Draft provreg charter (v01)

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>]

Provisioning Registry Protocol (ProvReg)

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  CHAIR(S):
Edward Lewis <lewis@tislabs.com>


  APPLICATIONS AREA DIRECTOR(S):
         Patrik Fältström <paf@cisco.com>
Ned Freed <Ned.Freed@innosoft.com>

  AREA ADVISOR:
         Patrik Fältström

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DESCRIPTION OF WORKING GROUP:

Administration of Domain Name Service (DNS) registration increasingly 
distinguishes between the operation of a "back-end" registry data base 
service for registrations, versus "front-end" sales and support services by 
registrars who interact with registrants and with the registry.  Especially 
for various Top-Level Domains, the desire is to permit multiple registrars 
to share access to the database.  This working group will develop a 
specification of the requirements and limitations  for a protocol that 
enables a registrar to access multiple  registries and will develop a 
protocol that satisfies those requirements. The protocol will permit 
interaction between a registrar's own application and the data base service 
running a domain name service registry repository.

The specification will allow multiple registrars to register and maintain 
domain names within multiple Top Level Domains (TLDs). The specification 
should be flexible enough to support the different operational models of 
registries (eg: thin, thick, ...).
The working group will use as input the Extensible Provisioning Protocol 
presentation, documented in <draft-hollenbeck-epp-00.txt>.

The group will consider support for multiple operational choices, such as 
for transport and security; it will create no new transport or security 
protocols.  The group may consider use of the new protocol for diverse 
registration and update scenarios, in order to understand limitations and 
possible extensions that are appropriate.  Specification for user interface 
access, such as by a web front end, is beyond the scope of this working group.
Documentation from the working group will:

*       Specify the objects exchanged between the registry repository and 
registrars, the relationships among the objects, and the protocol for 
exchanging objects between a registrar and the registry; at a minimum the 
objects will include:  domain name, IP address, and contact details for 
registrants

*       Describe appropriate mechanisms for security during registrar access

*       List useful examples of registrar access transactions


GOALS AND MILESTONES:
Jan, 2001       WG charter

Jan, 2001       Working group agreement on functional requirements for protocol

Mar, 2001       Initial specification of provreg protocol

Jun, 2001       Second draft specification

Sep, 2001       Submit draft for standards track


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