Sorry I'm just getting around to responding to this. I meant to earlier but didn't have the time. Now some confused domain registrants are seeing to it that I make the time.
3.3.1.3 *is not* a requirement for WHOIS. As the quote below shows, the identity of the registrar can be provided through the registrar's *website*. In other words it is *optional* in the whois output as long as the tucows.com/opensrs website continues to display that it is TUCOWS. Anyway, we now have domain registrants sending messages thinking their domains have been stolen since they now see "Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC." in the WHOIS output. We have to waste our time explaining it to them even though they should already know... > From: Charles Daminato > Sent: May 29, 2002 12:24 PM > > Registrar of Record is by ICANN requirement: > > http://www.icann.org/registrars/ra-agreement-17may01.htm#3.3 > > Specifically line item 3.3.1.3: > > 3.3.1.3 The identity of Registrar (which may be provided through > Registrar's website); > > As for the comma, afaik that was always there *hrm....* > > Charles Daminato > OpenSRS Product Manager > Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Christopher Hicks > > Sent: May 29, 2002 3:01 PM > > > > I may have missed it, but were the whois changes announced? It > looks like > > it's putting a comma between state and zip and it added "Registrar of > > Record: TUCOWS, INC.". What's the point to either of those things?
