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Jody Kolker
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-----Original Message-----
From: regext [mailto:regext-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Corte
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2017 1:08 PM
To: regext@ietf.org
Cc: supp...@tango-rs.com
Subject: Re: [regext] Using RDAP as a Domain Availability Service

Hello,

On 03/04/2017 17:20, Hollenbeck, Scott wrote:

> "However, EPP wasn't designed for high-volume, lightweight 
> availability checking."
> 
> That statement is patently false. It may be that some server 
> implementers constrain clients, but that's not a protocol limitation. 
> The whole reason the <check> command exists is so that clients can 
> perform high volume, light weight availability checks.

Agreed, which is we've consistently advised registrars and customers to use EPP 
<domain:check> (rather than the Whois) to implement availability checks.

The general problem with services such as the Whois or RDAP in this context is 
that these services are only suitable for telling which domains are definitely 
*unavailable*, but not which ones are available.
There are plenty of cases in which a <domain:check> correctly yields 
avail="false" but Whois or RDAP services return "not found" results, which are 
easily misinterpreted as "domain available".

Whois/RDAP are services for obtaining information about existing domains, not 
about availability. I believe that any attempt to add availability check 
capability to these services violates the "separation of concerns"
principle.

Best regards,

Thomas

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