Provision of Domain Name Services

The Managed Zone Service (MZS) provides Domain Name Services for academic web servers that are located in the cam.ac.uk domain but are known by non cam.ac.uk names. An MZS may also provide DNS entries for mail servers. This is a charged service.

The domains hosted on the MZS must first be approved by the Information Strategy and Services Syndicate (ISSS). It is advisable to discuss the name of the proposed domain with the University Computing Service before applying for the MZS. The Computing Service can register domains for use with the MZS in:

• .org.uk
• .co.uk
• .ac.uk
• .biz
• .com
• .info
• .net
• .eu
• .org

On application, an University purchase order for £200 or a College purchase order for £200 + VAT will be required. The agreed name will then be registered by the UCS and, when approval is given by the ISSS, the MZS will be set up. Should the ISSS refuse permission for the domain to be hosted in the cam.ac.uk domain, only the cost of the name registration will be charged. It is not likely that a name already agreed with the University Computing Service will be rejected, but the ISSS decision will be final.

The manager of a domain on the MZS will normally be a member of staff or, exceptionally, a research student of the University of Cambridge. A Raven account is required to access the MZS.

The charge of £200 covers use of the MZS, including registration fees, for a single zone for 5 years, after which a further charge will be made. At present that charge is £200 for a further 5 years. Notice will be given should it prove necessary to increase the renewal charge in the future.

Initial queries may be made to mzs-admin@ucs.cam.ac.uk To apply for the managed zone service, please fill in the web application form .

Please note that while the requested domain name will be registered shortly after the request is received, the MZS will only be available after the IT Syndicate has met and agreed the request.

You may wish to consider using the Managed Web Service to host your website and having a Managed Mail Domain to provide email addresses.

Last updated: 24 February 2011