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CoCCA Open Registry APRICOT 2005 Kyoto Japan Muhammad Aslam <muhammad.aslam@nic.af> Definitions ! Registrant: ! The organization or person responsible for a domain ! Registrar: ! The middlemen who interact with registries on behalf of


  1. CoCCA Open Registry APRICOT 2005 Kyoto Japan Muhammad Aslam <muhammad.aslam@nic.af>

  2. Definitions ! Registrant: ! The organization or person responsible for a domain ! Registrar: ! The middlemen who interact with registries on behalf of registrants ! Registry ! The organization which maintains the register and publishes the zone ! Register ! The data that is maintained by the registry

  3. Thin Registry vs Thick Registry ! Thin ! Some shared-registry systems distribute much of the registry metadata to registrars, rather than maintaining it centrally ! Return minimal set of data, usually with a referral to a registrar’s whois server ! Thick ! Shared registry systems keep all the metadata central ! Return all the registry metadata from one place, in one query

  4. Registry Policy ! Registries have different policies ! Policies which effect the registration process ! Policies which effect the basic structure of any registration ! Tuning of Registry Software ! Registry software should be tuned to some extent so that it could be compatible with the applied registry polices

  5. CoCCA Open Registry ! Runs on ! Windows, Linux, MacOSX & Solaris ! Open source based ! Fully featured registrar-registry components ! Various value added features ! Automatic pdf invoicing, customizable whois etc

  6. Shared Registry Model Registry Registrar Registrar Registrar Registrant Reseller Registrant Registrant

  7. Components ! PostgreSQL database ! http://www.postgresql.org ! Caucho Resin Application Server ! http://www.caucho.com ! Java 1.4 or Better

  8. Features ! Automatic PDF invoicing ! Zone generator ! Customizable whois ! Domain transfer

  9. whois ! Mechanism for retrieving metadata from registry ! RFC 954 (“nicname”) ! No data format specified ! Much of the specification describes a query/retrieval strategy that has never been implemented ! Every registry’s whois output looks different

  10. Contact with Registrars DNS Resolver DNS whois Whois clients Registry RRP,EPP2 Registrar

  11. Reserved Names ! Restriction on what names can be registered ! offensive names ! Preventing cyber-squatting ! Generic names ! Names of places, famous personalities etc

  12. Renewals ! Automatic invoicing ! Multi-year renewals ! Bulk renewals

  13. Status ! Some registries using ! . af ! .cx ! .dm ! .nf ! In discussion to use ! .ly ! .la

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