The 2003 2004 YTD in review

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InternetNZ - .nz update for ICANN ccTLD
Rome meeting
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From the home of Lord of the Rings
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InternetNZ
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InternetNZ
Council
NZRS
NZOC
DNC
Registrars
SLA
Registrants
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History of NZRS

• May 2002 - NZRS Established
• October 2002 - SRS went live, with 1
  (stabilising) Registrar

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Shared Registry System (SRS) Update

• System Availability - 10 of the previous 13
  months over 99.9 uptime
• Registry fee reduced from NZ2 to NZ1.75 mid
  2004
• Growth from 116,000 to 145,500 names since
  October 2002
• Now 44 Registrars live on SRS
• SRS source code GNU-GPL release, January 2004

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NZRS Looking Forward

• Ongoing modifications to the SRS and a commitment
  to Open Source.
• RFI/RFP for outsourcing services
• Preparing to add IPv6 glue to SRS
• Implementing TSIG
• Investigating DNSSEC

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.nz Policies currently under review

• Uniform Dispute Resolution Process
• 2LD Policy Review
• Zone File Policy review

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Other .nz issues

• Seeking to appoint a Cyberlaw Fellow
• .nz joined the ccNSO
• WSIS / ITU
• Enum

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Websites

• Domain Name Commissioner
• www.dnc.org.nz
• InternetNZ
• www.internetnz.net.nz
• NZ Registry Services
• www.nzrs.net.nz
• SRS Open Source
• www.sourceforge.net/projects/dnrs