OK Scott, thanks. I have been reading the documents distributed with the
latest EPP distribution from Sourceforge. Are those obsolete?
--On Thursday, June 28, 2001 7:15 AM -0400 "Hollenbeck, Scott"
<shollenbeck@verisign.com> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Archer [mailto:jim@archer.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 4:59 AM
>> To: rrp@verisign-grs.com
>> Subject: [VGRS-RRP] EPP Contact Question
>>
>>
>> Hi All...
>>
>> Upon reviewing lots of EPP stuff, I see that a contact is assigned a
>> ROID and the ROID (which is a key) is used across multiple domains. I
>> also see that only the registrar that created the ROID can query and
>> update it. Well
>
>> enough.
>>
>> So, what happens if I register two domains with the same ROID and then
>> transfer one to another registrar, such that the same ROID is in use by
>> two
>
>> different domains on two different registrars. Which registrar controls
>> the
>
>> ROID?
>
> Methinks you're looking at an outdated version of the specification. The
> most recent published specifications cleared up some confusing aspects of
> how ROIDs are used with contacts and domains. I have new documents going
> to the I-D administrator later today to clear up some addition ROID use
> issues.
>
> ROIDs are created and assigned by a registry, not a registrar, when an
> object is registered. No registrar controls a ROID, duplicates can't be
> assigned, and they don't get changed or updated. They exist only as an
> identifier that is guaranteed to be unique across registries.
>
> <Scott/>
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