Re: Changes to AXFR from NZ nameservers

On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Don Stokes wrote:

Andy Linton wrote:

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Joe is correct that some changes are in the offing for the NZ nameservers. ns99.waikato.ac.nz is due to be phased out of service and the ISOCNZ Technical Committee (1) have taken the opportunity to examine the policy on zone transfers of the .nz domains.

We have considered a number of things in reaching our decision to discontinue the transfer of the zones by AXFR from the NZ nameservers.

Um. In December 1999, after a long consultation with stakeholders, a policy was written and approved by ISOCNZ allowing for controlled access to zone downloads for non-marketing purposes.

And that policy has now been changed and circulated. It can be revisited if there are operational reasons why this will break the correct operation of the DNS.

Why exactly this wasn't implemented promptly at the technical level by Domainz/ISOCNZ isn't my place to say. However, I fail to see how the

Can I ask who provides the technical know how to Domainz for this area then? I thought it was you.

intention to implement said policy (prompted by the imminent removal of the only server providing uncontrolled zone downloads) should have in turn prompted a review of the policy only 18 months later. What's worse, it would appear that this round has failed to consult anywhere near as widely as previously, especially since stakeholder comment was taken seriously last time.

The phrase, "shooting from the hip," springs to mind.

So you'd have us consult extensively with Verio, Easynet Belgium, 210-54-238-239.dialup.xtra.co.nz about their need to pull this data. We have not said that the data will not be available. We have said that it will not be available from the nz servers by AXFR. My posting said: There is provision to make the zone information available via other means if there is a need for it. We would be happy to hear from those who feel they need to do this. What's the problem? --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog