At 06:27 AM 5/17/04, Elana Broitman wrote:
* the transition should be as long as possible, at least through Q1 2005 * com/net transition should allow for an additional year beyond BONI * the registries should not require auth codes for transfers until all transition periods are done
Dear Elana: Here is the point that I brought up. I don't know whether the third item above resulted from my comment. Let's say there are four registrars, as follows: A: In first batch migrated from RRP to EPP. B: Also in first batch. Y: In last batch. Z: Also in last batch. Case 1: Immediately after the first batch is completed, registrant for acme.com wants to transfer from A to Y. Registrant asks A to give him the auth info code. A complies with the request. Registrant give it to Y. Q: Will Y be able to effect transfer using the code? Case 2: Immediately after the first batch is completed, registrant for bacme.com wants to transfer from A to Y. Registrant asks Y to initiate transfer. Y sends request to Verisign. But Verisign realizes that acme.com is in an EPP environment. Q: What will Verisign do? Case 3: In the last month before Y and Z migrate from RRP to EPP, registrant for cacme.com wants to transfer from Z to B: Registrant asks B to initiate transfer. B advises registrant that he requires an auth info code, advises registrant that the losing registrar must initiate the transfer. Registrant asks Y to initiate the transfer. Y says transfer must be initiated by gaining registrar B. What does registrant do next? Case 4: In the last month before Y and Z migrate from RRP to EPP, registrant for dacme.com wants to transfer from B to Z: Registrant asks B to initiate transfer. B provides auth info code to registrant. Registrant sends auth info code to Y sends RRP transfer request to Verisign. Q: What will happen next? In the above scenarios, consider the following possibilities: 1. A situation has developed in which registrant has a critical need to change hosting services; new hosting service insists on transfer *prior_to* changing nameservers (a situation that occurred to PSI in a Case 1 situation during .org migration). 2. A UDRP challenge has been completed and the arbitrator approves transfer from Y to A. Domain is in registrar-lock. 3. A UDRP challenge has been completed and the arbitrator approves transfer from B to Z. Domain is in registrar-lock. To further muddy the waters, what would happen if the EPP were to be a thick registry in some of the cases above. It seems to me that the longer the period between the A/B migration and the X/Y transition, the worse and more frequent the problems. This has been hard to key in from my laptop. I solicit others to consider these concerns. Regards, BobC