Verisign registry has an SLA with all registrars, which allows them to take the system down from time to time. A monthly maintenance window (usually the last saturday of each month) is part of the SLA.
That's also in the ICANN agreements (somewhere) Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:owner-discuss-list@;opensrs.org]On Behalf Of Paul Gordon > Sent: October 25, 2002 3:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OpenSRS Live Reseller Update - 10/25/02 > > > > >1. Verisign Maintenance Window > >----------------- > >Verisign's LIVE Environment will be taken offline for a > >registry imposed scheduled maintenance. This will affect > >the following products: > > > >- .com, .net, .org, Multilingual domains > >- new registrations, transfers, renewals, nameserver updates > > > >Date: Saturday, Oct 26, 2002 EDT (Sunday, Oct 27, 2002 UTC) > >Time: 2100 hrs - 0100 hrs EDT (0100 hrs - 0500 hrs UTC) > >Duration: 4 Hours > > I take it from the monotonous regularity that Verisign takes the registry > system down, that there isn't any uptime guarantees in their > agreement with > ICANN? > > It seems like they take it down whenever they're working on changes to > their REGISTRAR system, to prevent their competitors from offering > registration services when Verisign Registrar is off the air. > > That's just an opinion, of course. > > -- > > Paul Gordon, IQ Management Corporation http://iqmc.com
