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Recruitment Latest News DNS SRS Non Executive Director positions on the NZRS Board
InternetNZ is the sole shareholder of .nz Registry Services (NZRS) which manages New Zealand's domain name registry and has a world class reputation for innovation and reliability. NZRS is a relatively small organisation which has responsibility for delivering critical infrastructure. It consistently achieves outstanding customer service ratings and is well positioned to take advantage of the next wave of opportunities in the domain name space.Two Directors of NZRS complete their terms in July (one of whom will make themselves available for reappointment) and InternetNZ is seeking applications from suitably qualified individuals who wish to be considered for appointment to the NZRS Board. To be successful in your application you will need to demonstrate: · Strong governance skills and experience · Objectivity, business acumen, and the ability to take a broad perspective · Strategic business planning skills and experience · Previous senior management experience · Risk management experience · Business development knowledge and experience · An appreciation of the objectives of the shareholder and key stakeholders of NZRS In addition the following skills and experience would be advantageous: · Board chair experience (preferably in a commercial entity) · A formal qualification in accountancy/finance · Experience as an audit committee chair · Familiarity with registry management systems and business processes Information for potential applicants can be found on the InternetNZ and NZRS web sites (see below) and if you have further questions about the role or the organisation you may contact Susi Fookes on 04 495 2117. Applications should be made to Susi Fookes, InternetNZ, P O Box 11-881, Wellington, or email vacancy@internetnz.net.nz. Applications close 5 pm Friday 3 July 2009. Information for potential applicants is available here Latest News
Our new Chief Executive, Jay Daley Our new Chief Executive, Jay Daley, has now started in his role taking over from Nick Griffin, to whom we send our thanks for many years of good service. Jay was formerly the CTO of Nominet the .uk registry and has long experience of managing registry operations and infrastructure. If you wish to contact Jay directly then you can do so at jay @ nzrs.net.nz he would be pleased to hear from you. Appointment of Chief Executive .nz Registry Services is delighted to announce the appointment of Jay Daley to the position of Chief Executive of NZRS. Jay was formerly Director of IT at Nominet UK, one of the world’s leading domain name registries, and brings to his new role a wealth of experience in registry management, leadership and strategic management, and critical technology systems management. He combines a passion for technical excellence with a desire to foster a culture of consensus decision‐making, lifelong learning, knowledge sharing and excellent customer service. One of Jay’s notable recent successes has been heading the implementation of ENUM in the UK, the first diversification undertaken by Nominet UK.
Jay is married with three children and currently lives in the UK. Subject to Jay and his family meeting New Zealand residency requirements, Jay expects to be able to take up his position with NZRS in February. General Manger Nick Griffin will be leaving NZRS Announcement by Anne Urlwin - Chairman NZ Registry Services: Nick Griffin has advised that he will be leaving the company after 6 1/2
years. His departure date is the end of January 2009, but he has agreed to
the Board's request that he will continue to be available, if required, to
assist in the transition over the months of February and March.
Nick has led the company from its inception, through to it becoming a very
stable supplier of key infrastructure to New Zealand.
During the early days of the company, Nick was heavily involved in the
setting up of the company, the implementation of the Shared Registry System
(SRS) and the transfer of the registry. Since those early days, Nick has
worked tirelessly leading his team and suppliers to continually improve the
SRS and DNS, this has resulted in the very impressive systems stability,
availability and response times that we have recorded across his term of
leadership.
Some of the key measures that NZRS has achieved under Nick’s guidance
include:
- NZRS has achieved the highest levels of System Performance and
System Availability for the SRS and DNS.
- Customer Satisfaction levels over 95%
- The implementation of robust Business Continuity processes and
procedures that are ingrained into the day to day operation.
- Impressive financial results: including growing revenues, managed
expenses and increasing dividends
These results can be seen on the NZRS website and the NZRS Annual Reports.
InternetNZ announces .NZ wholesale fee reduction InternetNZ (The Internet Society of New Zealand) is reducing by 14% the wholesale domain name fee charged to authorised .nz registrars by .nz Registry Services (NZRS). Colin Jackson, InternetNZ President, says "The InternetNZ Council is pleased to confirm that the wholesale domain name fee will reduce to $1.50 per domain name per month, down from $1.75 per domain name per month.” These figures are exclusive of GST. The new wholesale fee will apply from 1 July 2007. “We trust that early notification of the lower fee will assist registrars in their planning," says Jackson. The decision to reduce the fee is the outcome of a joint recommendation from the .nz Oversight Committee (NZOC) and NZRS to the InternetNZ Council. Dr Frank March, Chair of the NZOC, says he hopes that the lower fee will encourage the continuation of a healthy growth rate in the registration of new domain names. However he cautions “There is no obligation on registrars to pass on any savings they make in a reduction of the wholesale fee.” Dr March continues “The .nz market is a competitive environment and I hope that the range of authorised registrars will encourage some to reduce the retail price." The reduction in the wholesale domain name fee is the second drop since NZRS took over running the .nz domain name register in October 2002. NZRS Chair, Anne Urlwin, says “The result of the fee review is a successful outcome for everyone. We take our responsibilities in managing the .nz register seriously, and are pleased that we've achieved efficiencies in our systems that enable this decrease in the fee to registrars."
<back Domain Name Fee Joint InternetNZ, NZOC, and NZRS Announcement. March 23, 2005 InternetNZ (www.internetnz.net.nz) is maintaining the wholesale domain name fee charged to authorised .nz registrars by nz Registry Services (NZRS). The President of InternetNZ, Keith Davidson states "The InternetNZ Council has confirmed that the wholesale Domain Name Fee will remain at $1.75 per domain name per month ". Mr Davidson added "The review of the fee is undertaken annually by NZRS and the NZ Oversight Committee (NZOC), the recommendation from the joint review was that the Fee should remain at the same level as set last year and the InternetNZ Council have adopted that recommendation".
<back NZRS Signs Outsourcing Contract with Catalyst IT December 20, 2004 NZ Registry Services (NZRS) today announced that it has signed a two year Outsourcing Services agreement with Catalyst IT Limited for the provision of the Outsourcing Services covering the Shared Registry System (SRS) and Domain Name Server systems and applications. NZRS undertook a comprehensive and robust Request for Information and Request for Proposal process which focused on continuity of service, incremental improvement, and low risk while improving the management framework. The parties took particular care in crafting an outsourcing contract that would ensure the continued high availability of the NZRS systems. NZRS General Manager, Nick Griffin stated "We are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of an agreement with Catalyst. The signing of this contract provides NZRS with an enhanced level of service for the next two years. Catalyst has provided NZRS with an excellent service over the last couple of years and we look forward to continuing our relationship with them." Mr Griffin went on to say "that this contract will ensure the continued high availability with stronger support for the SRS and DNS environments to Registrars and individuals who operate Domain Names". NZRS operates and manages the Shared Registry System and the Domain Name System for the .nz Top Level Domain. The company, established in 2002 to operate the shared registry system, had temporarily outsourced system support. The Board took the decision last year to continue outsourcing but on a longer term contract basis and one that improved quality and service levels. The registry currently supports in excess of 173,000 .nz domain names and has experienced strong growth in its 26 months of operation. <back
Press Releases: NZRS Selects Preferred Outsourcing Supplier
August 12, 2004 NZ Registry Services (NZRS) today announced that Catalyst IT Limited has been selected as the Preferred Supplier for the provision of the Outsourcing Services covering the Shared Registry System (SRS) and Domain Name Server systems and applications. NZRS undertook a comprehensive and robust Request for Information and Request for Proposal process which focused on continuity of service, incremental improvement, and low risk while improving the management framework. NZRS General Manager, Nick Griffin stated "we were impressed by the quality and the numbers of suppliers who responded to the RFI/RFP and were encouraged by the high standard and availability of Open Source services within New Zealand." "We look forward to concluding an agreement with Catalyst in the near future" he said. NZRS operates and manages the Shared Registry System and the Domain Name System for the .nz Top Level Domain. The company, established in 2002 to operate the new registry system, had temporarily outsourced system support. The Board took the decision last year to continue outsourcing but on a longer term contract basis and one that improved quality and service levels. The registry currently supports in excess of 160,000 .nz domain names and has experienced strong growth in its 21 months of operation. (pdf) <back
Domain Name Fee Reduction
Joint InternetNZ, NZOC, and NZRS Announcement. January 14, 2004 InternetNZ (www.internetnz.net.nz) is reducing by 12.5% the wholesale domain name fee charged to authorised .nz registrars by nz Registry Services (NZRS). The President of InternetNZ, Keith Davidson states "The InternetNZ Council is pleased to confirm that the wholesale domain name fee will drop to $1.75 per domain name per month, down from $2.00 per domain name per month". Mr Davidson added "The new wholesale fee will apply from 1 July 2004. We trust that early notification of the lower fee will assist registrars in their planning." The decision to reduce the fee is the outcome of a joint recommendation from the .nz Oversight Committee (NZOC) and NZRS to the InternetNZ Council. Dr Frank March, Chair of the NZOC, hopes that the lower fee will encourage the continuation of a healthy growth rate in the registration of new domain names, Dr March cautions: "There is no obligation on registrars to pass on any savings they make in a reduction of the wholesale fee". Dr March continues "The .nz market is now a competitive environment and I hope that the range of authorised registrars will encourage some to reduce the retail price." The drop in the wholesale domain name fee will take effect less than two years after NZRS took over running the .nz domain name register. NZRS Chair, Carol Stigley, says "The result of the fee review is a successful outcome for everyone. We take our responsibilities in managing the .nz register seriously, and are pleased that we've achieved efficiencies in our systems that enables this decrease in the fee to registrars." NZRS Announcement. January 14, 2004 NZRS is pleased to advise that from 1 July 2004 the Domain Name Fee will be reduced to $1.75 excluding GST. This represents a 12.5% decrease in the fee. NZRS and the NZ Oversight Committee undertook a joint review of the Domain Name and put a recommendation to InternetNZ regarding the new Domain Name Fee Save & Exitwhich was accepted. The early notification of the change is to assist Registrars in their billing processes as we are aware that some Registrars have a long lead in period of advice to Registrants for their renewal/billing. There will be a joint announcement from InternetNZ, NZ Oversight Committee and NZRS on 14 January.
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Change of the Country Code Table (May, 2007)
Download the laest version of the country code table here
Add:
GG GUERNSEY
RS SERBIA
ME MONTENEGRO
TL TIMOR-LESTE
IM ISLE OF MAN
AX ALAND ISLANDS
JE JERSEY
Remove:
FX FRANCE, METROPOLITAN
TP EAST TIMOR
YU YUGOSLAVIA
ZR ZAIRE
Change Spelling of Country names to:
BA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
HM HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS
HR CROATIA
IR IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
MO MACAO
PM SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON
SH SAINT HELENA
SJ SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN
SK SLOVAKIA
TW TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
VA HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)
VG VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH
VI VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S.
WF WALLIS AND FUTUNA
<back SRS Source Code v1.38 Released March 8, 2007 SRS Open Source Code v1.38 has been released on Thursday 8th March 2007. The SRS Open Source Code is available on Sourceforge. The Project is called "Domain Name Registry System". The link to access the project is http://sourceforge.net/projects/dnrs/ <back
SRS Resoucre Manager February 13, 2007 A Resource Manager component is being added to the SRS to protect the SRS and to share the SRS resources equally between registrars. Please refer to this PDF document for details and examples: SRS_Resource_Manager SRS Source Code v1.37 Released December 8, 2006 SRS Open Source Code v1.37 has been released on Friday 8th December 2006. The SRS Open Source Code is available on Sourceforge. The Project is called "Domain Name Registry System". The link to access the project is http://sourceforge.net/projects/dnrs/ IPv6 Glue Announcement NZRS is pleased to advise that it has added the support of IPv6 glue records to the Shared Registry System (SRS) and DNS. The adoption of IPv6 Glue will bring benefits to the registry in that it will allow for registrants who wish, to start investing in IPv6 technology. Registrars are now able to provide IPv6 Glue records to the SRS, and this information will be included in the zone files output from the SRS. Note. AAAA (and not A6) records will be published in the zone files. In order to allow for IPv6 Glue records, the SRS will accept an additional field (IP6Addr) in the definition of a nameserver. It is not a mandatory field. NOTE. If IP addresses are required, there MUST be an IPv4 address provided, not just an IPv6 address. The full technical details supporting IPv6 Glue records are available here....(pdf) The enablement of IPv6 is one of the strategic programs that NZRS is undertaking across the next 2 years.
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IPv4/IPv6 Glue Records June 22, 2004 InternetNZ requested that NZRS investigate the cost of implementing IPv6 into the SRS and DNS. As a result of that investigation NZRS is proposing that the SRS and DNS be modified to accept IPv6 glue records. More details are available here. <back
Release of SRS Source Code
January 30, 2004 When the Shared Registry System (SRS) was developed in 2002, it was developed with the use of Open Source tools. Since going live in October 2002, NZRS has undertaken a continuous improvement programme of improvements to the SRS. The SRS has proved itself to be a reliable and robust system which is currently supporting 42 registrars, 141,000 domain names and 12 2nd level domains. We are pleased to announce that the SRS Open Source Code was released on 30 January 2004. The SRS was released on Sourceforge. We have set up a project where you will beable to access the code. The Project is called "Domain Name Registry System" (hence the "dnrs"), this is because SRS is already in use. The link to access the project is http://sourceforge.net/projects/dnrs/ <back DNS
Update - .nz name server ns7 and ns3 From the 28th February; NS7 has been updated from a NZRS operated unicast name server to an anycast name server service hosted and managed by Autonomica with multiple overseas locations. NS3 hae been updated from a NZRS operated unicast name server to a NZRS operated anycast name server service with two servers located in Wellington and Auckland. Update - .nz name server ns7.dns.net.nz Media Release – 1 December 2008
New Zealand Registry Services (NZRS) is pleased to announce that the authoritative name server NS7.DNS.NET.NZ for the .nz Domain Name System (DNS) has been replaced.
The replacement is part of a wider project aimed at improving the .nz DNS infrastructure. There is no impact on the .nz DNS as a result of the change and the new IP address for NS7.DNS.NET.NZ is 202.46.188.130.
Over the last few weeks the NZRS, a subsidiary company of Internet New Zealand, has worked on the changes. The NS7 authoritative .nz name server was previously operated by Telecom.
Bringing the server under NZRS’ control will lead to greater reporting and monitoring of the .nz name servers. It will also enable the smoother addition of servers to other parts of the network, if required.
NZRS General Manager Nick Griffin thanks Telecom for its solid management of the .nz name server to-date.
“The new server uses a technology called Anycast, where multiple servers respond to the same IP address, resulting in faster query times. It adds additional robustness and offers better resistance to large-scale denial of service attacks,” he says.
The NZRS operates and manages the registry of .nz domain names and the operation of the Domain Name System (DNS) in the .nz domain name space. <back Update - .nz name server ns4.dns.net.nz Media Release - 28 October 2008 - New Zealand Registry Services (NZRS) is pleased to announce that the authoritative name server for the .nz Domain Name System (DNS) has been replaced. The replacement is part of a wider project aimed at improving the .nz DNS infrastructure. There is no impact on the .nz DNS as a result of the change and the new IP address for NS4.DNS.NET.NZ is 202.46.189.130. Over the last few weeks the NZRS, a subsidiary company of Internet New Zealand, has worked on the changes. The authoritative .nz name server was previously operated by TelstraClear. Bringing the server under NZRS' control will lead to greater reporting and monitoring of the .nz name servers. It will also enable the smoother addition of servers to other parts of the network, if required. NZRS General Manager Nick Griffin thanks TelstraClear for its solid management of the .nz name server to-date. "The new server uses a technology called anycast, where multiple servers respond to the same IP address, resulting in faster query times. It adds additional robustness and offers better resistance to large-scale denial of service attacks," he says. The NZRS operates and manages the registry of .nz domain names and the operation of the Domain Name System (DNS) in the .nz domain name space. <back
NZ offers IPv6 connectivity NZRS (.nz Registry Services) announces that a core component of the New Zealand Internet infrastructure is being geared up to accommodate huge potential increases in the number of networked devices connected to the Internet. "Mobile phones are becoming common Internet devices and many other mobile and specialist devices from security systems to home automation will require connectivity in the future. It is preferable that each computer or device connected to the Internet has a unique addressing number," says NZRS general manager Nick Griffin. The key to increasing capacity is the introduction of IPv6, the next generation Internet Protocol. IPv6 uses 128 bits for its computer addresses, a huge leap from the 32 bits used in the existing IPv4. This means 340 billion billion billion billion addresses can be covered by IPv6, compared to 4.3 billion for IPv4. Note the population of the world is approximately 6.6 billion. NZRS is today pleased to announce that the .nz name servers are now operating with IPv6 connectivity in what can be regarded as the first phase of the .nz IPv6 rollout. The name servers are named ns8.dns.net.nz and ns9.dns.net.nz, and are located in Wellington and Albany respectively. Both are connected to the NZ IPv6 Internet Exchange and there is a .nz Whois server accessible at whois.ipv6.srs.net.nz. NZRS thanks non-profit consortium Open Contributors Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (OCCAID) and US telco Sprint for providing IPv6 tunnels, and thanks Citylink for help in connecting to the NZ IPv6 Internet Exchange. .nz Registry Services is responsible for operation of the register of domain names and the Domain Name System (DNS) in the .nz domain name space. <back
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