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Under the original policies, .org.au was effectively "miscellaneous", it was expressly for domains that don't fit under other categories. .asn.au was for formal
by kijeda 11y ago
Under the original policies, .org.au was effectively "miscellaneous", it was expressly for domains that don't fit under other categories. .asn.au was for formally registered associations (e.g. not-for-profits). Similarly, .net.au was just for network operators.
When auDA was created in the late 90's, the policies were harmonized and .com.au and .net.au got the same policies, .org.au and .asn.au got the same policies, etc. It has further evolved since based on policy panels I think they conduct every 5 years.
- cam- 11y agoiirc there was one guy for a long time who handed out the au domains. I think he was at USNW or USyd?
- jacques_chester 11y agoWikipedia says it was Robert Elz at U of Melbourne. Which squares with that department spinning out Melbourne IT, who had a quasi-monopoly on .au registrations for a while.