RE: [gnso-stability-thickwhois] SG/Const positions

[Carolyn Hoover <choover@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok - I did read all of this.  And I appreciate your summary!

I agree that we should maintain all versions.  From what I can see there is 
always the potential of inconsistencies between the registrar and registry data 
and so having all backups allows for the best support for registrants.  We 
should not default to relying on registrar data, however, because of the 
potential of registrar failure or problems, it is better to have the additional 
backup on the registry side.  Especially with .com and .net, there is more 
potential of registrar failure and corruption than with the registries.

>From a thick registry perspective, all instances of data inconsistency has 
>been based on registrar issues so that would suggest that it again points to 
>the need to have the registry data available to support the needs of the 
>registrant. Since it is not within our group's purview, this is not 
>specifically a comment on which data is authoritative but I guess it points to 
>my thoughts on this.

Regards,

Carolyn


From: owner-gnso-stability-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:owner-gnso-stability-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Greenberg
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 6:05 PM
To: Thick Whois Stability and Escrow
Subject: [gnso-stability-thickwhois] SG/Const positions

Folks, I am attaching an extract of the overall comment tool including our two 
questions as well as the overall one addressed to all sub-WGs.

I have tried to summarize the position of each group that submitted a statement 
to make it easier to understand to what extent we have consensus or not.

If I have mis-summarized anyone, please let us know. I note that the two 
questions really amount to the same thing if we do go with a thick Whois for 
all.

Trying to summarize the summaries, for those who have a comment, this is what I 
have come up with:

Stability: Would it be beneficial to keep all 4 copies of the Whois data?

Majority: Yes
Registrar SG: does not see any need
NCUC/NPOC: see that keeping both would possibly be harmful, with harms being 
discussed by other sub-WGs

Escrow: Is Registrar Escrow needed?

Majority: Yes
Registrar SG: No
NCUC: Keep both but require further study to see if needed.

Do we want to schedule a teleconference, or can we come to closure on this list?

Alan