[gtld-tech] Delegated strings: WHOIS & SLAs...

[Jay Daley]

In an ideal world they would all be using _nicname._tcp.tld SRV records:

	jay$ dig +short _nicname._tcp.nz srv
	0 0 43 whois.srs.net.nz.

I've only checked ten and none have it.

Old article here: http://www.circleid.com/posts/whois_server_address_registry/

Jay

On 20/11/2013, at 1:03 pm, Greg Aaron <greg at illumintel.com> wrote:

> FYI, Spec 4: "Registration Data Directory Services. Until ICANN requires a
> different protocol, Registry Operator will operate a WHOIS service available
> via port 43 in accordance with RFC 3912, and a web-based Directory Service
> at <whois.nic.TLD> providing free public query-based access to at least the
> following elements in the following format."
> 
> So web-based MUST be at nic.tld.  But oddly, I don’t see that whois.nic.tld
> was required for port 43 service.
> 
> One would think that if a TLD has a name in the zone, then WHOIS service
> would be available. 
> 
> All best,
> --Greg
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gtld-tech-bounces at icann.org [mailto:gtld-tech-bounces at icann.org] On
> Behalf Of Rubens Kuhl
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:29 AM
> To: Alexander Mayrhofer
> Cc: gtld-tech at icann.org
> Subject: Re: [gtld-tech] Delegated strings: WHOIS & SLAs...
> 
> 
> Actually, as whois service is tested prior to delegation, you have to enter
> the zone with whois not in the TLD in the first place, and then using an
> IANA change request to move it. 
> 
> ICANN mentioned that the main requirement for standardised whois.nic.<TLD>
> is CA-related activities, so they will probably don’t mind not having
> whois.nic.<TLD> prior to the 120-days after contract signing where you
> cannot delegate anything besides nic.<TLD> 
> 
> 
> Rubens
> 
> 
> On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:25 PM, Alexander Mayrhofer
> <alexander.mayrhofer at nic.at> wrote:
> 
>> I'm using whois.nic.<TLD> - and, yes, nic.<TLD> is properly delegated and
> reachable in that case, but "whois.nic.<tld>" returns an NXDOMAIN. My
> understanding is that ICANN requires the WHOIS service to be offered under
> that hostname...  See the respective specification in the AGB..
>> 
>> Indeed, the IANA record shows a different server - so, do i understand
> correctly that you can actually submit to IANA a different WHOIS server than
> the one required by ICANN? Can anyone who's already delegated confirm this?
>> 
>> Alex
>> 
>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>> Von: Rubens Kuhl [mailto:rubensk at nic.br]
>>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. November 2013 15:02
>>> An: Alexander Mayrhofer
>>> Cc: gtld-tech at icann.org
>>> Betreff: Re: [gtld-tech] Delegated strings: WHOIS & SLAs...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Are you using whois.nic.<TLD> or the WHOIS server mentioned at 
>>> http://www.iana.org/whois?q=<TLD> ?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Rubens
>>> 
>>> On Nov 20, 2013, at 10:53 AM, Alexander Mayrhofer 
>>> <alexander.mayrhofer at nic.at> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Looking at some of the recently delegated new gTLDs, i was very 
>>>> surprised
>>> to learn that the WHOIS service is unreachable for some of those TLDs 
>>> (which makes me wonder how they passed PDT, or why the service 
>>> degraded since then?). Anyways, since WHOIS is included in the SLA 
>>> requirements of ICANN, this makes me also wonder when the SLA 
>>> actually "kicks in", and, whether the SLAs are actually being measured
> right now by ICANN ...
>>>> 
>>>> Any information about this?
>>>> 
>>>> Alex
>>>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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