Hi Tony, --- Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Forgive me for being out of the loop... but what's WLS?
WLS is a "Waiting List Service" for expired domain names that Verisign has proposed. Verisign would charge registrars $35/yr wholesale to be first in line for a name. If the name expires, the WLS holder would pay standard registration fees as well. If you're familiar with SnapNames, it's the same concept as a SnapBack, however no others would be able to attempt to get the name (i.e. like NameWinner, and other expired domain name services). Also, if the name is renewed, the $35/yr wholesale is non-refundable. At one time, WLS was proposed as a solution to high registry load, but Verisign has since admitted that the current system (where registrars compete for expired names in a "batch-pool") has completely solved all issues of registry load. Now, WLS is being positioned a new revenue source for Verisign. You can read some of the background here: http://www.byte.org/rc-deletes/ Verisign's official WLS documents are at: http://www.verisign-grs.com/wls.html A lot of discussion has taken place on the DNSO GA and DNSO Registrar mailing lists. Archives of those are on the web, at: http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/registrars/Arc01/maillist.html http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga/Arc09/maillist.html (discussions on WLS take place beginning in early January 2002) Also, there are discussions on the OpenSRS mailing lists, starting in late December 2001. They're archived at: http://www.opensrs.org/archives/discuss-list/ One registrar described WLS as a "bottom of the barrel" proposal, in comparison with all the rest of the proposals out there. That sums it up quite well. Sincerely, George Kirikos http://www.kirikos.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/
