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< sadly, this is my experience too.
< if there are difficult questions,
< you get first no answers, then evading or contradicting ones.
< for example, see archives regarding RSP transfers.
<
Phillip - I suppose it would be preferable that we hire a PR flack to
monitor this peer support and discussion list to ensure that any time Tucows
is mentioned that a carefully considered and largely useless response is
posted. When you don't get an answer, that means we don't have one. When you
get a contradicting one, that means we don't fully have our act together. As
far as evading goes, in the year that we've been around, I can't think of
any point in time that we have been evasive with our answers.
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< At 11:29 Uhr -0500 26.12.2000, Russ Smith wrote on NetSol's list:
< >Tucows OpenSRS and Register.com do not take into account
< >that a corporation can own a domain. This issue has been brought up
< >to Tucows and Register.com several times. You either get an answer that
< >evades the question or, in the case of Tucows, they won't answer at all.
< >These are some of the better registrars so I hate to see what
< some of the
< >others are doing.
Russ - this is patently incorrect. Here are the precise definitions by which
we operate...(at least the relevant ones...) You'll notice in several places
that we refer to "organizations" and "entities", the broad buckets that
"corporations" fall into. You'll also notice that this is consistent with
our processes and has nothing to do with liability. Not sure if this is the
latest draft, but it gets the point across...
--
Contact: Contacts are individuals or entities associated with domain name
records. Typically, third parties with specific inquiries or concerns will
use contact records to determine whom should act upon specific issues
related to a domain name record. There are typically three of these contact
types associated with a domain name record, the Administrative contact, the
Billing contact and the Technical contact.
Administrative Contact: The administrative contact is an individual, role or
organization authorized to interact with the registry or registrar on behalf
of the SLD Holder. The administrative contact should be able to answer
non-technical questions about the domain name's registration and the SLD
Holder. In all cases, the Administrative Contact is viewed as the
authoritative point of contact for the domain name, second only to the SLD
Holder.
Billing Contact: The billing contact is the individual, role or organization
designated to receive the invoice for domain name registration and
re-registration fees.
Technical Contact: The technical contact is the individual, role or
organization who is responsible for the technical operations of the
delegated zone. This contact likely maintains the domain name server(s) for
the domain. The technical contact should be able to answer technical
questions about the domain name, the delegated zone and work with
technically oriented people in other zones to solve technical problems that
affect the domain name and/or zone.
Registrant: See SLD Holder
Registrar: A person or entity that contracts with SLD holders and a
registry, collecting registration data about the SLD holders and submitting
zone file information for entry in the registry database.
Registry: A Registry is the person(s) or entity(ies) responsible for
providing registry services. Registry services include customer database
administration, zone file publication, DNS operation, marketing and policy
determination in accordance with RFC 1591. A Registry may outsource some,
all, or none of these services.
Registry Operator: Usually synonymous with the term Registry, however a
Registry Operator may also be an organization or individual acting operating
the Registry under an outsourced technical services management contract.
SLD: An "SLD" is a second-level domain of the DNS
SLD Holder: The individual or organization that registers a specific domain
name. This individual or organization holds the right to use that specific
domain name for a specified period of time, provided certain conditions are
met and the registration fees are paid. This person or organization is the
"legal entity" bound by the terms of the relevant service agreement
SLD Sponsor: The Registrar responsible for the submission of the domain name
to the Registry.
