DomainDirect was a technology developed prior to OpenSRS (even the
deregulation of the namespace). With that in mind, it has as part of its
codebase the ability to do realtime lookups based on whois information and
queuing of orders. This technology was all developed prior to Tucows and
DomainDirect splitting from the previous parent company in the spring of
1999.
Hope that helps smooth your concerns.
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Charles Daminato
Tucows Product Manager (ccTLDs)
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Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to
time that nothing worth knowing can be taught.
- Oscar Wilde
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Sent: November 19, 2000 7:23 PM
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Subject: Why Does Domain Direct Work During OpenSRS Outages?
Not to sound suspicious and paranoid, but....
When OpenSRS is down for scheduled maintenance, all RSPs are offline.
You can't even do lookups to see if names are available. Fair enough.
But when I check Domain Direct (the Tucows in house retail RSP) during
outages, it still works. I can do lookups (which work -- it knows what's
taken and what's not), it allows me to signup, everything's fine.
Why is this? Are they not using the standard OpenSRS lookup code? If
that's the case (and the solution is proprietary), that's fine, I guess,
although I'd prefer that the money Tucows spent to create such a solution
instead be spent on the OpenSRS end so we can all benefit from it.
And on the other hand, if Domain Direct is using the standard OpenSRS
lookup code -- why does theirs work during outages that affect everyone
else?
Okay, I guess I AM suspicious and paranoid. Still.
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Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies
