1. Presentation to InternetNZ Council 31 August 2007

2. Introductions Anne UrlwinChair Nick Griffin General Manager 2

3. New Zealand Domain Name Registry Ltd 100% owned by InternetNZ Formed in 2002 Board –Anne Urlwin –Carol Stigley –David Farrar –Doug Mercer –Donna Hiser Staff -Nick Griffin -Dave Baker -Trent Connor -Sue Carter

4. Income and Expenses Income from Domain Name fees –Received from Registrars –Budget 2007-2008 $5.8m Expenses –Operating Expenses –DNC Fee 2007-2008 $1.0m Dividend to InternetNZ as Shareholder –2007-2008 $1.7m

5. Domain Name Fee Fee Setting Exercise –Undertaken Annually –NZRS and NZOC make recommendation to INZ –INZ Council approve change in the Domain Name Fee Domain Name Fee (per name per month) –2002$2.00 –2004$1.75 –2007$1.50

6. Key Results 2005-062006-07% change Registry Fees (000’s) $4,314$5,30123% Net Profit after tax (000’s) $1,132$2,01778% Dividend (000’s) $500$1,400180% Registrars566211% Domain Names221,433272,75223% 6

7. The.nz Domain Name Space InternetNZ NZOCDNC Authorised Registrars NZRS Service Level Agreement Authorisation Agreement Registrants Connection Agreement Registrant Agreement Catalyst Service Level Agreement 7 ICANNIANA

8. Domain Name net growth 2002-2007 8

9. Service Level Agreement Between InternetNZ and NZRS Managed for InternetNZ by the Office of the Domain Name Commissioner (DNC) SLA includes: –Register performance and management standards –Availability and response times –Reporting and communication requirements 9

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12. NZRS out sources the development and operational support to Catalyst IT Business Continuity Plan is supported out of Auckland by Open System Specialists (OSS) 12 Key Suppliers

13. Shared Registry System (SRS) Developed using Open Source software Debian GNU/Linux Perl XML for processing and database access PostgreSQL database Apache Webservers SRS published as Open Source 13

14. Measuring and Monitoring Registry Performance.nz 14

15. Availability requirements SRS – 99.90% WHOIS service – 99.90% DNS – 100% 15

16. System monitoring Developed using Open Source software System outage Escalation strategy depending on issue Detailed monitoring of WHOIS access All systems monitored by server and service 16

17. NZRS Reporting NZRS reports to DNC monthly –Availability and performance results –All exceptions to the targets –Notifies of any issues involving registrars or WHOIS request –Provides general statistical information, for example: Domain name statistics Registrar market share Registrar activity including number, and duration, of registrations and renewals 17

18. Public information Active names as at 31 June Active names as at end 31 July New registrations July Renewals JulyNet Growth.ac13181340 3532022.co245342249984 758654,4904642.cri17 030.geek769774 152135.gen11141127 2429913.govt898905 77407.iwi2959 0130.maori473470 1080-3.mil18 1100.net1721617517 5783661301.org1667516952 4703593277.parliament44 040.school26362650 27116014 TOTAL 2865392918178753645865278 18

19. Availability Public information SLAMay 2007 June 2007 July 2007 SRS Availability %99.9099.9599.93100 Whois99.9099.9799.9399.96 DNS100 19

20. Public information Avg Response time (in seconds) SLA Target May 2007June 2007July 2007 Domain Details Query ≤1.50.03 Domain Update ≤0.80.500.460.49 Domain Create ≤0.80.610.500.54 GetMessage performance ≤0.80.030.020.03 Whois ≤0.80.110.100.12 Whois queries at back end including Registrar (volume 000’s) N/A1,7401,8002,300 Whois Server Queries (volume 000’s) N/A235239256 UDAI Valid Query ≤0.8 0.150.130.14 20

21. NZRS ‘real time’ info Public information www.nzrs.net.nz :www.nzrs.net.nz –Current status of all SRS servers –Current number of active.nz names –Notice of planned outages –Schedule of updates –DNS status in real time http://dnsmon.ripe.net/http://dnsmon.ripe.net/ Registrar only information: –Transaction record –Transfers in and out –Account details 21