.kz registry introduces new rules

The registry in Kzazchstan (Kaznic) has introduced a new condition you need to meet if you wish to register a domain name under the .kz extension. Moreover owners of already registered .kz domain names will also need to make sure they comply to this new condition.

If you wish to register a .kz name, you now also need to host the website, which you link to this name, via a website in Kazachstan. The nameservers to which this name is linked can be located anywhere you want but the hosting and e-mail need to happen via a server in Kazachstan. If you don’t meet this condition you can’t registered a domain name under the .kz extension unless you don’t use your name actively meaning you don’t link a website to it.

However bNamed.net offers a solution for this problem by offering local presence in Kazachstan. The local presence is a server in Kazachstan. If you wish to registere a .kz-naam and you don’t have a server in Kazachstan, you can use this server. This server will forward you web- and email traffic to your own server. Registering a .kz domain name with local presence via bNamed.net won’t cause any problem.