This should probably be a client-side responsibility if integrity is the 
issue. The NS records can be invalidated at any time after the delegation, 
and you can't expect the registry system to validate all zones continuously 
to assure this integrity.


At 01:44 PM 18/11/2002 +1100, you wrote:
>Until 30 June 2002, com.au, org.au, edu.au, and gov.au domain name
>applications all went via the AUNIC system which applied a number of tests
>to see if the proposed nameservers were set up correctly for the domain name
>in question.
>
>edu.au domain names still use AUNIC, so they still get those tests applied.
>
>I don't know what tests were applied by Connect.com for net.au domain names
>or by ConnectWest for asn.au domain names until 30 June 2002.
>
> >From 1 July 2002,  asn.au, com.au, id.au, net.au and org.au domain names
>moved to the new AusRegistry system, and gov.au names moved there on 1
>August 2002 - (I think - perhaps gov.au was a few weeks later).
>
>I'm sure someone from AusRegistry can advise what tests - if any - are
>applied to domain names in the asn.au, com.au, gov.au, id.au, net.au and
>org.au Registry when someone is registering a new domain name / changing
>delegation for an existing domain name.
>
>
>
>Regards, Mark
>
>Mark Hughes
>Effective Business Applications Pty Ltd
>+61 4 1374 3959
>www.pplications.com.au
>effectivebusiness§pplications.com.au
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Saints Support [mailto:support§saintspc.com.au]
>Sent: Monday, 18 November 2002 12:40 PM
>To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
>Subject: [DNS] Zone integrity
>
>
>Hmm I have discovered an intresting challenge just this morning.
>
>I have a cuatomer who is moving some of their domains over from one set
>of Nameservers one of my set of nameservers.
>
>The challenge showed it's self when they were able to transfer the
>records and get the new nameservers list in .au zone files before the
>nameservers were actully configure and correctly running for the domains
>that were transferred.
>
>The question I have is what happened to the zone integrity for the .au
>domains???
>
>The last time I did a .com.au transfer with MelbIT before the new system
>came in would not allow me to complete the transfer without correct and
>functioning nameservers.
>
>Now from the looks of what happened with this customer and their domains
>it doesn't matter any more, you can just transfer domains were and when
>you like without actully making sure they will work when tansfered.
>
>Any one at Ausreg or auda got an answer for this one???
>
>David Uzzell
>Technical Sales Consultant
>Saints PC Pty Ltd T/as Diversified Data
>Ph 1300 36 55 70 or (02) 9533 7388
>Fax (02) 9533 7322
>www.diversified.com.au
>
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Kind regards,

Lucian Kafka
www.conexim.com.au