Re: Standard Extensions

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Klaus Malorny
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:35 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [provreg] Standard Extensions
> 
> On 23/08/12 13:48, Hollenbeck, Scott wrote:
> >
> > Serious question: as a registrar, why do you do business with
> registries that give you nightmares?
> >
> > Scott
> 
> For a living? For market requirements? Think for an US-based registrar
> that would not offer .com/.net domains because they think that
> Verisign's implementation would be a nightmare. What would be the
> probability for them to survive?

Verisign probably isn't a good example because we have contractual obligations to implement the protocol as specified in the RFCs. If implementing the protocol as specified is a nightmare maybe the registrar shouldn't be a registrar, and Verisign can be held accountable if contractual obligations are unmet. I see your point, though - a registrar has to meet customer demand. 

If money motivates registrars to support and enable inconsistent implementations then there would have to be a greater financial incentive for them to boycott non-conforming registries. I'm not aware of any.

Scott
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