gTLDs can’t delegate names with _ due to policy, so you won’t see them. And as _tcp is also a threat vector, I don’t see that changing in the future. Rubens On Nov 20, 2013, at 2:43 PM, Jay Daley <jay@nzrs.net.nz> wrote:
In an ideal world they would all be using _nicname._tcp.tld SRV records:
jay$ dig +short _nicname._tcp.nz srv 0 0 43 whois.srs.net.nz.
I've only checked ten and none have it.
Old article here: http://www.circleid.com/posts/whois_server_address_registry/
Jay
On 20/11/2013, at 1:03 pm, Greg Aaron <greg@illumintel.com> wrote:
FYI, Spec 4: "Registration Data Directory Services. Until ICANN requires a different protocol, Registry Operator will operate a WHOIS service available via port 43 in accordance with RFC 3912, and a web-based Directory Service at <whois.nic.TLD> providing free public query-based access to at least the following elements in the following format."
So web-based MUST be at nic.tld. But oddly, I don’t see that whois.nic.tld was required for port 43 service.
One would think that if a TLD has a name in the zone, then WHOIS service would be available.
All best, --Greg
-----Original Message----- From: gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Rubens Kuhl Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:29 AM To: Alexander Mayrhofer Cc: gtld-tech@icann.org Subject: Re: [gtld-tech] Delegated strings: WHOIS & SLAs...
Actually, as whois service is tested prior to delegation, you have to enter the zone with whois not in the TLD in the first place, and then using an IANA change request to move it.
ICANN mentioned that the main requirement for standardised whois.nic.<TLD> is CA-related activities, so they will probably don’t mind not having whois.nic.<TLD> prior to the 120-days after contract signing where you cannot delegate anything besides nic.<TLD>
Rubens
On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:25 PM, Alexander Mayrhofer <alexander.mayrhofer@nic.at> wrote:
I'm using whois.nic.<TLD> - and, yes, nic.<TLD> is properly delegated and reachable in that case, but "whois.nic.<tld>" returns an NXDOMAIN. My understanding is that ICANN requires the WHOIS service to be offered under that hostname... See the respective specification in the AGB..
Indeed, the IANA record shows a different server - so, do i understand correctly that you can actually submit to IANA a different WHOIS server than the one required by ICANN? Can anyone who's already delegated confirm this?
Alex
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Rubens Kuhl [mailto:rubensk@nic.br] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. November 2013 15:02 An: Alexander Mayrhofer Cc: gtld-tech@icann.org Betreff: Re: [gtld-tech] Delegated strings: WHOIS & SLAs...
Are you using whois.nic.<TLD> or the WHOIS server mentioned at http://www.iana.org/whois?q=<TLD> ?
Rubens
On Nov 20, 2013, at 10:53 AM, Alexander Mayrhofer <alexander.mayrhofer@nic.at> wrote:
Looking at some of the recently delegated new gTLDs, i was very surprised
to learn that the WHOIS service is unreachable for some of those TLDs (which makes me wonder how they passed PDT, or why the service degraded since then?). Anyways, since WHOIS is included in the SLA requirements of ICANN, this makes me also wonder when the SLA actually "kicks in", and, whether the SLAs are actually being measured right now by ICANN ...
Any information about this?
Alex
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