Re: side bar, was Re: [ietf-provreg] Our "Privacy Issue"

["Ram Mohan" <rmohan@afilias.info>]

agreed, under IETF "Correct " rules.

reality is that EPP has taken off and no-one is waiting for the RFC to
implement - we have much more than just prototypes :)

-ram
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jaap Akkerhuis" <jaap@sidn.nl>
To: "Edmon Chung" <edmon@neteka.com>
Cc: "Asbjorn Mikkelsen" <asteira@gnr.com>; "Ram Mohan"
<rmohan@afilias.info>; <ietf-provreg@cafax.se>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 5:42 AM
Subject: Re: side bar, was Re: [ietf-provreg] Our "Privacy Issue"


>
>     > On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 03:10, Ram Mohan wrote:
>     > > Last time I checked, at least half a dozen registries are running
EPP
>     > > operationally.  .INFO (02); .ORG(07), .BIZ(04), .US(04?), .AU(05),
>     > > .NL(?)plus a bunch more ccTLDs.
>     >
>     > ...and .NAME(05)...
>     >
>     ...and .SG(04) and soon to be .BZ(04 or 07)
>
> To be (IETF) polical correct, the last time I checked, there was no
> EPP at all. Note that the IETF discourages the use of dratfs in any
> form. See attached scitation from RFC 2026. So, at best one can
> talk about "by the IETF provreg-WG insprired" protocol.
>
> And for good order, .NL is not using anything which remotely
> looks like EPP.
>
> jaap
>
> RFC 2026, section 2.6
>
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