[RDS-WHOIS2-RT] NextGen Registration Data Distribution Service

[Susan Kawaguchi]

I agree with Alan that this is the work of the RDS WG.  If we can provide
brief insight to the WG that is fine but a long in depth review and
discussion would be duplicating work.

Susan

On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 8:37 AM, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
wrote:

> I am less sure than Carlton that we MUST discuss this. I have no problem
> with discussing whether the current WHOIS protocol is fit for purpose, *but
> it better be a pretty short discussion*! If anyone has a good argument
> why it IS fit for purpose, it should be shared pretty quickly.
>
> The inability of a 7-bit protocol to handle today's IDN world, and the
> inability to handle any level of authorization/authentication/gating
> (which is generally understood to be necessary to allow critical
> information to be collected but not universally displayed in support of
> privacy legislation) makes the answer pretty clear. And as the charter
> Carlton points to indicates, this has been clear for quite some time.
>
> This is a REVIEW team. I believe it is well beyond our scope to debate
> whether the current protocol can be modified to meet new needs, to specify
> or design a replacement or to review possible replacements. And I have
> little interest in debating whether any new protocol should be called WHOIS
> (pretending it is the same), WHOIS-Mark-2, RDAP, WEIRDS, WIERDS or
> Betelgeuse.
>
> Alan
>
>
>
> At 05/07/2017 10:08 AM, Carlton Samuels wrote:
>
> Dear All:
> I believe this review will have to answer the question as to whether the
> current WHOIS protocol is fit to purpose in a evolved DNS environment in
> one or other job stream.  Some may recall that the RDAP is being proposed
> as a fit and proper replacement.
>
> You may wish for background to examine the IETF charters for Web
> Extensible Internet Registration Data Service (WEIRDS) from whence came
> RDAP.
>
> https://tools.ietf.org/wg/weirds/charters
>
> Best,
> -Carlton
>
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