Generic Registry-Registrar Protocol Requirements
RFC 3375

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Network Working Group                                      S. Hollenbeck
Request for Comments: 3375                                Verisign, Inc.
Category: Informational                                   September 2002

            Generic Registry-Registrar Protocol Requirements

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document describes high-level functional and interface
   requirements for a client-server protocol for the registration and
   management of Internet domain names in shared registries.  Specific
   technical requirements detailed for protocol design are not presented
   here.  Instead, this document focuses on the basic functions and
   interfaces required of a protocol to support multiple registry and
   registrar operational models.

Conventions Used In This Document

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction .......................................  2
   1.1 Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations ...........  2
   2.  General Description ................................  4
   2.1 System Perspective .................................  4
   2.2 System Functions ...................................  4
   2.3 User Characteristics ...............................  5
   2.4 Assumptions ........................................  5
   3.  Functional Requirements ............................  5
   3.1 Session Management .................................  6
   3.2 Identification and Authentication ..................  6
   3.3 Transaction Identification .........................  7
   3.4 Object Management ..................................  7
   3.5 Domain Status Indicators ........................... 13

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   3.6 Transaction Completion Status ...................... 13
   4.  External Interface Requirements .................... 14
   4.1 User, Hardware, and Software Interfaces ............ 14
   4.2 Communications Interfaces .......................... 14
   5.  Performance Requirements ........................... 14
   6.  Design Constraints ................................. 14
   6.1 Standards Compliance ............................... 14
   6.2 Hardware Limitations ............................... 15
   7.  Service Attributes ................................. 15
   7.1 Reliability ........................................ 15
   7.2 Availability ....................................... 15
   7.3 Scalability ........................................ 16
   7.4 Maintainability .................................... 16
   7.5 Extensibility ...................................... 16
   7.6 Security ........................................... 16
   8.  Other Requirements ................................. 17
   8.1 Database Requirements .............................. 17
   8.2 Operational Requirements ........................... 17
   8.3 Site Adaptation Requirements ....................... 17
   8.4 Data Collection Requirements ....................... 17
   9.  Internationalization Requirements .................. 18
   10. IANA Considerations ................................ 18
   11. Security Considerations ............................ 18
   12. Acknowledgements ................................... 19
   13. References ......................................... 19
   14. Editor's Address ................................... 20
   15. Full Copyright Statement ........................... 21

1. Introduction

   The advent of shared domain name registration systems illustrates the
   utility of a common, generic protocol for registry-registrar
   interaction.  A standard generic protocol will allow registrars to
   communicate with multiple registries through a common interface,
   reducing operational complexity.  This document describes high level
   functional and interface requirements for a generic provisioning
   protocol suitable for registry-registrar operations.  Detailed
   technical requirements are not addressed in this document.

1.1 Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations

   ccTLD: Country Code Top Level Domain.  ".us" is an example of a
   ccTLD.

   DNS: Domain Name System

   gTLD: Generic Top Level Domain.  ".com" is an example of a gTLD.

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   IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

   IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force

   IP Address: Either or both IPv4 or IPv6 address.