[gnso-synchronization-thickwhois] Synchronization Subgroup work

[Susan Kawaguchi <susank@xxxxxx>]

Hello All,

With the holidays approaching fast I am not sure what we can get done on our 
sub team but I thought starting a discussion on email would be a good start.


Synchronization/migration:  what wouldbe the impact on the registry and 
registrar WHOIS and EPP systems for thoseRegistries currently operating a thin 
registry, both in the migration phase to 'thick' WHOIS as well as ongoing 
operations?

Since I am not involved in a registry or registrar I am sure you have many more 
thoughts on how this would work.

A few questions:

Does the registrar  retain the full WHOIS record for thick WHOIS registries 
currently or do they only retain the customer info which may include all the 
Thick WHOIS information?

Since the registrars are already sending some WHOIS info to the registry for 
.com and .net how would this impact synchronization if we require they send the 
whole record.

Other than the magnitude of the number of records that a registrar would have 
to submit to the .com registry how would requiring the whole record be any 
different than what they are already doing with the other gTld registries?

Best regards,

Susan Kawaguchi
Domain Name Manager
Facebook Legal Dept.

Phone - 650 485-6064