[ncdnhc-discuss] Will ZA domain name servers grind to a halt and make all subdomains of ZA totally unreachable?

[Marc Schneiders]

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, at 10:07 [=GMT-0400], Manon Ress wrote:

> If Lawrie refused to get himself licensed as required by the bill, this
> would mean he could no longer continue operating and that the
> administration of the ZA domain name would collapse.
> This would mean that normal internet and e-mail connections would no
> longer function.

Well, not straight away. The SA government will not be able to control all
of the following nameservers for ZA:

za.                     2D IN NS        AUTH00.NS.UU.NET.
za.                     2D IN NS        UCTHPX.UCT.AC.za.
za.                     2D IN NS        MUNNARI.OZ.AU.
za.                     2D IN NS        NS.EU.NET.
za.                     2D IN NS        FLAG.EP.NET.
za.                     2D IN NS        RAIN.PSG.COM.
za.                     2D IN NS        APIES.FRD.AC.za.
za.                     2D IN NS        HIPPO.RU.AC.za.

It is inconvenient, but ZA would not die immediately, because the present
administrator was smart enough to have its DNS spread all over the world.