Re: Changes we'd make to EPP, was Re: Domain check in draft-obispo-epp-idn-00.txt

Keith Gaughan <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.provreg
Organization Blacknight Internet Solutions
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On 17/01/12 16:58, MICHAEL YOUNG wrote:

> I think there needs to be a reasonable period where you can determine a
> contact object has been abandoned.  Is there really a point to leaving
> contacts around that haven't been associated for years?

AFNIC (.fr, &c.) do garbage collection already, albeit without notifications.
Their policy is that a contact that has been unlinked for six continuous
months is purged. Is a reasonable policy, although from a registrar's
perspective, a notification on the message queue would be nice.

> That's certainly the case in the older EPP registries - contact bloat.
> Where this gets to be annoying is in escrow deposits - costs money for no
> added value to anyone. Why bloat up escrow deposits with a bunch of dead
> contacts in the first place?

I'm in full an total agreement, not to mention the legal implications as
far as data retention laws go.

K.

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