Re: Has the EPP world really changed?

At 16:50 +0200 8/24/12, Patrik Fältström wrote:

>As a long term participant in the IETF community, I am VERY concerned!!!

Why I am not so concerned is...the population 
that uses EPP is, compared to the general case, 
rather constrained.  As opposed to more general 
purpose applications like SMTP, SIP and XMPP 
(just to parrot the list you mentioned), EPP is a 
business-to-business protocol in a single 
industry.  All sorts of individuals (in terms of 
mission) send mail, call, and message.  But only 
domain name registries and registrars use EPP. 
(And not even all of "them" do.)

I too have seen instances were too many options 
is a deterrent to deployment.  In places were 
there are many operational choices dictating many 
configuration knobs, things get complicated.  I 
don't think we have that with EPP.  Even if we 
add 2000 TLDs, it's still just about domain names 
with basic contact information.  Policies for 
modes of operation will vary but they may 
converge on their own.  (The 2000 new TLDs will 
share more in common that the current 300 if just 
because they contracting agent is the same.)
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Edward Lewis
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2012...time to reuse those 1984 calendars!
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