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List of all DNC authorised registrars is available with .nz domain name pricing and other details. Please be advised that the list is out of date but it will be updated in future.   Monday, 23 September 2002 Global whois? A series of whois 'events' lead me to think about 'global' whois today. A revised whois spec was issued late last week for the SRS with a test server at srstest.catalyst.net.nz. Postings about whois on the DNSO GA list (1, 2, 3, 4 for a small selection). Reading a document posted by Mariyn Cade co chair of the Names Council whois task force.  A title of an entire section is "Uniformity of data formats and elements across various TLDs and registrars, including ccTLDs." An analogy of whois could well be the details of 'body corporates', such as, companies, incorporated societies, trusts, etc. Now, each of the requirements and formats are up to each country on the requirements and more importantly the data exposed on the body corporates. For instance in NZ a very good site exits run by the Companies Office. This is a searchable registry for company names, directors and other details. However, does a global standard apply for other countries equivalent registry? What are the compelling reasons for a global whois standard especially for those TLD's that already have a whois like service... will someone pay the TLD to convert to the 'global' standard? 9:26:09 PM      Like to comment? [] Zone push leads to downtime? Domainz had this message on its website for longer than the 60 seconds it states. I first saw it at 11:02am and the normal index page came back between 11:11am and 11:17am. Thus for 9 to 15 minutes the website, and I assume the email template, were unusable. If this happens at every zone push means that over a period of a month or more that site has a major in built down time. 11:37:58 AM      Like to comment? [] ICANN websites People have asked why I have not commented on any of the ICANN 'events' of that last week or so. The major reason is that is it directly affects .nz I comment on it otherwise the following three sites do an excellent job at ICANN news: ICANN.blog No Such Weblog ICANNWatch 11:15:56 AM      Like to comment? [] © Copyright 2007 Foxbane Ltd and Steven Heath. Last update: 9/07/2007; 10:01:33 p.m.. September 2002 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30           Aug   Oct Archived Months March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 December 2002 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 July 2002