The SRS and Lame Delegations

From: "Andy Linton" I'd like to see the registry operate on the principle that the names registered are listed in both the registry's database and the DNS

Agree in principle.

This implies that the nameservers should be operational and checked at the time of resistration.

Disagree Assuming Registrar/Registry are NZ based and the Name Server provider is US based. You imply that the registration of a name should be denied if Global Gateway is having another bad hair day or there is a silly routing problem between the Registry system and some US based servers. This makes for a complex system, the Registrar may have visibility to the Name Servers but the Registry may not. To get the name registered the Registar is reliant on someone fixing a routing problem between the Registry and a US Based provider. Not a very robust or workable design. Cheers BG. - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog