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Second version of the URS High Level Technical Requirements for Registries and Registrars
by Gustavo Lozano Sept. 3, 2013

Sept. 3, 2013

Colleagues, Attached you will find the second version of the "URS High Level Technical Requirements for Registries and Registrars" and a redline version of the document. This second version incorporates the feedback obtained from the conference call on August 07. We appreciate your feedback. Please send your feedback to the list or in private. Based on the feedback in this list, a new conference call may be required or this version may be published as the final version. Registry Operators will know the name servers deployed by the URS providers soon, in order to allow Registry Operators to create host objects (if necessary). Thank you, Gustavo

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RRI OT&E
by Gustavo Lozano Aug. 20, 2013

Aug. 20, 2013

Colleagues, ICANN has deployed an OT&E for the interfaces (Registry Reporting Interfaces) described in http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-lozano-icann-registry-interfaces In order to access ICANN's RRI OT&E, the new gTLD Applicant (Primary Contact) needs to request access by submitting a case/request (a Back End Registry should only need one set of credentials) through the Customer Service portal (myicann.secure.force.com) The following information must be included in the case/request: * Subject line of ³Access Request for Registry Report Interface OT&E² * Application ID * IP addresses (up to five) that will be used to access the RRI OT&E. * An email address that will be added to ICANN¹s private RRI technical mailing list, direct interaction with ICANN's software development team is possible on this list. Version 02 of the draft will be published by the end of the week, it contains new result codes and minor updates. The production version of the RRI will be available after 5 weeks or less based on the results from your tests of the OT&E. The CSC (Customer Support Center) will start processing your requests on Wednesday (21/08/2013). Regards, Gustavo

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URS-Technical Requirements conference call
by Gustavo Lozano Aug. 8, 2013

Aug. 8, 2013

Colleagues, In response to your requests, we are happy to schedule a teleconference to discuss feedback on the URS-Technical Requirements document sent on 8 July. The teleconference will focus on the attached document and questions or concerns you may have related to what is outlined in the requirements document. The proposed date and time for the conference call is Wednesday, August 7, 2013 from 20:00:00 to 22:00:00 UTC. Please login to: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/urs <http://icann.adobeconnect.com/tmch> The requirements for URS are detailed in the AGB pp. 299 to 309. The proposed topics for discussion are: Communication mechanisms between Registries and URS providers. PGP or S/MIME to sign emails?. Implementing the URS lock. Domain name life cycle of URS locked and suspended domain names. How the URS lock affects the "normal" business processes of Registrars. Interaction between Registries and Registrars. Is EPP support required? Redirection and storing the current state of the domain name for the rollback. If you feel that other topics should be addressed during the conference call please propose them and I will add them to the list of topics. If you want to send alternative proposals that comply with the requirements in the AGB, feel free to send those to the list and we can discuss them during the conference call. Regards, Gustavo

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Test SMDs files now available
by Gustavo Lozano Aug. 7, 2013

Aug. 7, 2013

Colleagues, Information about the recently published test SMDs files can be found in the following link: http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/trademark-clearinghouse/smd-test-reposito ry-15jul13-en.pdf The different parties involved in the TMCH project have developed test SMDs files in order to obtain feedback from the community and assist implementers of the SMD technology in testing their own implementations. These test SMDs files have been generated using the same models of HSMs (ICANN-TMCH-CA and TMV) that are going to be used in production. The code used to generate them is the latest version of the TMCH code developed by the different parties involved in the TMCH project. These test SMDs files should cover the different test cases and comply with http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-lozano-tmch-smd-02 We appreciate your feedback no later than July 23, please test them and send your feedback to the mailing list or to me privately. We understand that this is a short period of time and any bug found after this date will be corrected, but it is extremely helpful if you could send your feedback before this date. Note: These test SMDs files include the TMV and CA certificate embedded in the XML, new test SMDs files are going to be generated soon in order to remove the CA certificate. The inclusion of the CA certificate in the SMD file should not have an impact on the tests performed with these SMDs files. Thank you, Gustavo

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