RE: [registrars] Position Paper??

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

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To be precise, there is RRP - a protocol that NSI has submitted as a
draft to the IETF for ratification as a standard. 

We do not have any public plans to "open source", as you describe,
any of our technologies beyond what we have already released.

However, we have architected a specific instantiation of the RRP that
we feel is superior in many ways to the current Hollenbeck gRRP draft
that we will be submitting, in conjunction with other companies, to
the IETF as a different, or perhaps complimentary, standards draft.

Hope this clarifies,

- -rwr

<  -----Original Message-----
<  From: Ivan Vachovsky [mailto:ivan@abac.com]
<  Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 2:09 PM
<  To: ross@tucows.com
<  Cc: Registrars List
<  Subject: Re: [registrars] Position Paper??
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<  
<  There is RRP - client and RRP - server.
<  What Tucows envisions as "open source" in the future -
<  the server; the client or both.
<  
<  Does Tucows intend to provide "open source"
<  RRP server/client and charge "per name" registered as
<  they did with their "open source" software for registrars?
<  
<  Disclaimer.
<   We are ngTLD applicants for 5 domain names
<  .biz
<  .fam
<  .inc
<  .cool
<  .xxx
<  
<  We do have RRP server available up and running for test by
<  all interested parties.
<  http://rodopi.abac.net 
<  
<  
<  
<  Regards,
<  ----------------------------------
<  Ivan Vachovsky,
<  President
<  ABACUS America Inc. d.b.a. A+Net
<  
<        
<  
<  ----- Original Message ----- 
<  From: "Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>
<  Cc: "Registrars List" <Registrars@dnso.org>
<  Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 10:16 AM
<  Subject: RE: [registrars] Position Paper??
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<  The existing RRP is only suitable for registry models that
replicate
<  the existing NSI model identically. While I have no overwhelming
<  issues with Verisign's operations, we must not forget that it is a
<  negotiated construct that was primarily determined by political
<  dynamics.
<  
<  Functional requirements dictated in such a manner do not make for
<  enduring protocol specifications.
<  
<  As such, we can only endorse the former statement, "Registrars
favor
<  use of a Registry Registrar Protocol that will ensure fair access
for
<  all Registrars, and encourage that a protocol be submitted to the
<  IETF such that an open source solution will be available to all
<  registries."
<  
<  ObDisclaimer: Tucows is an active participant in a number of ngTLD
<  proposals that favor an extended or modified protocol.
<  
<  - -rwr
<  
<  <  -----Original Message-----
<  <  From: owner-registrars@dnso.org
<  [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
<  <  Behalf Of Larry Erlich
<  <  Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 11:01 AM
<  <  To: Richard Lindsay
<  <  Cc: mpalage@infonetworks.com; Registrars List
<  <  Subject: Re: [registrars] Position Paper??
<  <
<  <
<  <  Richard Lindsay wrote:
<  <
<  <  > The individual points Mike has identified are fine, with the
<  <  > exception of:
<  <  >
<  <  > > . Registrars favor use of existing RRP protocol for shared
<  <  registries.
<  <  >
<  <  > since many proposals do not use the exact same protocol.  It
may
<  <  > be reworded to say:
<  <  >
<  <  > Registrars favor use of a Registry Registrar Protocol that
will
<  <  > ensure fair access for all Registrars, and encourage that a
<  <  > protocol be submitted to the IETF such that an open source
<  <  > solution will be available to all registries.
<  <  >
<  <  > Or something like that.  I think we can actually do without
<  <  > the point if there is any dissent.
<  <  >
<  <
<  <  Richard, I prefer Mike's original statement.
<  <  Not "a Registry Registrar Protocol" but
<  <  "existing Registry Registrar Protocol".
<  <
<  <  Larry Erlich
<  <
<  <  http://www.DomainRegistry.com
<  <
<  <  --
<  < 
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