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Alexander Mayrhofer <axelm@nic.at>
Date:
Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:27:40 +0200
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Subject:
[ietf-provreg] RFC updates - roid length restriction
We are currently evaluating EPP to replace our email based provisioning system in our ccTLD registry (.at) One of the (surprisingly few remaining) issues we encountered is that handles for our contact objects extend beyond the 16-character limit of EPP repository object id's (we have handles like "AMFR12011011-NICAT". We don't want to change or even drop the suffix on our object identifiers (because all of our registrars would have to do the same in their internal databases) so our only option now seems to go for either an extension of some kind, or to completely replace contact & domain mapping with our local mappings. The different roid length would then be the only essential difference between stock and local mappings, so we'd like to avoid that. Questions: - Did any other registry operators already encounter this, or are we the only ones who use "oversized" handles (i can't believe that)? - Should therefore the length restriction be extended (to eg. 32 characters) in the "refurbished" drafts to safely avoid such problems? any comments appreciated. Alex Mayrhofer nic.at