[registrars] PIR's EPP DOMAIN INFO command change announcement
Bruce Tonkin
Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au
Mon Aug 9 06:38:26 UTC 2004
Hello Jay,
> But I digress, these fields may not be technically required
> but for practical purposes are necessary.
Yes - I was just pointing out that the EPP standard is not the issue
here (it is merely one of three access methods - the others being
port-43 WHOIS, and web based WHOIS), it is about what information should
be provided to whom (ie the central question being evaluated by the
WHOIS task forces).
Registrars are a class of user. A more useful discussion to have is
what data should registrars be able to access about domain names for
which they are not the registrar-of-record.
>
> Registry Status of a domain can only be found at the Registry level.
>
As I stated before, I agree that the status (ie whether it is active, on
lock etc) of the domain name should be available to all registrars, as
well as general Internet users. Ie I am OK with this piece of
information being in the category of information available by anonymous
access. Once you make this decision - then it is reasonable to request
that this information also be available to registrars via the EPP
protocol. The combined WHOIS task force 1/2 is considering this
question as part of considering the feasibility of tiered access.
Regards,
Bruce
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