problem that may come up is that denic (german domain registry) needs the administrative contact to be someone in germany which throws some obstacles at registering a domain from foreign countries without having a german department or at least someone that will take care of the domain and give his name to be responsible...
greets, jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Lamy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Cameron Moore'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 10:23 PM Subject: Re: German KK-applications and domain transfers > Cameron Moore wrote: > > > > This is a little off-topic, but I figure someone here has to > > know this. > > > > A customer of mine is wanting to buy a domain from a German citizen. > > They tell me that the German told them to fill out a KK-application to > > get the domain transferred. Can anyone tell me where to get more info > > on this KK-application (preferrably in English)? My googling > > has turned > > up nothing informative. > > > > Also, does anyone know if this is really necessary? Can we not just > > request the tranfer with our Registrar and let the registrars > > take care > > of the authentication and validation? Thanks > > The procedure for .de domain transfers is: > > - the wannabe domain holder (or his registrar) instructs a DENIC member > (list on http://www.denic.de/doc/DENIC/mitglieder.en.shtml) to start a KK > for the domain in question, including new admin,tech and zone contacts and > at least two (already setup) authoritative name servers > - the current DENIC member gets a notification for that, and has to agree or > disagree (KK ACK or KK NACK) within some working days. It should only ACK if > it has a cancellation notice or clearance from their current customer (the > domain admin) > - if denic gets ACK, the domain is updated > > > So these steps are neccessary to transfer a .de domain: > (1) the current domain holder instructs the DENIC member which is currently > maintaining the domain that <new maintaining DENIC member> will issue an KK > and that they shoudl ack that > (2) you (or your registrar) set up at least two authoritative name servers > for the domain > (3) you request the transfer with your registrar (which, if not a DENIC > member, in turn requests it to a DENIC member) > (4) the current maintaining DENIC member will ACK (if [1] was ok) > (5) You're done (within ~1 week if everything goes fine) > > > Thomas > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
