Cybersurf

And this week we hear about the Domain Name Authority – the organisation in charge of all web addresses that end in dot za.

Through most of the year 2002 a fierce war raged between the department of Communications and the broader internet community of South Africa over who should be responsible for the dot za domain name.

To cut a very long and acrimonious story short – the dispute was resolved when both sides agreed to transfer the task of registering names to a Domain Name Authority – or DNA.

Two years ago – Minister Ivy matsepe Casaburri – announced the names of the freshly constituted Domain Name Authority – but since then….?

Well it appears that nothing keeps happening.

So I asked the Chairman of the DNA – Doctor Hasmukh Gajjar – what are they doing?

IN: What we are doing now is . . . .

OUT: . . . . a number of organisations.

Dr. Hasmukh Gajjar, Chairman of the dot ZA Domain Name Authority. And if you would like to keep tabs on this body – I suggest you click along to their web site which you will find at www.zadna.org.za – one more time www.zadna.org.za

And that wraps it for Cybersurf today. Thanks for listening, tune in again next Monday, same time, same place and remember, to keeep on surfing..

// posted by Steven Lang @ 3:31 pm