Zone Transfer Policy Review Submission

From:		Steven Heath
Received:	1 October 2003


1. 	Should any organisation outside of the registry company be 
permitted the .nz zone file?

In the true use of the term zone file I think no. I can see only 3 
major uses for the data in the zone file:

A, to us in case of emergency if NZRS 'went off the air'. This is a NZRS/DNC 
issue for disaster recovery etc. 

B, For reasons for marketing/spamming and related things not in the best 
interests of .nz registrants.

C, For statistical purposes.

Looking at these 3 reasons the only reason which is valid in the last. In 
this case all the details in the zone files are not needed, such as IP 
address of the entries name server.

Most, if not all, of the requirements is the changes from day to day, 
month to month, year to year etc of the total zone as well as the 2LD's.

In this case why doesn't DNC/NZRS provided a modified file with just 
the actual domain names in it and remove ALL other details?


2. 	If organisations are permitted to obtain a copy of the .nz zone 
file, what criteria should be in place to assess whether their use of the 
zone file is appropriate?

Written agreement with terms and conditions of usage set out. Also finite 
limit on each application for, say 12 months, at the end of which another 
application would be required.


3. 	Should authorised registrars automatically be able to receive a 
copy of the .nz zone file?

No.


4. 	How frequently should copies of the .nz zone file be available to 
any approved organisations?

No more often than weekly.


5.	What information, if any, should any party receiving the .nz zone 
file be able to make public?

Patterns of 2LD growth, general stats. Not things like which name servers 
are responding to which names (ie 10 name servers are authoritative for 
58% of all names).


6. 	Does the release of the .nz zone file have a negative impact on the 
security of the information held?

It could do. Depends if ICANN has a copy :-)


Steven Heath