To:
"'ietf-provregcafaxse'" <ietf-provreg@cafax.se>
Cc:
Daniel Manley <dmanley@tucows.com>
From:
Mike Lampson <lampson@iaregistry.com>
Date:
Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:10:47 -0400
Sender:
owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se
Subject:
Re: <check> Response Attribute
Maybe it's too late for this, but what us Registrars need to know is whether the name is available for registration, not if it exists. If a name cannot be registered, I don't really care if it can't be registered because it already exists or because it is reserved. Regards, Mike Lampson The Registry at Info Avenue, LLC (803) 802-6584 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Manley" <dmanley@tucows.com> To: "'ietf-provregcafaxse'" <ietf-provreg@cafax.se> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 4:59 PM Subject: Re: <check> Response Attribute I tend to agree that "exists" is a black-and-white state that gets a boolean setting. Maybe you'd want an optional "status" or "why" attribute that could contain the strings "reserved", "restricted", etc... Dan Hollenbeck, Scott wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine >>[mailto:brunner@nic-naa.net] >>Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 11:17 AM >>To: Hollenbeck, Scott >>Cc: 'ietf-provreg@cafax.se'; brunner@nic-naa.net >>Subject: Re: <check> Response Attribute >> >> >>Scott, >> >>You propose to restrict the type of <check> from an enumerated extensible >>set (token) to a enumerated inextensible (boolean) set. >> > >No, I've suggested that we replace what has been a kludge for a boolean >response with a true boolean response. > >>How do you propose we handle requirements for "reserved" domain names? >> > >The <check> command's purpose is to answer the question "does this object >exist in the repository"; the answer to that question is binary. If a name >has been registered the answer should be "yes". > >I don't know which/whose requirements you're referring to. If you're >alluding to a specific server operator's need to return information beyond a >yes/no response I'd propose use of the extension mechanism. > ><Scott/> >