[LINK] Anyone have any insights into the auDA/Afilias .au Stuff-Up?

Roger Clarke Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
Fri Mar 25 08:06:39 AEDT 2022


[ I've recorded many times my serious objections to the
commercialisation of the national resource, the .au domain.

[ But it seems that auDA hasn't even got the competence to implement an
effective commercialisation process. ]


ISP says:
> Due to issues with the .au direct launch, any new .au direct domain
names you register will not resolve (be accessible) immediately. For
more information, please visit our status page.

https://status.ventraip.com.au/event/1575

Due to issues launching the new .au direct domain names, newly
registered domain names will not resolve to your chosen site until the
DNS for the domain is manually added to the registry by Afilias.

Once you have registered your .au direct domain, you will be able to
edit your Nameserver records through VIPControl; however, the DNS will
not be synced to the registry until Afilias adds them manually. Once the
DNS zone is manually added, your website will be able to resolve as normal.

Afilias will perform these actions once a day, Tuesday to Friday each
week, which means you could have to wait a few days until your DNS
records become active on the domain name.

The issue will also include changing Nameserver records for .au direct
domains from one Nameserver to another.

We are pressuring auDA and Afilias to perform these manual actions daily
to reduce the delay for our customers.

We currently do not know when DNS will update automatically for .au
direct domain names, although we have been informed that it could be at
least a week before the fix is implemented.

This issue will not affect existing .au domain names such as .com.au and
.net.au; these will continue to work as expected.

We very much apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you.
Unfortunately, these issues are outside of our control and will be
affecting everyone who acquires a .au direct domain.


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Roger Clarke                            mailto:Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
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Visiting Professor in Computer Science    Australian National University


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