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.ZA Domain Name Authority (.ZADNA)
.ZADNA
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Agency overview
FormedNovember 1990;33 years ago (1990-11)
Jurisdiction Government of South Africa
Headquarters 72 New Road, Glen Austin AH, Midrand, Gauteng, 1685, South Africa [1] [2]
MottoYour Online Presence is our business
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Agency executive
Parent department Department of Communications and Digital Technologies
Website www.zadna.org.za
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ZADNA
.ZADNA location, Midrand

.ZADNA (.za Domain Name Authority) is a not-for-profit company that administrates the .za namespace. [3] [4] The .za Domain Name Authority (.ZADNA [5] ) is the statutory regulator and manager of .za, the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for South Africa. .ZADNA is an agency of South African government under the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies and the administrator of registry of the South Africa ccTLD. [6] [7]

Contents

.ZA domain information

.ZADNA is responsible for deciding .ZA second level domain (SLD) structure

Moderated second-level domains [8]

Unmoderated second-Level domains [13]

.ZA domain name dispute resolution

.za Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) [15] regulations to resolve .za domain name registration disputes.

.ZA domain name disputes types:

  1. Abusive registration [16]
  2. Offensive registration [17]

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) [18] only applicable to un-moderated Second Level Domains (SLDs) [19]

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References

  1. ↑ "THE ZA DOMAIN NAME AUTHORITY NPC Financial Statements 2022.pdf - 9.1-THE-ZA-DOMAIN-NAME-AUTHORITY-NPC-FINANCIAL-STATEMENTS-2022-APPROVED_signed.pdf" (PDF). za Domain Name Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  2. ↑ ".za Domain Delegation Data". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority . Archived from the original on 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  3. ↑ "za-icann-letters-14feb08-en.pdf" (PDF). ICANN . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  4. ↑ "Norid: Domain name registries around the world". www.norid.no. Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  5. ↑ ".ZADNA". www.dtps.gov.za. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  6. ↑ ".za Domain Delegation Data". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority . Archived from the original on 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  7. ↑ "ZADNA - ICANNWiki". icannwiki.org. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  8. ↑ "Policies - .za Domain Name Authority". www.zadna.org.za. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  9. ↑ "ac.za home — AC.ZA Home Page". www.ac.za. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  10. ↑ "Whois service for edu.za". whois.edu.za. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  11. ↑ "gov.za - Main Page". dnsadmin.gov.za. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  12. ↑ "NomZa". nom.za. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  13. ↑ "Domain information - .za Domain Name Authority". www.zadna.org.za. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  14. ↑ "NET.ZA | ZACR - ZA CENTRAL REGISTRY". www.registry.net.za. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  15. ↑ "Domain Name Dispute Resolution - .za Domain Name Authority". www.zadna.org.za. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  16. ↑ ".ZA Domain Name Dispute - .za Domain Name Authority". www.zadna.org.za. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  17. ↑ ".ZA Domain Name Dispute - .za Domain Name Authority". www.zadna.org.za. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  18. ↑ "CO.ZA PUBLISHED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES | ZACR - ZA CENTRAL REGISTRY". www.registry.net.za. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  19. ↑ "Policies - .za Domain Name Authority". www.zadna.org.za. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
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