Bill, I would have to agree on that interpretation. The word "may be" suggests that it is optional.
(which may be provided through Registrar's website) It never said "must be" Also, I do see a bunch of registrars without whois IDs, and ICANN really doesn't even seem to care. If Tucows, just has the Registrar name parsed in from their own opensrs web site, that should meet the requirement in full. And it is kind of funny, but newbee customers do get confused over the term: registrar vs registrant I got the same complaint, when a customer thought the domain was registered to Tucows, and we had to explain to him the difference between a Registrar and a Registrant to calm the person down. Jonathan Lee Tech Manager 415-682-3859 http://123cheapdomains.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Gerrard Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 11:09 PM To: OpenSRS dev-list Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: whois changes 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?
