{"id":252811,"date":"2018-03-19T08:27:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T06:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=252811"},"modified":"2018-03-19T08:28:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T06:28:53","slug":"second-level-za-domain-names-really-bad-timing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/252811-second-level-za-domain-names-really-bad-timing.html","title":{"rendered":"Second level .za domain names – “Really bad timing”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0ZA Domain Name Authority’s (ZADNA) discussion document on second level domain names<\/strong><\/a> is “exceptionally ill-timed”.<\/p>\n

This is according to the\u00a0ZA Central Registry (ZACR), following\u00a0ZADNA publishing the discussion document.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“SA\u2019s ICT sector is in a state of flux, with important documents currently before Parliament that include the ICT Sector Commission and Tribunal Bill,” said the ZACR.<\/p>\n

“This makes last month\u2019s publishing by ZADNA… especially ill-timed.”<\/p>\n

The ZACR said a rushed discussion around the complex domain name industry threatens its “highly-effective central registry model”.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe support in principle the ability to register new domain names immediately below the top level domain. However, we cannot support the bad timing of a good idea,\u201d said ZACR CEO Lucky Masilela.<\/p>\n

The ZACR is also not convinced that the “current ease of registering and provisioning .za domains” will continue under the proposed changes.<\/p>\n

It added that the discussion document seemingly ignores\u00a0the domain name sector inputs on the ICT White Paper.<\/p>\n

“Aside from poor timing, the ZADNA discussion document also appears to put forward interfering with the administration of the .capetown, .durban, and .joburg gTLDs – which will not go down well with the delegator of these domains, ICANN, which will see any moves in this direction as a gross violation of the gTLD delegation terms and conditions.”<\/p>\n

The ZACR said it is responsible for the technical and administrative wellbeing of South Africa’s presence on the web.<\/p>\n

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