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MX for domainz.net.nz points to a CNAME (illegal)
by Joe Abley 29 Apr '00

29 Apr '00

Hello, Just out of interest -- has anybody noticed any problems sending mail to Domainz, due to the fact that the MX for domainz.net.nz points to mail2.actrix.gen.nz, which is itself a CNAME for mercury.actrix.gen.nz? It's not the best MX for the zone, and hence might never get used anyway. [MX to a CNAME is illegal, in case I'm not making myself obvious] Just interested in whether this has had any operational impact. Whilst simultaneously poking fun at Domainz and Actrix for their trivial DNS misconfiguration, obviously :) jabley(a)tardis[129]$ dig mx domainz.net.nz ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> mx domainz.net.nz ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56161 ;; flags: qr rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 2, Auth: 3, Addit: 3 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; domainz.net.nz, type = MX, class = IN ;; ANSWERS: domainz.net.nz. 4835 MX 20 mail2.actrix.gen.nz. domainz.net.nz. 4835 MX 10 mail.actrix.gen.nz. ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS: domainz.net.nz. 86400 NS ns1.actrix.gen.nz. domainz.net.nz. 86400 NS ns2.actrix.gen.nz. domainz.net.nz. 86400 NS ns1.waikato.ac.nz. ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS: ns1.actrix.gen.nz. 86400 A 203.96.16.35 ns2.actrix.gen.nz. 86400 A 203.96.16.36 ns1.waikato.ac.nz. 86400 A 140.200.128.13 ;; Total query time: 47 msec ;; FROM: tardis to SERVER: default -- 203.97.2.226 ;; WHEN: Sun Apr 30 15:55:37 2000 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 32 rcvd: 201 jabley(a)tardis[130]$ dig a mail.actrix.gen.nz ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> a mail.actrix.gen.nz ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 58816 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 2, Auth: 2, Addit: 2 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; mail.actrix.gen.nz, type = A, class = IN ;; ANSWERS: mail.actrix.gen.nz. 60 A 203.96.16.107 mail.actrix.gen.nz. 60 A 203.96.16.108 ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS: actrix.gen.nz. 43200 NS ns1.actrix.gen.nz. actrix.gen.nz. 43200 NS ns2.actrix.gen.nz. ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS: ns1.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 A 203.96.16.35 ns2.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 A 203.96.16.36 ;; Total query time: 77 msec ;; FROM: tardis to SERVER: default -- 203.97.2.226 ;; WHEN: Sun Apr 30 15:55:57 2000 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 36 rcvd: 149 jabley(a)tardis[131]$ dig a mail2.actrix.gen.nz ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> a mail2.actrix.gen.nz ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 62610 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 2, Auth: 2, Addit: 2 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; mail2.actrix.gen.nz, type = A, class = IN ;; ANSWERS: mail2.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 CNAME mercury.actrix.gen.nz. mercury.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 A 203.96.16.37 ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS: actrix.gen.nz. 43200 NS ns1.actrix.gen.nz. actrix.gen.nz. 43200 NS ns2.actrix.gen.nz. ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS: ns1.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 A 203.96.16.35 ns2.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 A 203.96.16.36 ;; Total query time: 51 msec ;; FROM: tardis to SERVER: default -- 203.97.2.226 ;; WHEN: Sun Apr 30 15:56:09 2000 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 37 rcvd: 156 --------- 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: More on DDOS Attacks
by Donald Neal 27 Apr '00

27 Apr '00

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 07:47:46 +1300 From: Chris Wedgwood <cw(a)f00f.org> In-Reply-To: <s8b3a585.032(a)groupwise.telecom.co.nz>; from Donald.Neal(a)telecom.co.nz on Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 09:16:40AM +1300 X-No-Archive: Yes > Speaking of the stablity of different IOS versions, we have a 3640 > with 12.0(4)T on it that needs rebooting after about 7 weeks of > uptime. Starts spamming the console port with memory allocation > failures, although still manages to route stuff. > > It's not a particullarly odd setup, just routing between a couple > of FE ports, but we are using dynamic packet filtering on it, ala > "permit ... reflect outbound". > > Ring any bells for anyone? Couldn't see anything that jumped out at > me in the later release notes, and wasn't keen on an upgrade just > to "try it out".. Sure, 12.0x is really immature right now and full of bugs. Try the most recent 12.0x release and see if that makes your problems go away. Experience says release start to get usable around about '10 and stable about '16 or so -- so you still have a while to wait. -cw --------- 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 change
by Peter Mott 26 Apr '00

26 Apr '00

Does anybody here know an exact date and time for when domainz will switch off the UoW registration system (comprising domainz.waikato.ac.nz and whois server)? I dont recall it being published anywhere as yet. 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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FW: Wireless Internet Training Program Development
by Frank March 25 Apr '00

25 Apr '00

Please forward within your own networks as seems appropriate. Frank March Specialist Advisor, IT Policy Group Ministry of Economic Development, PO Box 1473, Wellington, NZ Ph: (+64 4) 474 2908; Fax: (+64 4) 471 2658 > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce W. McConnell [SMTP:mcconnell(a)mcconnellinternational.com] > Sent: Friday, 21 April 2000 07:40 > To: itcoord(a)undp.org > Subject: Wireless Internet Training Program Development > > Dear National IT Focal Points, > > Below I am sending you an announcement from the World Bank announcing > three > paid fellowships to enhance developing country training programs in > wireless > internet technology at the university level. The program is being > supported > by Motorola to help address the worldwide shortage of knowledgable > experts. > The selected applicants would spend four to six months in the United > States > developing a training curriculum and materials to be used in their home > countries. > > The deadline for applications is May 31, 2000. Please send the > announcement > of this opportunity to those who might be interested in participating. > > Regards, > > Bruce W. McConnell > Facilitator, Information Technology Coordination List > for the United Nations Working Group on Informatics > > 1341 G Street, NW - Suite 1100 > Washington, DC 20005 > +1.202.347.7445 > fax +1.202.347.7446 > mcconnell(a)mcconnellinternational.com > > +++++++++++ > > REQUEST FOR APPLICATION > > THE VISITING SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM > FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT > > infoDev and Motorola University (MU) are pleased to announce that they are > accepting applications for the Visiting Scholars Fellowship Program. > > This Fellowship program seeks to address the shortage of communication > professionals in emerging economies. The program is divided into two > phases: > Phase I - Design and Development will have a university curriculum manager > from an emerging economy work with MU to develop a generic > university-level > educational curriculum focused on communications and IP-based networks > technologies. During the four-month visit, the Scholar will also update > and > improve his/her existing home university curriculum and core materials to > achieve state-of-the-art technology training. > Phase II - Dissemination and Awareness will provide shorter-term > fellowships > to two selected developing country university curricula managers to also > work with MU to adapt and customize the generic curriculum and test the > material and curriculum in the classroom. > > GOALS AND OBJECTIVES > > The objectives of the Visiting Scholars Fellowship Program are to: > · establish new and strengthen existing university-level educational > curricula focused on communications technologies and Internet > Protocol-based > (IP-based) networks; and > · create a "Virtual Curriculum Managers Network" (explained below). > > The ultimate intent is to bridge the gap between existing technologies in > the Scholars' countries and state-of-the-art technologies in > communications > and IP-based, networks curriculum. The Visiting Scholar will be provided > with state-of-the-art training and knowledge, and in turn will be expected > to provide better education to engineering students in their universities. > > PROGRAM STRUCTURE > > To meet these goals, MU will host Visiting Scholars from emerging > economies > at the Motorola corporate headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois, located > outside of Chicago. The Program will be structured in two phases, with > one > Phase I Scholar visiting for a period of four months, starting after July > 1, > 2000, and two Phase II Scholars visiting later for approximately two > months > each. > Phase I: Design and Development - During this phase, one Visiting Scholar > will structure and develop a generic curriculum, and then a customized one > for their university. First, the Scholar will work with technical > education > and training professionals and Motorola staff to develop a generic > university-level educational curriculum focused on wireless communications > and IP network technologies. The Scholar's efforts will be coordinated > with > ongoing MU efforts in curriculum development. Working under the > supervision > of education and training specialists provided through MU's College of > Technology, the Scholar will design a high-level curriculum, develop > individual course modules, and update existing materials. When necessary, > the Scholar will create new educational materials where none exist to > round > out the generic curriculum. > > The Scholar should plan, if possible, to initiate the effort by utilizing > ex > isting materials brought from their university. Materials and resources, > both knowledge and human, will also be made available through MU and > Motorola. In addition, material from the World Bank will be made > available > to be incorporated into the Program design as appropriate, including the > "infoDev Regulatory Handbook" which is under development. > > The generic curriculum will then be customized to create a new curriculum > for their technical training program in the home country university. This > will involve preparing a customized curriculum and course materials that > fill the gap between existing technologies in the Scholar's country and > cutting edge technologies in communications and IP-based networks > curriculum. > > The Scholar, working together with the infoDev webmaster, will also work > to > establish a Virtual Curriculum Managers Network, to link together > curriculum > managers (involved in wireless communications and IP network technologies) > into an electronic virtual network to share knowledge and best practice in > the development and deployment of such curricula. > > Output from this Phase I will consist of: > (i) both a generic and a customized curriculum focused on communications > and > IP-based networks technologies, > (ii) both generic and customized specific course content, including > materials, lecture notes, texts, reading lists, syllabi, etc., and > (iii) the initial activities related to the Virtual Curriculum Managers > Network, to include selecting the material for the webpage, developing a > listserve of curriculum manager, etc. > > Phase II: Dissemination and Awareness - Building on the work of Phase I, > two > shorter-term Fellowships (approximately two months in residence) will be > made available to selected university curricula managers from emerging > economies. Similar to Phase I, the Phase II Visiting Scholars will work > with MU to adapt and customize the generic curriculum from Phase I. When > they return to their country, they will test the customized material and > curriculum in the classroom. > > infoDev and MU will make the newly developed generic curriculum from Phase > I > widely available through the Internet. The Visiting Scholars website, to > be > created and maintained by the Visiting Scholar and infoDev, will reside on > the infoDev website. The infoDev Webmasters will provide assistance in > making the content available widely on the Internet. Curriculum and > course > materials also will be distributed by infoDev through the infoDev > Symposium, > annual meetings, conferences, etc. The Phase II Scholars will also be > responsible for advancing the Virtual Curriculum Managers Network. > > Phase II should produce: > (i) customized curricula focused on communications and IP-based networks > technologies for the Phase II Visiting Scholars' home country > universities, > (ii) customized course content including materials, lecture notes, texts, > reading lists, syllabi, etc., and > (iii) an Internet web presence and updated content to advance the Virtual > Curriculum Managers Network, available to curriculum managers for training > of engineers worldwide. > > STIPENDS > > PHASE I: The monthly stipend will be $5,000, providing a total stipend of > $20,000 for the four months residence of the Visiting Scholar. Economy > roundtrip airfare and insurance for the time of the fellowship will also > be > covered. Modest additional funds will be available for training outside > MU, > and for travel connected with the Visiting Scholarship. Office space, > equipment, etc. will be provided by MU while the Scholar is in residence. > > PHASE II: The monthly stipend for each scholar will be $5,000 providing a > total stipend of $10,000 for the two months per Visiting Scholar. Economy > roundtrip airfare and insurance will be covered. Office space, equipment, > etc. will be provided by MU while the Scholar is in residence. > > SELECTION CRITERIA > > The following criteria will be used to select the scholars from among the > applicants: > · Ability of the candidate to develop a strong, generic curriculum > focused > on communica-tions technologies and Internet Protocolbased (IPbased) > networks, and to modify such a curriculum to meet the needs of their > university and country. Qualifications will in-clude teaching and > curriculum development experience as well as expertise in the technology; > · Commitment of the candidate's home institution to adopt and utilize > an > improved curriculum (demonstrated in letters of support, willingness to > equip facilities for students, etc.); > · Improvement in training of students in the candidate's institution > likely > to result from the improved curriculum (innovation, critique of the > current > curriculum, etc.); > · Need (priority will be given to universities in low-income > countries, or > to universities that face special difficulties funding foreign training > for > staff.) > · Importance of the training to be provided via the new curriculum to > social > and economic development in the candidate's country and region (numbers of > students likely to be trained, rank and importance of the institution in > preparing engineers and technical staff for his/her country, likely career > paths of graduates, rate of introduction of wireless technology, etc.). > > QUALIFICATIONS > > There is only one application process for both Phases of the Program. > > Candidates must have responsibility for development and maintenance of an > education curriculum in a technical or engineering university or other > accredited training and education institute in an emerging-economy > country. > The Candidates also must have authority to modify and put into practice a > new education curriculum. In addition, the Candidate must be available to > manage the Virtual Curriculum Managers Network during the Fellowship. > Candidates must have strong English language skills. Phase I Scholars > must > be available to live in residence in Schaumburg for a period of four > months, > starting after early July 2000. > > Applicants should submit a curriculum vita and a typed Statement of > Purpose, > (500-700 words).The Statement of Purpose will describe the applicants: > (i) aims in creating an communications and IP-network based curriculum > for > their home country's university, > (ii) why they feel that participation in the Visiting Scholars Fellowship > Program will help them achieve these objectives, and > (iii) what the applicant feels they can contribute to the Visiting > Scholars > Fellowship Program. > > The applicant should include letters of support from their home > university, > and web sites or other materials that describe the university and its > curriculum. he applicant should also arrange that three reference letters > be sent to infoDev from individuals who can testify to the applicants > professional qualifications, institutional role in the university, and > likelihood to succeed in the creation/reform of the curriculum. > > Deadline for applications is May 31, 2000. > > Please send the completed application form via email to > infodev(a)worldbank.org > > Alternatively, you mail send it via regular mail on diskette to: > > Information for Development Program (infoDev) > Attn: Visiting Scholars Fellowship > The World Bank > F5P-156 > 1818 H Street NW > Washington, DC 20433 USA > > CANDIDATE SELECTION PROCESS > > The applications will be distributed to a panel of three reviewers: one > representative from infoDev, one representative from Motorola, and one > independent reviewer. The three top-rated candidates for the Visiting > Scholars Fellowship Program will be contacted for phone interviews. Each > candidate will receive votes based the ranking given by the panel member: > the top candidate receives three points, 2nd candidate receives two > points, > and 3rd candidate receives one point. The candidate receiving the most > points will be offered the Phases I Visiting Scholar Fellowship. The 2nd > and 3rd candidates will be offered the two Phase II Visiting Scholar > Fellowships. It is expected that candidates will be notified of > Fellowship > awards by the end of June (see calendar below). > > If, after this process, three suitable candidates have not been > identified, > a new call for applications may be issued. > > > RESOURCES > > Curriculum design and course content will be made available by MU, > including > course materials, lecture notes, texts, reading lists, syllabi, etc. Some > of this material contains intellectual property that is confidential and > will not be available for further distribution; any such limitations on a > specific document will be specified by Motorola to the Scholar. It is > planned that an infoDev representative and a MU staff member will visit > Scholars after the training to review progress in the curriculum > development/reform and to learn ways of continuing and expanding the > Program. > > > GUEST LECTURING > > In cooperation with several local universities in the Chicago area, > Visiting > Scholars may be able to offer guest teaching assignments to enhance the > Scholarship Program. Universities that Motorola has relationships with > include: (i) Roosevelt University, School of Science and Technology, (ii) > Illinois Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer > Engineering, and (iii) University of Illinois's (Chicago) Department of > Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. > > > > THE VISITING SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS > CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT -- TENTATIVE TIMETABLE > April 12 infoDev officially announces the Motorola Visiting Scholars > Fellowship Program. Applications to the Program being > accepted by > infoDev. > May 31 Deadline for Applications to the Program (6:00 PM EST). > June 16 Completion of preliminary round of evaluations by the > Selection > Committee. Start of the phone interview stage of evaluation > process. > June 23 Completion of final round of evaluations by the Selection > Committee. > Award letters issued jointly by infoDev and > Motorola. > July 1 Deadline for acceptance for Visiting Scholar Program. > After July 1 Phase I of the Visiting Scholars Fellowship Program will > commence. > Phase II will commence immediately after the close of Phase I. --------- 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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NZ MBONE Nominations
by James Tyson 24 Apr '00

24 Apr '00

There are still no maintainers nominated on mbone.samizdat.co.nz. Remember that geography is irrelevant due to the automagical nature of the internet. If you think that you have even the vague skillset neccessary to maintain this system then please visit the site and nominate yourself. Cheers. James Tyson --- Samizdat New Media Solutions --------- 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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an item of interest?
by Bill Manning 18 Apr '00

18 Apr '00

sorry for the broad cross-posting... While waiting for the 2q2000 inverse tree audit to finish, <http://www.isi.edu/~bmanning/in-addr-audit.html> I crunched some numbers on the previous two quarters data. This is only for servers in the in-addr.arpa tree that responded. Servers w/ modified replies to the version query are not included but they are less than a single percent. <http://www.isi.edu/~bmanning/in-addr-versions.html> (Shouts to you folks w/ back level code... tis better to upgrade than not. And hiding your version is no protection.) Comments appreciated. --bill --------- 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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Idle hands in Santa Clara?
by Rob Isaac 18 Apr '00

18 Apr '00

Folks, I'm after someone clueful in the Santa Clara, California area to visit a facility, break down a rack with some equipment in it and arrange shipping of that equipment across state to San Jose. Reasonable demands for quantities of cash, travelling expenses, sponsored clothing or alcoholic beverages of your choice will not be refused. If you're in the area, or you know of someone you'd trust who is, please let me know. The alternative is that I have to fly there and do it myself, and a trans-Pacific flight to spend about fifteen minutes arguing with some PSInet monkeys about where my rack is, followed by a flight back again is a pleasure I think I can live without. Regards, Rob. PS: The catch is -- it's a PSI co-location facility, so anyone you suggest is likely to need saint-like patience and speak fluent Idiot. --------- 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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Introduction of the new Domainz system
by Andy Linton 18 Apr '00

18 Apr '00

A couple of days ago I got mail from Andrew Mason, a consultant acting for Domainz, who posed a set of questions to me about Netlink's readiness to adopt the new system. I have answered that noting a number of reservations including lack of whois server to enable easy checking of existing records and the apparent lack of consensus among many of the industry players about how things should be done. I'm trying to gauge who is happy with the *technical* interface. (I know that many are unhappy with the politico-commercial position.) If everyone else is ecstatically happy I'll accept the judgement of my peers and get on with things, do without the long promised whois server and check all my domains using the web interface. If however you are unhappy about how things are progressing let's put our heads together and go back to ISOCNZ with an open letter requesting them to ensure that Domainz starts acting as a public service organisation and not as a business solely focussed on making money and using its monopoly postion to dictate to the NZ Internet community. --------- 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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[Fwd: Whois.patho.gen.nz]
by Andy Linton 18 Apr '00

18 Apr '00

John, I'm writing to you as chair of the ISOCNZ committee reviewing Domainz's activities. Will ISOCNZ now instruct Domainz to implement a whois server with data that they are prepared to stand behind before the new system goes on line next month? andy -- jabley(a)automagic.org wrote: > > I have been running a whois server on whois.patho.gen.nz for some > time; this server was running before the Waikato-supplied > whois.domainz.net.nz was made available, and presents its output in a > ripe-181 compatible format, as per the current ISOCNZ policy on whois > for NZ. [whois.domainz.net.nz uses a private format, presumably > invented by Domainz]. > > whois.patho.gen.nz is a service that I run for free, and which, since > 12 March, has attracted an average of just under 240 queries per day > from all round the world. I hear the Waikato-run whois.domainz.net.nz > receives a similar number of hits. > > It's very small and simple, and essentially retrieves a page of HTML > from a UoW-supplied server using HTTP, and re-formats the data as > ripe-181 to be presented via whois. > > <operational-content> > When the Waikato system is turned down next month, whois.patho.gen.nz > will stop working. The new system does not include provision for a > whois service of any kind -- hence, at this time there will be no > whois service for the NZ ccTLD. Anyone who currently depends on > whois.domainz.net.nz, whois.patho.gen.nz or nz.whois-servers.net > (which is a CNAME for tardis.patho.gen.nz) should investigate other > means of obtaining access to the register. > </operational-content> > > Note that I would be more than happy to modify whois.patho.gen.nz to > provide continued service if someone from Domainz or Glazier could > give me some pointers as to how I can pull the same information > currently available at > http://domainz.waikato.ac.nz/cgi-bin/DNZ-REGISTER?domain_name=foo.co.nz > from the new system. --------- 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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Whois.patho.gen.nz
by jabley＠automagic.org 17 Apr '00

17 Apr '00

I have been running a whois server on whois.patho.gen.nz for some time; this server was running before the Waikato-supplied whois.domainz.net.nz was made available, and presents its output in a ripe-181 compatible format, as per the current ISOCNZ policy on whois for NZ. [whois.domainz.net.nz uses a private format, presumably invented by Domainz]. whois.patho.gen.nz is a service that I run for free, and which, since 12 March, has attracted an average of just under 240 queries per day from all round the world. I hear the Waikato-run whois.domainz.net.nz receives a similar number of hits. It's very small and simple, and essentially retrieves a page of HTML from a UoW-supplied server using HTTP, and re-formats the data as ripe-181 to be presented via whois. <operational-content> When the Waikato system is turned down next month, whois.patho.gen.nz will stop working. The new system does not include provision for a whois service of any kind -- hence, at this time there will be no whois service for the NZ ccTLD. Anyone who currently depends on whois.domainz.net.nz, whois.patho.gen.nz or nz.whois-servers.net (which is a CNAME for tardis.patho.gen.nz) should investigate other means of obtaining access to the register. </operational-content> Note that I would be more than happy to modify whois.patho.gen.nz to provide continued service if someone from Domainz or Glazier could give me some pointers as to how I can pull the same information currently available at http://domainz.waikato.ac.nz/cgi-bin/DNZ-REGISTER?domain_name=foo.co.nz from the new system.

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