Ron and all,
Ron Bennett wrote:
> At 03:08 PM 12/23/99 -0500, Dena Whitebirch wrote:
> >Here's something I have never seen before:
> >
> >Registrant parks a domain with a non-NSI registrar. They tell her she can
> >*instantly* transfer her domain to us. They *immediately* update their
> >whois database. It's still them in the roots. She thinks something's
> >wrong with our directory.
>
> Most whois clients query the public NSIRegistry database first
> which only updates *once per day* so it's quite possible for
> someone to do a domain query and be shown the old whois
> information of the old registrar. Nothing is wrong.
No, nothing is wrong as far as the design goes. But of course that is
not far enough, is it. Therefore leaving the ability for registrars to
"Steal" domain names and/or create a domain name conflict from the
get go. Doesn't say much for stability, does it?
>
>
> Confusing, but any good registrar should have their whois query
> system setup to query their *local database* first and then the
> NSIRegistry if no local match. NSI Registrar is setup this way.
>
> >I would think this would also not be good for the registry
> >database. Never have seen one happen in this order before but can see how
> >easily this happened.
>
> Doesn't sound like anything is wrong with the Registry
> database nor its setup. It can be updated virtually anytime,
> but changes can only be seen publically once per day
> when the public NSIRegistry database is updated. Is it
> the best design?...perhaps not...for example CORE's
> public Whois database updates in nearly realtime. That
> is an improvement that NSIRegistry may want to
> consider - public database updates in realtime.
This demonstrates what I mean by "Out of sync". And as such
is an factor in destabilizing the DNS from a registration standpoint,
therefore causing conflicts that need not exist in the first place.
>
>
> Ron Bennett
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