Re: [ga] South African .za ccTLD administrator takes drastic action to prevent government takeover

[Jim Ayson <jim@philmusic.com>]

At 10:45 PM 6/13/2002 -0700, William X Walsh wrote:
>Lawrie, a South African Internet pioneer who is not paid for
>administrating the ZA domain, told Reuters he had taken pre-emptive
>action to stop the government from seizing control.
>
>"The storage of the primary zone file that defines and controls the ZA
>namespace is now offshore," he said.

This is a problem when one individual controls a ccTLD. What if Lawrie gets 
hit by a truck tommorow? Will .ZA just go into limbo?


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