Dear All - in preparation for tomorrow's call on EPP, I wanted to re-circulate the registries' questions to us. Essentially, the org/info/biz/name registries are required by contract to migrate to the latest EPP standard by mid-late August. The com/net registry, while not obligated to follow this schedule, also has indicated its intent to migrate at some point. The registries have indicated their interest in putting off the migration and making the migration time frame longer if that would be helpful for registrars to successfully implement the changes and migrate to the new standard. So, the main question for us to discuss is the timing and staging of the migration. Also, we should talk about any additional recommendations from us to the registries, such as syncing of business rules, assistance with migration, etc. This call and any email responses to this message will culminate in a registrar position to be communicated to the registries and ICANN. The call details, again, are: 5:00 - 6:00 pm EST 831-600-1000 Participant Code: 957153 Elana Broitman Register.com 575 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Phone (212) 798-9215
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-----Original Message----- From: Neuman, Jeff [mailto:Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 11:26 AM To: Elana Broitman Cc: Neuman, Jeff Subject: Questions for Registrars Re: EPP Elana, Can you please forward these questions on to the Registrars on behalf of the registries? Thanks. **************************************************************************** ************************************************* With the exception of .com, .net, .aero and .museum, each of the new registries are required to implement the EPP standard (v. 1.0) no later than 120-135 days after the standard is released. The standard was released on March 26, 2004. This means, that these registries are required to implement EPP by no later than late July/Early August, 2004. Based on this information, the registries would like to know the following: 1) Is it feasible to require all registrars to complete transition to EPP 1.0 for all of these registries by the dates above. If not, what would be a date that the registrars could complete full migration? 2) Assuming the Registries were to implement parallel implementations of their current protocol along side the new EPP 1.0, would it be feasible to implement that parallel implementation beginning on August 8, 2004 and allow a transition period in which registrars could run on either protocol, test with the registries on the new EPP 1.0, and then convert to EPP v. 1.0 during that transition period. a) If no, then by what date should this parallel implementation commence? b) If yes, how long should a transition period last. Note that this answer may be different depending on whether a registry is going from one version of EPP to EPP 1.0 or whether it is going from RRP to EPP. If there is a difference, please let us know what time frames those would be. 3) Based on your answers above, would the registrars oppose an extension to the July/August time frame to address your needs and concerns. Jeffrey J. Neuman, Esq. Director, Law & Policy NeuStar, Inc. Loudoun Tech Center 46000 Center Oak Plaza Building X Sterling, VA 20166 p: (571) 434-5772 f: (571) 434-5735 e-mail: Jeff.Neuman@Neustar.us