AW: Definition of Registry

["Herbert Vitzthum" <herbert@vitzthum.at>]

Thats the perfect picture

Herbert

> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se [mailto:owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se]Im
> Auftrag von Klaus Malorny
> Gesendet: Samstag, 06. Janner 2001 00:42
> An: budi@alliance.globalnetlink.com
> Cc: ietf-provreg@cafax.se
> Betreff: Re: Definition of Registry
>
>
>
>
> budi@alliance.globalnetlink.com wrote:
> >
> > On 5 Jan 01, at 14:06, Peter Mott wrote:
> >
> > > Perhaps I was not so clear.  I am talking about the entity
> with power to
> > > change the data in the registry, not the entity that claims
> an intellectual
> > > property right to the data.
> >
> > Peter,
> > I still think that the user/registrant/registered entity
> > is the one that has the power to change the data in
> > the registry. (Through some kind of certificate.)
> >
> > However, she can delegate the right to a registrar.
> > ie. a registrar can change the data, on behalf of her.
> > It is easy to transfer authority/delegation from one
> > registrar to another registrar if she wishes.
> > Just revoke the certifiate and issue an new one.
> >
> > Maybe something like this?
> >
> >           Registry
> >               |
> >      +--------+-----------+ ...
> >      |        |           |
> >    User/    registrar  registrar
> > Registrant    |           |
> >            +--+---+
> >            |      |
> >          User/
> >        Registrant
> >
>
>
> Budi,
>
> to our experience, registrars often have resellers, and, in some
> cases, they
> also have resellers. So, to use your diagram, it could look like
>
>            Registry
>                |
>       +--------+-----------+ ...
>       |        |           |
>     User/    registrar  registrar
>  Registrant    |           |
>             +--+---+     reseller
>             |      |       |
>           User/       +----+---+
>         Registrant    |        |
>                     User/     reseller
>                   Registrant   |
>                                .
>                                .
>                              User/
>                            Registrant
>
> So the question is whether one should introduce a generalized concept of a
> "chain of delegation", similar to the chain of authorities in digital
> certificates.
>
> regards,
>
> Klaus Malorny
>
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