Hello, On 12/14/21 19:17, Patrick Mevzek wrote:
Also the exact same EPP security mechanisms (as laid out by RFC5734), namely 1) IP access lists 2) clients X509 certificates 3) login+password, can be done exactly as is with RDAP, if so wished. EPP is Extensible *Provisioning* Protocol (yes, I know not fully true already). I am into the personal position that a lot of stuff added lately/being added to EPP would in fact have been better through RDAP, because it also for some opens the use by other entities than registrars.
All of this is correct; however, for registrars seeking to keep their inventory up-to-date with such a feature, it seems rather awkward having to implement *two* instead of one real-time connection to the registry.
Right now, registrars have little to no reason to include an RDAP client implementation in their software at all, as everything they need to do in terms of domain/contact/host inventory management can/must be done via EPP, and EPP provides more information about sponsored objects than RDAP anyway.
As such, IF e.g. a "list my domains" feature shall be made available in a real-time interface, IMHO it would make more sense to add it to EPP, as registrars can then handle all of their business with the registry over their existing EPP connection, rather than having to add one for RDAP. Given that maintaining a registry connection involves more and more effort these days (thanks to short-lived client certificates, frequent registry migrations etc.), adding yet another one to maintain should better be avoided.
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