To:
Edward Lewis <lewis@tislabs.com>
Cc:
ietf-provreg@cafax.se
From:
Martin Oldfield <m@mail.tc>
Date:
Fri, 28 Sep 2001 09:11:24 +0100 (BST)
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Sender:
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Subject:
Re: <check> Response Attribute
>>>>> "Edward" == Edward Lewis <lewis@tislabs.com> writes:
Edward> It seems to me that the <check> command would be most
Edward> useful if it was read as "can I register this name?" That
Edward> is primarily a yes/no decision, even if the domain name is
Edward> out of scope of the registry. (You can't register a .is
Edward> name with Verisign's registry.)
Is it worth noting that `Can I register this name ?', is different
from NOT `Is this name registered ?' ?. The former is probably more
useful, but the command seems to do the latter.
Cheers,
--
Martin Oldfield,
AdamsNames Ltd.