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Grahame Lynch interviews Dr Bruce Tonkin about the 40-year history and evolution of the .au domain.

Grahame Lynch interviews Dr Bruce Tonkin, CEO of AUDA, about the 40-year history and evolution of the .au domain. They discuss AUDA's unique multi-stakeholder rules, the role of ICANN, the DNS infrastructure, critical infrastructure protections, and how domain names will shape digital identity and AI-driven services in the future.

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Host: Grahame Lynch

Guest: Dr Bruce Tonkin

Topics covered

• domain history
• digital identity
• AI-driven services
• DNS infrastructure
• multi-stakeholder rules

Keywords

• .au domain
• AUDA
• ICANN
• DNS infrastructure
• digital identity
• AI services
• multi-stakeholder

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Organizations: AUDA, ICANN

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