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ZDNet Australia: Linux Conference Domain Faces Uncertain Future

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 19, 2006

“A proposed review of little-used second-level domains by .au
Domain Administration (auDA) has left a cloud hanging over the
domain for Australia’s biggest Linux conference.

“At the auDA board meeting in Melbourne yesterday, auDA policy
officer Jo Lim said that future plans for the .conf.au and .info.au
domains would be examined later this year. While management of
existing domains in those spaces is being handled by AusRegistry,
which manages most registry systems for .au domains, no new
registrations in either domain have been accepted for some
time…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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