RE: [registrars] WHOIS access tiers

[Tim Ruiz <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris, I agree with Ross. We have been struggling with
the mulitiple/morphing whois format thing in regards to transfers,
but we're calling uncle on it. It just isn't worth the trouble. With the
potential changes coming in whois policy and everything else going on,
the last thing I want to try to deal with right now or in the
near future&nbsp;is switching to IRIS.<BR><BR><BR>Tim<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 8px; MARGIN-LEFT: 8px; BORDER-LEFT:
blue 2px solid">-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject: Re:
[registrars] WHOIS access tiers<BR>From: Ross Rader
&lt;ross@xxxxxxxxxx&gt;<BR>Date: Fri, October 27, 2006 4:53 pm<BR>To:
Chris Ambler &lt;chris.ambler@xxxxxxxx&gt;<BR>Cc: Bruce Tonkin
&lt;Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&gt;,<BR>registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<BR><BR>I
don't know about the rest of you, but we don't put a lot of time into
<BR>the maintenance of systems to properly parse whois. in fact, I
can't <BR>remember the last time this came up as an issue over here.
Certainly not <BR>recently enough, or in high enough volume to ditch
our port 43 <BR>infrastructure and adopt something new.<BR><BR>Chris
Ambler wrote:<BR>&gt; Because we, and I presume many other registrars,
put a lot of time into<BR>&gt; the maintenance of systems to properly
parse WHOIS information from each<BR>&gt; and every different kind of
system out there, when gathering the data<BR>&gt; for
transfers.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; If, on the other hand, we all agreed to
speak IRIS (dreg, for example),<BR>&gt; gathering contact information
for transfers would be much easier and<BR>&gt; reduce maintenance costs
every time a registrar changes their output<BR>&gt; format.<BR>&gt;
<BR>&gt; Christopher<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; -----Original
Message-----<BR>&gt; From: Ross Rader [mailto:ross@xxxxxxxxxx] <BR>&gt;
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:57 AM<BR>&gt; To: Chris Ambler<BR>&gt;
Cc: Bruce Tonkin; registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<BR>&gt; Subject: Re:
[registrars] WHOIS access tiers<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; I don't mind IRIS as a
technology, but I don't see the value in making <BR>&gt; an investment
in a technology "just because". There's no business or <BR>&gt;
customer value here, so I'm kind of stuck trying to justify why any
<BR>&gt; registrar or registry would want to make the
investment.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; Chris Ambler wrote:<BR>&gt;&gt; I have
been advocating this for a couple years now. <BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;
Christopher<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; -----Original
Message-----<BR>&gt;&gt; From:
owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<BR>&gt;&gt;
[mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce
Tonkin<BR>&gt;&gt; Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 5:30 PM<BR>&gt;&gt;
To: registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<BR>&gt;&gt; Subject: [registrars] WHOIS
access tiers<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt; - ideally replace port-43 WHOIS
with IRIS (RFC3981) for this purpose.<BR>&gt;&gt; Web Based access also
possible but requires authentication and<BR>&gt; possibly<BR>&gt;&gt;
human readable text to be entered.<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;&gt;<BR>&gt;
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