Re: FW: [ga] Why is it impossible to change .com.cn nameservers?

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Richard and all former DNSO GA members,

  Thank you for your clarification/spin here.  I am sure it was helpful
to some.  I am therefore per your post below, recommending to our members
that are .CN registrants to discontinue Nuestar as their registrar of choice
for .CN domain names and consider dealing directly with CNNIC.

Tindal, Richard wrote:

> I noticed this on the listing.  Thought I'd clarify some points.
>
> Neustar is not acting as a Registrar for .CN.  We are a "Registry Gateway"
> which means we provide simplified access to the CNNIC Registry for
> Registrars who are located outside the PRC.    Like .BIZ and .US, we will we
> not operate as a Registrar.  Acting as both a Registry and Registrar would
> be inconsistent with our neutral business model.
>
> During the first few months of .CN launch we have chosen, for stability
> reasons, not to offer automated modification functionality to Registrars.
> We are, however, performing manual modifications at the request of
> Registrars.   In February we plan to offer a stable and reliable automated
> modification process.
>
> Hope this is helpful.
>
> Richard Tindal
> Vice President
> Neustar Registry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Williams [mailto:jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 11:59 PM
> To: Richard Henderson
> Cc: ga@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [ga] Why is it impossible to change .com.cn nameservers?
>
> Richard and all former DNSO GA members,
>
>   It seems that CNNIC has locked out access Nuestars access to
> their servers for the moment.  After doing a brief debacle regarding
> registration practice from Nuestar.  An inquiry to
> mailto:cnnic-staff@cnnic.net.cn
> might be a good step for you to consider at this point...
>
>   I would strongly personally suggest discontinue using Nuestar
> as your registrar of choice for registrations in the .CN name space.
>
> Richard Henderson wrote:
>
> > I have been trying for over a month to change my nameservers for
> > www.scotland.com.cn
> >
> > Namescout tell me that the registry won't do this at the moment.
> >
> > This is inconvenient and delays my business plan.
> >
> > Can anyone from Neustar tell me why this lock on nameservers should occur?
> >
> > Surely registries exist to make the DNS work, not to lock it up?
> >
> > Richard Henderson
> >
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