RE: [nc-whois] Fw: Last-Verified Date Contact Element

["Abel Wisman" <abel@able-towers.com>]

I couldn't agree more but only wonder why so many in so many different
different ways are trying to re-invent wheels

Kind regards

Abel


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nc-whois@dnso.org [mailto:owner-nc-whois@dnso.org] On Behalf
Of Ram Mohan
Sent: 26 October 2002 14:07
To: nc-whois@dnso.org
Cc: Rick H Wesson
Subject: [nc-whois] Fw: Last-Verified Date Contact Element


Task Force Members:
For those of you not following the various technical events happening in
IETF, this one is of value.  Rick & I have been discussing the value of
adding a new field to the WHOIS, called "Last Verified" date that allows
registrars/registry to show when the information was last verified.

It has now been proposed formally to the IETF EPP Working Group, and is
on a fast track.

Similarly, a WHOIS element called <private>, introduced by other IETF
working group members (to allow for privacy) is on a fast track.

We have debated both these items in our TF, and I believe that this is a
step in the right direction for domain name registrants worldwide.

-ram
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Wesson" <wessorh@ar.com>
To: <shollenbeck@verisign.com>
Cc: <ietf-provreg@cafax.se>; <ietf-not43@lists.verisignlabs.com>;
<iesg@ietf.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:34 AM
Subject: Last-Verified Date Contact Element


>
> Scott && IESG,
>
> I realized that there is an item we have overlooked in the wg. In 
> private conversations, myself and others have noted that there is no 
> way to identify the last time a contact object was verified.
>
> I propose that we add a "Last-Verified" date element to the contact 
> object so that registries/registrars may express the last time the 
> object was verified. Since contacts have no expiration date and the 
> "last-modified" date is irreverent to verification.
>
> I believe that this will aid in identifying old, stale and irreverent 
> data within a registry and if the element is published in CRISP or 
> whois to the community in general.
>
> I know it is late in the game for identifing issues with the epp 
> proposals so I have CCed the IESG.
>
> -rick
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