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List of Registry Problems
by DPF 22 May '00

22 May '00

I have compiled (and yes it did take me a long time) a list of known problems and bugs encountered with the new DOMAINZ registry system. It stands at 49 at present. Many of them have now been resolved but I believe it is important to note them as they occurred. The list is at http://www.dpf.ac.nz/isocnz/domainz.htm This is intended as a resource for those who believe that there should be an investigation into why so many problems were encountered, especially as many were avoidable. At this stage I have not ranked them in terms of seriousness. I welcome feedback as to additions and amendments as well as suggestions for the seriousness of each problem on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being very major fuck up and 5 being a trivial problem of little consequence. Off the top of my head I would tend to put Nos 2, 5, 29, 35, 37, 41, 44 and 47 as all Class 1 problems. DPF ________________________________________________________________________ <david at farrar dot com> NZ Usenet FAQs - http://www.dpf.ac.nz/usenet/nz ICQ 29964527 --------- 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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ORBS stupidity
by David Zanetti 21 May '00

21 May '00

It's come to my attention that ORBS is listing 203.97.237.122 as an open relay, and therefore is being blocked by various (clueless?) networks.., It happens to be a small mailserver I indirectly have some involvement with. It's not an open relay, it has never relayed spam, and its listing in ORBS defies belief. I have absolutely no interest in Alan's disputes with above.net, and I consider the continued listing of this server to be nothing more than petty vandalism on an innocent 3rd party by Alan. Such vandalism disgusts me, it is only pissing off the very people ORBS is trying to convince of its merit.. Alan, get a clue and stop listing people who _aren't_ open relays in ORBS. I welcome anyone who does not take my word that the server is not an open relay to use any (obviously non-ORBS) tester to prove it.. -- David Zanetti <dave2(a)earthling.net> | "It doesn't matter a damn what the Moderator, nz.politics.announce | [ISOCNZ] members think or say" #include <geek/unix.h> | Jim Higgins, (then) ISOCNZ chairman --------- 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 registrar email notifications
by Peter Mott 21 May '00

21 May '00

I thought domainz were going to fix sending soa emails to name server sysadms. Two weeks down the track and we still have delegations change left right and centre and not a single email notification from domainz. Does anybody know whats going on? 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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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 17 May '00

17 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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