I'd like to close on a thought first raised by Eric Schaetzlein regarding
name server transfers. Last week we discussed allowing registrar transfers
for name servers used in a TLD for which a registry is not authoritative.
Having had some time to think about it, I'm not sure that there's much value
in doing this. Here's why:
The registry that publishes the zone file containing A records for a server
controls the association between the server name and IP addresses that
appears in the zone. If the name or addresses changes, that can be handled
within the authoritative registry.
Another registry that uses this name server for domains in another TLD SHALL
NOT publish an A record for this server. There's no "ownership" of this
server in this registry, but the registry will publish an NS record for the
domain(s) served by the server. All this registry needs to know is the name
of the server, which MAY need to be changed if/when a change is made in the
authoritative registry. This change can be done by whichever registrar
initially added the server to the registry. A registrar transfer would do
nothing more than change the registrar capable of changing the name or
deleting the server, and I'm not sure there's any real value in this since
the real control still resides within the authoritative registry.
If anyone disagrees, please explain where you see value in such a change of
administrative control.
Scott Hollenbeck
Network Solutions, Inc. Registry
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