Foxbane Ltd and Steven Heath: NZRSLinks relating to .nz Registry Services, the new .nz registry. This company took over from Domainz.domainz.net.nz is not valid (so they say)- July 29, 2004 Back in the dark ages of .nz (AKA the DRS days) Domainz had an interesting way to handle registering their own domain name (domainz.net.nz).The search logic had a block on searching on the string &145;domainz&146; in any 2LD. This was because the name in fact wasn&146;t actually a regular name in the DRS it was kind of hard coded in the system. The same search block was done on any 2 letter domain name when the .nz policy did not allow a ccTLD string to be registered. You could still use the...http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/nzrs/2004/07/29.html#a443 Whois Review working group formed- July 28, 2004 The DNC (no, not this one) is calling for interest in joining the Whois Review working group. It is being chaired by David Russell which should make the results and the input more interesting than normal.http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/nzrs/2004/07/29.html#a442 Actrix gets hit with registrar sanction- July 18, 2004 DNC has just issued a Registrar Sanction to Actrix. They canceled a name due to non payment from other Actrix services. This is a no no and was a key recommendation of the SRS Working Group to ensure registrants were not held to ransom for bill disputes etc. The sanction is only 24 hours.http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/nzrs/2004/07/19.html#a440 |