[gtld-tech] Registrar Expiration Date I-D

[Greg Aaron]

Four problems with #4: 
A) The current registrar and the current registrant are not the only parties
with an interest in a domain's expiration date.  For example, other people
may want that domain when it expires.  Gaining registrars like to see the
expiration date when processing inbound transfers.  
B) A domain's expiration date can be gotten via EPP <info> command.  No
reason to show expiration date in a <info> command but not in WHOIS.
C) Some registrants use WHOIS to understand their domains.
D) The registry has to store the expiration date no matter what.  So no
reason not to display it in WHOIS?



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Op 27 jan. 2016, om 17:22 heeft Greg Aaron <greg at illumintel.com> het
volgende geschreven:

> So I see three options:
> 1. Registrar-based WHOIS will always be required, because of 
> expiration date variances we've been discussing here, caused by 
> auto-renewals and registrar payment policies.
> 2. Registrar-based WHOIS goes away.  Registry WHOIS contains an 
> Registry Expiration Date AND a Registrar Expiration Date field.  The 
> registrar populates and manages the latter.
> 3. Registrar-based WHOIS goes away.  The WHOIS only shows the registry 
> expiration date, and registrars and registrants have to communicate 
> with each other about expirations and payments etc.

I see a 4th one, like Thomas Corte suggested:

4. Registrar-based WHOIS goes away.  The WHOIS does not show any expiration
date, and registrars and registrants have to communicate with each other
about expirations and payments etc.

No more discussions. I kind of like that ;-)

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