RE: [nc-imp] Draft v2.0 of the Transfers Implementation Report

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>]

> This raises again, also (I think) the issue of what whois 
> server should be consulted.  I'd suggest that we make it 
> clearer that the whois which counts (irrespective of whether 
> it's a separate special server or not) is the authoritative 
> whois server for the domain. 

ICANN's definition of "authoritative" is a bit of a red herring. I'm
more interested in consulting with the Whois server that is most likely
to provide the most useful (read: accurate) information in a manner
consistent with my processes. Making distinctions like this on a tld, by
tld basis add complexity without adding value.

Further, this strays into specification of implementation, not analysis
of recommendation.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nc-imp@dnso.org [mailto:owner-nc-imp@dnso.org] On 
> Behalf Of Andrew Sullivan
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:57 PM
> To: nc-imp@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [nc-imp] Draft v2.0 of the Transfers 
> Implementation Report
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> 
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 09:31:00AM -0500, Elana Broitman wrote:
> > which state that the special whois cannot be rate limited.
> 
> This raises again, also (I think) the issue of what whois 
> server should be consulted.  I'd suggest that we make it 
> clearer that the whois which counts (irrespective of whether 
> it's a separate special server or not) is the authoritative 
> whois server for the domain.  In the case of "thin" 
> registries, that will of course be the losing registrar's 
> whois.  At least in the case of .info, however, the 
> authoritative whois is the registry's whois (according to the
agreement with ICANN; see >
<http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/info/registry-agmt-appo-
11may01.htm>). 

> resellers the ability to use it.  So, while I appreciate the need to 
> make the special whois highly available, I think we still need a 
> mechanism or trigger for limiting it in order to stop abuse.

I agree with this.  It would represent a potentially large expense if
there were no specification of reasonable limits.

A

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