This is the first I've heard of this....

I think they misunderstood the ICANN article, which refers to wildcard
records in TOP LEVEL DOMAINS - ie, it makes a case against
registries using wildcards for non existant or unregistered domains....
what individuals do with their own domains is not any of their business
- indeed, many services rely on a wildcard DNS entry for subdomains.

auDA's statement, "auDA notes that the use of wildcard resource
records is widely regarded within the internet technology community
as detrimental to the operational stability of the DNS," is simply not
correct in this context.  Again, I think they misunderstood the ICANN
report as referring to use of wildcards in all levels (ie, subdomains).

Of course, it seems they are referring specifically to TLD.com.au
domains (eg, com.com.au), but I think they need to make it a bit
clearer - as it stands, the final sentence is disturbing:

"In the meantime, registrants who use wildcard resource records
should be aware that auDA will take action to protect the operational
stability and utility of the .au DNS."

Regards,
Kirk Fletcher

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rob&#167;rob.co.uk>
To: "'.au DNS Discussion List'" <dns&#167;dotau.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 11:04 PM
Subject: [DNS] Use of wildcard resource records


> Hi,
>
>
>
> I have been talking to a friend of mine who has been affected by the 
> recent
> http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-01122006/ announcement.
>
>
>
> All seems fair enough and sensible - however what did shock me was the
> notice period mentioned!
>
>
>
> Registrants seem to have been notified on the afternoon of Friday 1st
> December, and changes are to be made by the afternoon of Wednesday 6th
> December - otherwise the domain will be deleted.
>
>
>
> What happens to the poor souls who have invested time and money into
> developing a website and are taking a holiday to return at the end of the
> week and find their domain name no longer exists?!
>
>
>
> Surely a more reasonable 7 / 14 / 21 working days ought to be applied?
>
>
>
> It does not bode well for confidence in .au if the extension can have
> unplanned deletions inside a 4 working day period.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Rob Taylor.
>
>



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