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WHO IS THE ZA CENTRAL REGISTRY? Previously known as UniForum SA, the ZACR is a non-profit organisation tasked with the administration of various second level domains within the .ZA domain name space, including the application and launch of new

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WHO IS THE ZA CENTRAL REGISTRY?

  • Previously known as UniForum SA, the ZACR is a non-profit organisation tasked

with the administration of various second level domains within the .ZA domain name space, including the application and launch of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs).

  • With over 873,809 registrations, the majority of South African domain names can

be found in the CO.ZA domain. These names represent over 95% of the total number of registrations in .ZA and a large percentage of domain name registrations in African.

  • Significant challenges ahead includes:
  • the transition of NET.ZA, ORG.ZA and WEB.ZA domains to the ZACR
  • Application and Launch of the .AFRICA, .CAPETOWN, .JOBURG

and .DURBAN Geographic TLDs.

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ZACR : The EPP System : Stats EPP Domain Operation Statistics 2013 (CO.ZA only) DOMAINS REGISTERED: 873,809 Legacy Registrar EPP Registrars (394,521) (479,288) GROWTH OF DOMAIN REGISTRATIONS (last 3 months): April 2013 May 2013 June 2013 826171 847851 (+2.6%) 866364 (+2.2%) Visit our website for more info on our stats: https://www.registry.net.za/domain_stats.php?gen=1&contentid=104

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ZACR Yesterday: Legislative Environment

  • No formal contract
  • Loose mandate

– Given at an ISP summit – ISP's in existence at that time – Charging allowed – Part time people to be appointed – Minimum 1 year period – Unanimously agreed

  • No Registry ↔ Registrar agreement
  • Direct Registrant Relationship
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ZACR Yesterday : The Legacy System

  • Email based
  • Plain text form
  • Operations include (N)ew, (U)pdate, (D)elete
  • Configured Name Servers (requirement)
  • System Checks (N) + (U)
  • Post-payment System
  • Easy to use/Low
  • Easy to Abuse
  • No Formal Registrar Relationship

Performance Statics: – minutes to 5 days for (N) – 24 hours to 6 days for (U) – 24 hours for (D)

Email Interface

RY Data

RY / RAR System

NS Whois

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ZACR Yesterday : Transition to EPP

  • (E)xtensible (P)rovisioning (P)rotocol
  • Legacy RY / RAR Separation (LR)
  • LR interfaces via EPP to new EPP Registry
  • LR operates as a RAR on the EPP system
  • Operational since March 2011
  • Registry operates on multiple concurrent policies - eg. LR and accredited RAR

EPP System Live

  • Whois - End July 2011
  • Zone authorative - August 2011
  • EPP System Fully Authoratative (external RARs) - Early September 2011
  • First RAR active for live testing - Mid September 2011

Email Interface

RAR Data

LR System

NS Whois

EPP Registry System

RY Data

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ZACR Today : The EPP System

LR

NS Whois

EPP Interface EPP Registry System

CO.ZA RY Data

RAR RAR RAR RAR RAR RAR

Etc.

  • RAR accreditation
  • Transfer domains from LR to new RARs
  • New Pricing Regime ---- LR vs EPP
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ZACR Today: Legislative Environment

  • Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002
  • ZA Domain Name Authority, 2003
  • Alternate Dispute Resolution, 2007
  • Registry ↔ Registrar formalised relationship, 2011
  • Contractual Relationship between ZA Domain Name Authority

(regulator) and ZA Central Registry (registry operator), 2012

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NET.ZA RY Data

ZACR Tomorrow : New .ZA SLDs

CO.ZA LR NS Whois EPP Interface EPP Thick Registry System

CO.ZA RY Data RAR RAR RAR RAR RAR RAR

Etc.

  • New RAR accreditation continues
  • Transfers from Legacy and Default RARs to new RARs
  • Policy Harmonisation.
  • Seamless user experience across all SLDs

Default RAR

ORG.ZA RY Data

Etc.

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.CapeTown RY Data

ZACR Tomorrow : New gTLDs

ICANN RAR

NS Whois EPP Interface MSH EPP Thick Registry System

.Joburg RY Data

Etc.

ZACR RAR ZACR RAR ZACR RAR ZACR RAR ZACR RAR ZACR RAR ZACR RAR ZACR RAR

ICANN RAR ICANN RAR ICANN RAR ICANN RAR ICANN RAR ICANN RAR

Default ICANN RAR

.Africa RY Data .Durban RY Data

  • Providing a bridge between existing ZACR RARs and

ICANN Accreditation = Vertical Integration

  • Price Differentiation between ICANN Accredited and others.
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ZACR Tomorrow: Legislative Environment

  • African Union Commission relationship for .Africa

– AUC's RFP Process

  • ICANN application process
  • ICANN contractual relationship
  • Relationships

with city and central government for .joburg, .capetown and .durban

  • ICANN accredited Registrar environment