What prompted the question is that in the process of looking for name
availablility, I came across sinclair.id.au, which doesn't seem to comply
with any recognisable policy.

The registrant is listed as Adrian Kinderis, which looks a bit odd.  Whois
shows the contact name is shown as Mark Sinclair.  Strange.

Ron


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Smith [mailto:smithi§nimnet.asn.au] 
> Sent: Tuesday, 8 June 2004 3:45 AM
> To: Ron Stark
> Cc: dns§dotau.org
> Subject: Re: [DNS] .id.au domain names
> 
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Ron Stark wrote:
> 
>  > Not having supplied any before, I'm curious as to the 
> policy for qualifying  > for a .id.au domain name.  Is it an 
> exact match of registrant's name, the  > registrant's contact 
> name, or either.
> 
> Not having registered one before, I was curious too, so 
> checked the AuDA site, as you do.
> 
> <aside> 'Web Standards' having broken once perfectly good 
> HTML with M$ 'older browser obsolescence enforcement 
> scripting' </aside> .. I was still able to find the policies 
> index page and eligibility criteria :)
> 
> When would a registrant's name differ from his or her contact 
> name, when only individual aussie residents are eligible for 
> an .id.au?
> 
>  > Can it also be like the .com.au domains, a derivative of 
> either the  > registrant's or contact's name?
> 
> A nickname even, as you'll have found by now I expect.  Some 
> registrars run too clever by half code auto-suggesting a 
> small pile of variations, some quite amusing.  Not that we 
> have open slather, of course :) 
> 
> But again Ron, who might be the registrant for one, but oneself?
> 
> Cheers, Ian
> 
> 
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