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ICANN says that its preparatory work for possible Whois reforms will take another six months. The Operational Design Phase for the System for Standardized Access and Disclosure will now conclude “by the end of February 2022”, ICANN said thi...
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November 4, 2021 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy, gdpr, icann 72, odp, rdap, rds, ssad
ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization Council has approved a handful of changes to Whois policy, despite the fact that pretty much nobody was fully on-board with the proposals and how they were made. The new recommendations call for a new...
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November 3, 2021 Kevin Murphy
Domain Services, gac, gdpr, gnso, icann 72, rdap, rds
Should we stop using the word “Whois” to describe registration data lookup services? That’s the question I posed for the second DI Leaders Roundtable. I’m sure you’re all very well aware that the Registration Data Access P...
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November 10, 2019 Kevin Murphy
di leaders roudtable, Domain Tech, rdap, rdds
Whois’ days are numbered. ICANN is to soon enter talks with accredited registrars and contracted gTLD registries with the aim of naming a date to finally “sunset” the aging protocol. It wants to negotiate amendments to the Registrar A...
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October 23, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Tech, ra, raa, rdap
The deadline for registrars to implement the new Whois-killer RDAP protocol passed yesterday, but it’s possible most registrars did not hit the target. ICANN told registrars in February (pdf) that they had six months to start making RDAP (Registr...
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August 28, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registrars, rdap
ICANN has started the clock ticking on the mandatory industry-wide deployment of RDAP. gTLD registries and registrars have until August 26 this year to roll out RDAP services, which will one day replace the age-old Whois spec, ICANN said this week. Reg...
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March 1, 2019 Kevin Murphy
Domain Policy, gdpr, rdap, temp spec
Ten people have been picked to work on a system that would see ICANN act as the gatekeeper for private Whois information. The organization today announced the composition of what it’s calling the Technical Study Group on Access to Non-Public Regi...
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December 14, 2018 Kevin Murphy
Domain Services, gdpr, rdap, tsg-rd
With a week left on the GDPR compliance clock, ICANN has formally approved a new Whois policy that will hit all gTLD registries and registrars next Friday. The Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data represents the first time in its history ...
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May 18, 2018 Kevin Murphy
.eu, article 29 working party, Domain Policy, gdpr, rdap, wp29
The domain name industry should not rely on ICANN to protect it from incoming EU privacy law. That’s the strong message that came out of ICANN 60 in Abu Dhabi last week, with the organization’s CEO repeatedly advising companies to seek their own legal advice on compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation. The organization […]
Verisign and Afilias have become the first two gTLD registries to start publicly testing a replacement for Whois. Both companies have this week started piloting implementations of RDAP, the Registration Data Access Protocol, which is expected to usurp the decades-old Whois protocol before long. Both pilots are in their very early stages and designed for […]
