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	Monday, 17 November 2003

Versign are idiots but DNC is naive? I just read the article about the flaws in the Verisign use of flash files for their ‘trust seal’. This has reminded me about what I feel are flaws in the use of the DNC Authorised Registrar logo. The authorised registrar logo is not centrally provided by the DNC. As Domainz and other registrars have proved it can be changed on a whim with no automated manner of reporting of changes or usage. Nothing is stopping me using the authorised registrar logo on this website (other than a swift kick up the ass from Debbie when she sees it :-) The DNC site is running Apache on Debian. Off the top of my head I can think of several ways to centrally serve this logo to only those websites that have been authorised by the DNC and with little if any impact to the registrars. All of this using out of box features of Apache. 3:53:54 PM      Like to comment? []

	Friday, 14 November 2003

News at 11: Brislen yells at Domain Names NZ peons! Paul Brislen (hi Paul!) has a walk down memory lane about his drinking days in the IDG Friday Fryup. In the later part of the Mooloo ramble he has an interesting 'report' about his shouting at Domain Names NZ peons. Oh, if you happen to be a Management student graduate make sure you egg his house the next time you drive by and tell him I told ya too. 1:43:23 PM      Like to comment? []

	Thursday, 13 November 2003

MelbourneIT has Domainz lock stock and DRS ZDnet and SMH each have a AP story about MelbourneIT completing Domainz purchase. Looks like settlement price dropped about $400,000 NZD. 9:00:10 PM      Like to comment? []

	Wednesday, 12 November 2003

Register.com and hosting.co.nz pulled from NZRS Register.com and hosting.co.nz have been pulled by the DNC as 'connected' .nz registrars today. I guess they did something that lead to them having access removed from NZRS? 3:46:12 PM      Like to comment? []

	Tuesday, 4 November 2003

World wide press coverage of Domain Name NZ scam Round up of stories and official warnings on Domain Names NZ scam. This excludes the many warnings and links from registrars, both .nz and around the world. Commerce Commission warning TV One News/nzoom IDG Fryup The Age Scoop ZDNet IT World Canada Many of these have the same detail but it is interesting how a scam local to .nz has headlines in Australia and Canada. 2:15:34 PM      Like to comment? []

	Monday, 3 November 2003

Drew Whittle resigns as councillor Over the weekend it was announced that Drew Whittle had resigned as a councillor of InternetNZ. Drew is a former Domainz director (during the Stabilising Registrar phase) as well as the current chair of the Technical Committee. This is on top of David Zanetti, former councillor, Technical Committee chair and NZRS director quitting InternetNZ a few weeks ago. All is not well in InternetNZ land? 11:55:29 AM      Like to comment? []