Re: EPP domain:transfer

On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 09:34:34AM -0400, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 03:16:40PM +0200, Gerhard Winkler wrote:
> 
> [. . .]
> > For a domain transfer in .AT we need authorization of the registrant.
> > Therefore we have designed a special process:
> > - the registrar has to initiate a domain transfer
> > - the registry sends a token to the registrant
> > - the registrant has to forward this token to the registrar
> > - the registrar has to send the token back to the registry in
> >   combination with the domain transfer information
> > 
> > Due to this process we need two steps for the domain transfer
> > (token request and transaction itself).
> > 
> > The token can be defined with EPP extensions easily. But we couldn't
> > find a nice solution for the two step transfer.
> 
> I think you ought to be able to do this.  As far as I know, all
> ICANN-regulated registries do a two-step transfer.  When a transfer
> request comes in, we return 1001 ("Command completed successfully;
> action pending").  The transfer may be explicitly acknowledged with
> an "op" attribute set to "approve" or "reject".  It seems to me that
> what you need is an extension for the "approve" case, which can
> contain the token from the registrant (that would prove that the
> losing registrar has been contacted by the registrant, who has
> approved the transfer).  Maybe I'm overlooking something in the rest
> of your explanation?

For clarification (maybe I was too short in my explanation):
the token, generated by the registry, is sent to the registrant, and
for confirmation the registrant has to send the token to the
gaining registrar (who has initiated the transfer also).
The losing registrar doesn't play any role in our transfer process
(except of receiving notifications of course).

We have also considered to "misuse" the "approve", but from my
understanding it should be used by the losing registrar only.

I think a generic EPP client would run into some confusion, using the
"approve" in two different ways.


-Gerhard




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