[ga] FYI: Background on .za redelegation plans

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

Via Declan's Politech list:

>From: Bretton Vine <bretton@deepsouth.co.za>
[...]
>In brief, Chapter 10 of the proposed Electronic Communications and
>Transactions Bill seeks to establish a Domain Name Authority within South
>Africa and give control of the .za domain to that Authority under the
>auspices/control of the Department of Communications. This has been done
>with zero consultation with the current .za administrator or other bodies
>involved in the redelegation process which is already underway involving
>Namespace ZA [www.namespace.org.za.]
[...]
>Quite simply, the current .za domain administrator will not redelegate the
>administration of .za to anyone incapable of fulfilling the requirements in
>RFC1591 and IPC-1. ICANN won't allow this either. But the government
>refuses to see reason here. You are welcome to draw your own conclusions
>from the information supplied below. But if the legislation is passed in
>its current form it would have a severe and detrimental effect to the
>provision of Internet services in South Africa. This is not something that
>needs to be tested in order for a point to be proven and the government to
>realise the error of their ways.

Full details at http://www.politechbot.com/p-03548.html

Best regards,
/// Alexander

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