[dow1tf] Registrar's use of whois information

[Paul Stahura <stahura@xxxxxxxx>]

"The registrars consume whois information for use during transfers.
The registrars are required to obtain confirmation from the apparent
authority over the domain in order to complete a transfer request.  For
registries that do not employ authorization codes, the gaining registrar
must access the whois information from the losing registrar so that it can
send a confirmation message to the registrant confirming transfer. For
registries that do employ authorization codes, the gaining registrar must
still have access to the whois information because, in compliance with the
registrar's ICANN contracts, the gaining registrar must store (presumably in
the gaining registrar's whois database) the losing registrar's pre-transfer
whois information for any transferred-in domain.  For thick registries it
can obtain this information from either the registry's or the losing
registrar's whois database."