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Geoff Huston (gih@telstra.net) wrote:

: The*.au dns is automatically reported on every 24 hours.
: For a complete list of delegated names see
: ftp://www.telstra.net/pub/netinfo/au-domain-names

$ ftp
ftp> open www.telstra.net
Connected to cruskit.telstra.net.
220 cruskit FTP server (SunOS 4.1) ready.
Name (www.telstra.net:arthur): anonymous
530 User anonymous unknown.
Login failed.
ftp> close

Then later on:

File that you are currently viewing

   Linkname: Entry into main screen
        URL: ftp://ftp.telstra.net/pub/netinfo/au-domain-names
   Owner(s): None
       size: 7823 lines
       mode: normal

Could the information also be made available in more browser-friendly 
format, e.g. split by hierarchy, then starting letter of the domain
name?
          
: > a) There is no regulatory body in Australia overseeing allocations
: >    of domain names. The industry is resistant to the creation of
: >    such a body.

: Thre is no regulatroy body, true.

But see also Standards Australia Miscellaneous Publication 59 (free even!).

: (Anyone recall the movie Groundhog Day?)

yes, a very good movie...

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Arthur Marsh, telephone +61-8-370-2365, fax +61-8-223-5082 
              arthur@dircsa.org.au
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