[gtld-tech] Registrar Expiration Date I-D

Fri Jan 22 02:12:47 UTC 2016

Here’s a problem that raises the issue of whether date data from the registrar should be preserved (at least for a time) in a thin-to-thick registry migration.

Some registrars have dates that are out of synch with the Verisign registry.  The registry dates should be authoritative.  But when data’s out of synch it creates questions and problems for registrants.  (Like, “My registrar told me my domain doesn’t expire for another week – what do you mean it expired three days ago?”) 

Here’s a real-life example, where NONE of the dates match: 

VERISIGN WHOIS SEZ:

Domain Name: DIRECTNIC.COM

Updated Date: 03-sep-2014

Creation Date: 09-feb-2000

Expiration Date: 09-feb-2017

The REGISTRAR WHOIS SEZ:

Domain Name: DIRECTNIC.COM

Updated Date: 2015-05-26T07:01:01-05:00

Creation Date: 2000-05-25T05:45:12-05:00

Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2016-05-25T05:45:12-05:00

All best,

--Greg 

From: gtld-tech-bounces at icann.org [mailto:gtld-tech-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Francisco Obispo
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 6:20 PM
To: Francisco Arias
Cc: gtld-tech at icann.org
Subject: Re: [gtld-tech] Registrar Expiration Date I-D

I thought that in the thick model, the Registry was the only authoritative source for the expiration date of the domain name.

The documents linked there don’t provide an explanation on why the ‘registrar expiration date’, is needed at the registry level, they seem to focus on when but not on the why.

Can we just simply say that the Registrar Expiration Date Is not applicable at the registry level?

I’m just envisioning here having to implement yet-another-extension, and then try to get all RARs to update the information before a deadline, etc. 

Can someone please clarify what it is that we’re trying to achieve here?

Thanks!

On 21 Jan 2016, at 14:54, Francisco Arias wrote:

Hi Ben and Michele,

The requirement has been discussed in the context of the Thick Whois Policy implementation. Please see https://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/thick-rdds-consensus-policy-draft-25nov15-en.pdf, particularly section 2.1, starting on page 8. By the way, this document is in public comment at https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rdds-output-2015-12-03-en until 31 January.

Regards,

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Francisco

On 1/21/16, 2:30 PM, "gtld-tech-bounces at icann.orggtld-tech-bounces@icann.org on behalf of Benoit Levac" <gtld-tech-bounces at icann.org <mailto:gtld-tech-bounces at icann.org%3cmailto:gtld-tech-bounces at icann.org> <mailto:gtld-tech-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of benoit.levac at rightside.cobenoit.levac@rightside.co> wrote:

Francisco,

I don't see any explanation for making registries store and publish the "Registrar Registration Expiration Date" in the "ICANN Thick Whois Policy Recommendation". What is the use case we are trying to solve for?

Ben

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Francisco Arias <francisco.arias at icann.org <mailto:francisco.arias at icann.org%3cmailto:francisco.arias at icann.org> <mailto:francisco.arias at icann.org>> wrote:

On 1/21/16, 11:59 AM, "Gustavo Lozano" <gustavo.lozano at icann.org <mailto:gustavo.lozano at icann.org%3cmailto:gustavo.lozano at icann.org> <mailto:gustavo.lozano at icann.org>> wrote:

Hello colleagues,

I uploaded an I-D
(http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-lozano-ietf-eppext-registrar-expiration-date-
00.txt) in order to define an EPP extension to support the transmission of
the registrar registration expiration date from the registrar to the
registry.

This extension is defined in order to support the ICANN Thick Whois Policy
Recommendation
(http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/whois/thick-final-21oct13-en.pdf) that
requires gTLD domain name registries to display the registrar registration
expiration date in the Registration Data Directory Service (e.g. Whois,
RDAP).

Your feedback is appreciated.

Regards,
Gustavo

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