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- Network Working Group S. Williamson
- Request for Comments: 1400 Network Solutions, Inc.
- March 1993
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- Transition and Modernization
- of the Internet Registration Service
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- Status of this Memo
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- This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
- not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is
- unlimited.
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- Discussion
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- As a result of the NREN NIS award by National Science Foundation,
- non-DDN registration services will soon be transferred from the DDN
- NIC to the new Internet Registration Service, which is a part of an
- entity referred to as the InterNIC. References in this document to
- the InterNIC apply to the Registration Services portion only.
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- Internet registration services are gradually transitioning to the
- InterNIC. We expect that the full transition will be accomplished by
- April 1, 1993. During this transitional period, EMail, Fax, and U.S.
- mail received at either site will be processed. DDN users will
- continue to receive full registration support from the DDN NIC, and
- the transition should be transparent to them. DDN users should
- continue to send registration requests to hostmast@nic.ddn.mil (IP,
- .mil domain, inaddr for 26.x.x.x) or registrar@nic.ddn.mil (user
- registrations or TAC card requests) using the DISA approved
- registration forms.
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- From now through March 31, 1993, non-DDN Internet registration
- requests will be handled as follows:
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- The current DDN NIC registration templates may be filled out and
- submitted to either hostmaster@internic.net or
- hostmaster@nic.ddn.mil through March 31. The new InterNIC
- templates will be accepted effective April 1, 1993, but not until
- that time.
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- Telephone support: 1-800-365-DNIC or
- 1-703-802-4535 (Washington DC metro area)
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- Williamson [Page 1]
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- RFC 1400 Transition of Registration Services March 1993
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- Mail questions and registration templates to:
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- Government Systems Inc.
- Attn: Network Information Center
- 14200 Park Meadow Dr.
- Suite 200
- Chantilly, VA 2200
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- Effective April 1, 1993, non-DDN Internet requests will be handled as
- described below.
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- New registration requests should be sent to autoreg@internic.net
- using the new template. Old templates sent to
- autoreg@internic.net will be returned with the parsing error
- messages and the new form attached. Old templates mailed to
- hostmaster@interic.net will be accepted through June 30, 1993.
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- After that date, templates in the old format will be returned to
- the sender with the new template attached.
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- Telephone support: 1-800-444-4345 or 619-455-4600
- 1-703-742-4777 (Registration service only)
- (Washington DC metro area)
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- Mail questions and registration templates to:
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- Network Solutions, Inc.
- Attn: InterNIC Registration Service
- 505 Huntmar Park Drive
- Herndon, VA 22070
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- In an effort to keep those who are likely to submit a high volume of
- registration requests informed during the transition period,
- information regarding Internet registration issues will be
- distributed via the mail list rs-info@internic.net. Send
- subscription requests to:
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- rs-info-request@internic.net.
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- Information on the location of the new autoreg templates and how to
- retrieve them will be sent to those who have subscribed to this list.
- Comments are solicited. The new registration templates have been
- modified to facilitate automatic processing and to remove all DDN-
- specific references.
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- WHOIS services will be available at both the DDN NIC and InterNIC
- sites:
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- Williamson [Page 2]
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- RFC 1400 Transition of Registration Services March 1993
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- whois.nic.ddn.mil (192.112.36.5)
- whois.internic.net (198.41.0.5)
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- Effective April 1, 1993, only DDN information will be available from
- whois.nic.ddn.mil. The WHOIS service available from
- whois.internic.net will contain all information on IP addresses,
- domains, and ASNs. The WHOIS service available from the
- whois.internic.net will contain individual user records only for
- those who serve as a Point of Contact for an active node. Those who
- are interested in establishing a whois service for information on
- individual users (e.g., for Internet hosts or campus networks) are
- encouraged to participate in one of the many distributed WHOIS-like
- information projects.
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- Root zone files will be available at both sites through March 31,
- 1993. After that time, the root zone file will be available only
- from ftp.rs.internic.net.
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- After the transition, the host.txt file will be available only from
- nic.ddn.mil and hosts.txt will include ONLY MILNET HOSTS. On April
- 1, 1993, a new root DNS server will be placed in service. It will be
- available at ns.internic.net ( 198.41.0.4 ).
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- The T1 service currently available to the DDN NIC will be
- disconnected by June 1, 1993. This will leave only 56K access to the
- DDN NIC site. Excessive traffic to this site after that date will
- cause congestion. Therefore, it is important that all Internet
- registration data be directed to the new InterNIC site. The InterNIC
- registration services facility will be connected to SuraNET via T1
- around March 10, 1993.
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- Automated Internet registration services will be available from the
- InterNIC registration service host. This new automated system will
- allow more accurate and timely processing of registration requests.
- The basic functions/features of the new automated registration
- process (autoreg) are outlined below:
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- * Requestor sends a completed new template to
- autoreg@internic.net.
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- * The mailserver/parser on the InterNIC registration host parses
- the template and makes a quick check of all verifiable
- information (such as Domain name conflicts). The server
- then sends an E-mail verification or rejection with error message
- back to the requestor.
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- * After receiving the verification form for review, the requestor
- should ensure that the information was interpreted correctly by the
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- Williamson [Page 3]
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- RFC 1400 Transition of Registration Services March 1993
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- parser. If the information is correct, the requestor returns the
- verify form to verify@internic.net. If the information is not
- correct, the requestor should make the necessary corrections before
- returning the form. If a rejection was received the requesstor
- must make the necessary adjustments and resend the registration
- request to autoreg@internic.net for processing.
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- * On receipt of a corrected verification form from the original
- requestor, the data will be rechecked and a new verification form
- will be sent. Once a good verification has been received by
- Registration Services, the request will be released for final
- processing by the InterNIC registration staff.
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- NOTE: If the requestor does not return the verification form to the
- InterNIC within seven days after it is mailed, the original
- registration request will expire, and it must be resubmitted.
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- Information on the status of all registration requests will be
- available to users via two methods. The first method employs the
- "finger" utility. The finger utility is executed specifying the
- "trouble ticket" (tt) number returned with the registration request
- verification/ confirmation message.
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- Example: finger tt-930303.1034@rs.internic.net
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- Users will also be able to obtain status information by connecting to
- rs.internic.net via telnet and executing the "status <ticket number>"
- command. Status information will appear as follows.
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- [BEGIN SCRIPT]__________________________________________________________
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- > finger tt-930303.1034@rs.internic.net
- [rs.internic.net]
- Retrieving information on Ticket 930303.1034. Please wait...
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- Ticket Number: 930303.1034 Ticket Status: pending
- Ticket Type: reg/domain Ticket Source: email
- Ticket Scope: Site/Line:
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- Ticket Owner: autoreg Problem Fixer: duanes
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- Ticket Opened: 03/03/93 14:47
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- Problem Description:
- register internic.net
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- Williamson [Page 4]
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- RFC 1400 Transition of Registration Services March 1993
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- Problem Solution:
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- For more information, please contact the InterNIC Registration
- Center at hostmaster@internic.net or (703) 742-4777. Thanks!
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- [END SCRIPT]____________________________________________________________
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- Other services will also be available via telnet to rs.internic.net.
- The interface is similar to the telnet service currently offered by
- the DDN-NIC. However, the commands used on the InterNIC system are
- slightly different. The services that will be available via telnet
- are: WHOIS, Gopher, wais, finger, and status.
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- Below is a short scripted session on the new InterNIC Registration
- host.
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- [BEGIN SCRIPT]__________________________________________________________
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- % telnet rs.internic.net
- Trying 198.41.0.5 ...
- Connected to rs.internic.net.
- Escape character is '^]'.
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- SunOS UNIX (rs) (ttyp4)
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- ************************************************************************
- * -- InterNIC Network Registration Center --
- *
- * For gopher, type: GOPHER <return>
- * For wais, type: WAIS <return>
- * For the *original* whois type: WHOIS <return>
- * For the X.500 whois DUA, type: X500WHOIS <return>
- *
- * For user assistance call (800) 444-4345 or (703) 742-4777
- * Please report system problems to ACTION@rs.internic.net
- ************************************************************************
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- Cmdinter Ver 1.3 Wed Mar 10 11:23:05 1993 EST
- InterNIC > ?
- Command, one of the following
- DATE FINGER HELP KERMIT LOGIN
- LOGOUT STATUS WHOIS GOPHER WAIS
- X500WHOIS
- InterNIC > date
- Wed Mar 10 11:23:09 EST 1993
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- InterNIC > whois
- Connecting to the rs Database . . . . . .
- Connected to the rs Database
- InterNIC WHOIS Version: 1.0 Wed, 10 Mar 93 11:23:19
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- Whois: !internic-dom
- Network Solutions, Inc. (INTERNIC-DOM)
- 505 Huntmar Park Drive
- Herndon, VA 22070
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- Domain Name: INTERNIC.NET
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- Administrative Contact:
- Zalubski, John (JZ7) zalubskj@INTERNIC.NET
- (703) 802-8462
- Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
- Kosters, Mark A. (MAK21) markk@INTERNIC.NET
- (703) 802-8484
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- Record last updated on 10-Feb-93.
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- Domain servers in listed order:
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- REG.INTERNIC.NET 192.153.247.80
- NOC.CERF.NET 192.153.156.22
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- Whois: quit
- InterNIC > quit
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- Wed Mar 10 11:24:54 1993 EST
- Connection closed by foreign host.
- %
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- [END SCRIPT]____________________________________________________________
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- RFC 1400 Transition of Registration Services March 1993
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- Summary of InterNIC registration services information:
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- rs.internic.net 198.41.0.5
- ns.internic.net 198.41.0.4
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- General telephone support: 1-800-444-4365
- Registration support: 703-742-4777
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- Mail address:
- Network Solutions Inc.
- ATTN: InterNIC Registration Services
- 505 Huntmar Park Dr.
- Herndon, VA 22070
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- rs-info@internic.net Registration information mail list
- rs-info-request@internic.net
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- hostmaster@internic.net Registration questions and Manual
- registration
- autoreg@internic.net Automatic registration mailbox
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- finger tt-XXXXXX.XXXX@rs.internic.net To check status of registration
- request
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- Security Considerations
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- Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
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- Author's Address
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- Scott Williamson
- Network Solutions, Inc.
- 505 Huntmar Park Drive
- Herndon, VA 22070
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- Phone: (703) 742-4820
- EMail: scottw@internic.net
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