.nz' can use many of the arguments put forward by 'maori.nz'. And celts.nz has my support. When are you submitting the proposal? I'll pledge $10 towards the $1000 fee for celts.nz as well (I've already pledged $10 for geeks.nz for Dean). Ewen - 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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bank.nz maori.nz geek.nz
by Roger De Salis 26 Aug '02

26 Aug '02

The value of the namespace arises from both being simple and logical. It is very hard to see how a 2LD can be justified to support the wishes of the 5 real banks, and ~20 wannabe banks, or broking houses, or insurance houses, who like to think they are bank like. 25 entries is not likely to stress the .co.nz namespace (which is surely the only reason for considering another 2LD.) In the mind of the applicant, why would banks be (at internet level) any more or less special than any other commercial entity. Sure this would lead to .legal.nz, .treaty.nz, and a variety of other groups who for whatever (spurious?) reason somehow think they are "special". I propose to make a submission against .bank. R Ewen McNeiil wrote:- > (b) I don't have a major problem with any of the suggestions > I've seen on either nznog or isocnz-members, providing it's > intended there be a moderately logical hierachy underneath it. asjl wrote:- > Given that the vast majority of registrants are in 'co.nz' > anyway - the last number I saw was around 95%, I really find > it hard to see what value the structure has anyway. -- \_ Roger De Salis rdesalis(a)fx.net.nz </' FX Networks +64 25 481 452 /) Wellington, New Zealand roger(a)desalis.gen.nz (/ ` DSL - the 56k modem technology of 2004 - 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: bank.nz maori.nz geek.nz
by Ewen McNeill 26 Aug '02

26 Aug '02

In message <20020827043811.GZ83446(a)buffoon.automagic.org>, Joe Abley writes: >On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 04:16:06PM +1200, Ewen McNeill wrote: >> In message <20020827040606.GX83446(a)buffoon.automagic.org>, Joe Abley writes: >> [Why moderate 2ld but not 3ld?] >> It's higher up the delegation hierachy, so there are more people that >> might want it. > >I don't see that. Seems to me that the people who really care about >what names they get will register the names wherever they can. Does this mean that I can start selling names under newtld.naos.co.nz for the same sort of prices as names under co.nz get? Somehow I think not. Like it or not, there are advantages to shorter names, particularly where they're being printed on business cards, displayed in adverts, etc, with the expectation that people will type them in. Hence [a-z].co.nz, and [a-z][a-z].co.nz are all taken, for instance, but not all [a-z]{5}.co.nz are taken. >That being the case, there are probably the same number of people who >want $name.co.nz as there are who would want $name.nz. I disagree. I'm sure there'd be more people wanting $name.nz than $name.co.nz; possibly an order of magnitude more (but we might be talking a base smaller than 10...). While obviously the "land grab" could be managed, arguably that's exactly what the existing policy does -- manage the land grab. It's rather overmanaged for my tastes though. >> >[Why $foo-the-movie.nz rather than $foo.movie.nz] >> >Why do you need one? >> >> Because otherwise I think (a) a structured set of second level domains >> makes much more sense than the alternatives; and (b) we should approve >> any request that has a reasonable sub-delegation policy. > >There might be an appearance of structure in the way things are >currently organised, but I would suggest that close scrutiny of the >names registered within the current hierarchy don't illustrate the >point particularly well. I quite agree. At this point there are two ways to go -- (a) make more hierachy in such a way that people can be persuaded to use it (bank.nz, et al), or (b) give up. If we give up, then it'll be impossible to get any sort of hierachy again later. >I almost agree with your point (b), except that in my mind there >is no unreasonable sub-delegation policy, and consequently no need >for any "we" or "approve". I take it that you don't consider "we won't sub-delegate" to be an unreasonable policy, even for a much wanted name that would otherwise be an expected delegation point. (I do for "much wanted" names.) I'm afraid I have too little faith in human nature to think that the result of "any policy is okay" would be anything other than "no one plays nicely". >> We could all vote "yes" for bank.nz and never have to hear about the >> deleation of bank.nz again. Imagine that. :-) > >Why settle for a temporary cessation of symptoms when there's a >permanent cure for the disease? "I'm sorry sir, the legs will have to come off." "Which one?" "Both of them." Ewen - 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: bank.nz maori.nz geek.nz
by Ewen McNeill 26 Aug '02

26 Aug '02

In message <20020827030232.GT83446(a)buffoon.automagic.org>, Joe Abley writes: >On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 12:04:10PM +1200, Roger De Salis wrote: >> It is very hard to see how a 2LD can be justified >> to support the wishes of the 5 real banks, and ~20 wannabe banks, >> or broking houses, or insurance houses, who like to think they >> are bank like. > >It's harder for me to figure out why anybody needs to be put in the >position of having to justify it. [no technical reason, etc] IMHO the reason for requiring a justification for creating 2lds is to ensure that they are created with some thought as to how they will be sub delegated, so that you can actually _have_ national.bank.nz, et al, rather than just having one organisation getting "bank.nz" and everyone else needing to get other variations (national-bank.nz, asb-bank.nz, whatever). The current process is, IMHO, way way over the top for what is required. Really all that we need to know is (a) there is a plan for sharing the name (ie, sub delegations), and (b) there isn't a much more logical unit of delegation to use instead (eg, "sport" might be more considered logical than "rugby-league"). FWIW, Dean's geek.nz seems more than adequately documented for these purposes to me, and I've already encouraged him to submit it. The alternative that some are suggesting (a free for all in the second level domain space) would basically ensure that the same "land grab" that happened in .com happens in .nz; and ensure that we have to have dozens of variations on $foo-movie $foo-the-movie movie-$foo (etc) to work around the collapsed namespace. ("national" being an obvious example.) As I said earlier today, I've yet to hear a compelling argument that $foo-the-movie.nz (and variations thereupon) is somehow better than $foo.movie.nz If we collapse the namespace so that it becomes "whatever you can get" under .nz, then we might as well give up any pretense that they're "obvious" and hand them out like ASNs. At least there'd be less call for "special" names -- once 42 and a few others had been handed out. And then someone could build a directory service over the top of that offering a one-to-many mapping. Ewen - 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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