To:
Christopher Ambler <cambler-ietf@iodesign.com>
cc:
ietf-provreg@cafax.se, ietf-whois@imc.org
From:
Shane Kerr <shane@ripe.net>
Date:
Sat, 27 Jan 2001 18:01:56 +0100 (CET)
In-Reply-To:
<002401c087f7$ed394840$140a0a0a@ambler.net>
Sender:
owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se
Subject:
Re: Merging RRP and Whois
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Christopher Ambler wrote: > > Now, having lambasted the idea of lumping whois into provreg, I've a goofy > > idea. Can PROVREG recommend a scalable solution to the consideration of > > NIC-HANDLES? To my knowledge, this has never been addressed properly, at > > least since the days when the IR was split. When we did the RA project, the > > thought was to tag the NIC-HANDLE with the registrars "stamp", e.g. > > I'm sure this has come up in the past, but why not email addresses? > They're unique, and identify the source. Master information on the > handle is kept by whatever registry handles the TLD in question. I can see that sending to both ietf-provreg and ietf-whois is going to cause some problems. :( NIC handles are used by people who have nothing to do with domains. I'd prefer something that ties the NIC-HDL with the database storing information, which will not be the database storing the domain on the e-mail address of the contact, except in domain databases. Otherwise either I must form some sort of relationship with a domain database operator, or I just can't use them. Shane ~~