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.BIZ Registry Agreement | Whois Specifications

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.BIZ Agreement Appendix 5
Whois Specifications


(8 December 2006)


Public Whois Specification

RFC954-Conformant Whois

As a thick registry, the standard Whois service will provide a central location for all authoritative .biz TLD data. Registrars will be able to provide a front-end web interface to the standard Whois service. In addition, the Registry provides its own front-end web interface to allow user access to the Whois service.

Due to the nature of the NeuStar thick registry model, the RFC954-conformant Whois service will be engineered to handle high transaction load and be integral to the standard suite of registry services. The service will return a single response per domain name or nameserver query. The RFC954-conformant Whois service will conform to established service level agreements.

The RFC954-conformant service provided by the registry will have the following features:

  • Standard protocol accessible over port 43.
  • Consistent format (fields and formatting) for all registrars.
  • Near real-time updates, eliminating "timing" problems when modifying registry information.
  • Extensible field capability.

Whois Service Data Elements

The RFC954-conformant service will include the following data elements:

  • The name of the domain name registered;
  • The IP addresses of the primary nameserver and secondary nameserver(s) of the name registered;
  • The corresponding names of those nameservers;
  • The identity of the registrar;
  • The original creation date and term of the registration;
  • The name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and (where available) fax number of the domain name registrant;
  • The name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and (where available) fax number of the technical contact for the name registered; and
  • The name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and (where available) fax number of the administrative contact for the name registered.

Extensible-Field Capability

NeuStar gives the ability for registrars to use EPP to add customized fields to a record in the registry database. These fields will appear in an "additional information" section of the Whois data.

Query Control - Object Type Control

The following keywords restrict a search to specific object type:

Domain: Search only by domain objects. The input string is searched in the Name field.

Contact: Search only contact objects. The input string is searched in the ID field.

Nameserver: Search only by nameserver objects. The input string is searched in the nameserver field or the IP address field.

Registrar: Search only registrar objects. The input string is searched in the Name field.

By default, if no object type control is specified, then the Name field of the Domain object is searched.

Whois Output Fields

Domain Record:

A Whois query that results in domain information will return the following fields from the Domain object and the associated data from host and contact objects. This set of data is also referred to as the Domain Record.

Domain Name

Domain ID

Sponsoring Registrar

Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID

Domain Status

Registrant, Administrative, Technical and Billing Contact Information including

- ID

- Name

- Organization

- Address

- Geographic Location Code

- Phone Number

- Facsimile Number

- Email

Name Server(s)

Created by Registrar

Last Updated by Registrar

Domain Registration Date

Domain Expiration Date

Domain Last Updated Date

Note: For domains on PendingDelete Status, the Registry’s front-end web interface will provide an additional explanation of the status as follows:

Up to 30 days after deletion:

PendingDelete (Restorable)

More than 30 days after deletion:

PendingDelete (Scheduled for release)

Nameserver Record:

Name Server ID

Name Server Name

Name Server Status

Sponsoring Registrar

Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID

Created by Registrar

Name Server Registration Date

Contact Record:

A Whois query that results in contact information will return the following. This set of information is referred to as the Contact Record.

Contact ID

Contact Name

Contact Organization

Contact Address1

Contact Address2

Contact City

Contact State/Province

Contact Postal Code

Contact Geographic Location

Contact Geographic Location Code

Contact Phone Number

Contact Facsimile Number

Contact Email

Sponsoring Registrar

Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID

Contact ROID

Contact Registration Date

Contact Last Updated Date

Last Updated by Registrar

Contact Status

Created by Registrar

Registrar Record:

A Whois query that results in Registrar information will return the following. This set of information is referred to as the Registrar Record.

Registrar IANA ID

Registrar Name

Registrar Address1

Registrar Address2

Registrar City

Registrar State/Province

Registrar Geographic Location

Registrar Geographic Location Code

Registrar Postal Code

Registrar Phone

Registrar Fax

Registrar Email

Registrar ROID

 

Sample Whois Output

This section provides sample output from the Whois server for each type of Registry Object: Domain, Contact, Nameserver, and Registrar. The output is structured as key/value pairs, which simplifies machine-readability.

Domain Record:

Input:

whois "domain = NeuStar.biz"

Output:

Domain Name

NEUSTAR.BIZ

Domain ID

D618-BIZ

Sponsoring Registrar

REGISTRY REGISTRAR

Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID

666

Domain Status

clientDeleteProhibited

Domain Status

clientTransferProhibited

Domain Status

clientUpdateProhibited

Domain Status

serverDeleteProhibited

Domain Status

serverTransferProhibited

Domain Status

serverUpdateProhibited

Registrant ID

NEUSTAR1

Registrant Name

NeuStar, Inc.

Registrant Organization

NeuStar, Inc.

Registrant Address1

Loudoun Tech Center

Registrant Address2

45980 Center Oak Plaza

Registrant City

Sterling

Registrant State/Province

Virginia

Registrant Postal Code

20166

Registrant Geographic Location

United States

Registrant Geographic Location Code

US

Registrant Phone Number

+1.5714345757

Registrant Facsimile Number

+1.5714345758

Registrant Email

support@NeuStar.biz

Administrative Contact ID

NEUSTAR1

Administrative Contact Name

NeuStar, Inc.

Administrative Contact Organization

NeuStar, Inc.

Administrative Contact Address1

Loudoun Tech Center

Administrative Contact Address2

45980 Center Oak Plaza

Administrative Contact City

Sterling

Administrative Contact State/Province

Virginia

Administrative Contact Postal Code

20166

Administrative Contact Geographic Location

United States

Administrative Contact Geographic Location Code

US

Administrative Contact Phone Number

+1.5714345757

Administrative Contact Facsimile Number

+1.5714345758

Administrative Contact Email

support@NeuStar.biz

Billing Contact ID

NEUSTAR1

Billing Contact Name

NeuStar, Inc.

Billing Contact Organization

NeuStar, Inc.

Billing Contact Address1

Loudoun Tech Center

Billing Contact Address2

45980 Center Oak Plaza

Billing Contact City

Sterling

Billing Contact State/Province

Virginia

Billing Contact Postal Code

20166

Billing Contact Geographic Location

United States

Billing Contact Geographic Location Code

US

Billing Contact Phone Number

+1.5714345757

Billing Contact Facsimile Number

+1.5714345758

Billing Contact Email

support@NeuStar.biz

Technical Contact ID

NEUSTAR1

Technical Contact Name

NeuStar, Inc.

Technical Contact Organization

NeuStar, Inc.

Technical Contact Address1

Loudoun Tech Center

Technical Contact Address2

45980 Center Oak Plaza

Technical Contact City

Sterling

Technical Contact State/Province

Virginia

Technical Contact Postal Code

20166

Technical Contact Geographic Location

United States

Technical Contact Geographic Location Code

US

Technical Contact Phone Number

+1.5714345757

Technical Contact Facsimile Number

+1.5714345758

Technical Contact Email

support@NeuStar.biz

Name Server

PDNS1.ULTRADNS.NET

Name Server

PDNS2.ULTRADNS.NET

Name Server

PDNS3.ULTRADNS.ORG

Name Server

PDNS4.ULTRADNS.ORG

Name Server

PDNS5.ULTRADNS.INFO

Name Server

PDNS6.ULTRADNS.CO.UK

Created by Registrar

REGISTRY REGISTRAR

Last Updated by Registrar

KSOERJADI

Domain Registration Date

Wed Nov 07 00:01:00 GMT 2001

Domain Expiration Date

Mon Nov 06 23:59:00 GMT 2006

Domain Last Updated Date

Thu May 25 18:32:14 GMT 2006

Contact Record:

Input:

whois "contact = NEUSTAR1"

Output:

Contact ID

NEUSTAR1

Contact Name

NeuStar, Inc.

Contact Organization

NeuStar, Inc.

Contact Address1

Loudoun Tech Center

Contact Address2

45980 Center Oak Plaza

Contact City

Sterling

Contact State/Province

Virginia

Contact Postal Code

20166

Contact Geographic Location

United States

Contact Geographic Location Code

US

Contact Phone Number

+1.5714345757

Contact Facsimile Number

+1.5714345758

Contact Email

support@NeuStar.biz

Sponsoring Registrar

REGISTRY REGISTRAR

Sponsoring Registrar ID

666

Contact ROID

C591-BIZ

Contact Registration Date

Sun Sep 30 18:12:56 GMT 2001

Contact Last Updated Date

Thu Jan 05 19:45:24 GMT 2006

Last Updated by Registrar

KSOERJADI

Contact Status

ok

Created by Registrar

REGISTRY REGISTRAR

Nameserver Record:

Input:

whois " PDNS1.ULTRADNS.NET "

Output:

Name Server ID

H9087947-BIZ

Name Server Name

PDNS1.ULTRADNS.NET

Name Server Status

ok

Sponsoring Registrar

TUCOWS INC.

Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID

69

Created by Registrar

TUCOWS INC.

Name Server Registration Date

Fri Feb 25 22:37:50 GMT 2005

Registrar Record:

Input:

whois "registrar registry registrar"

Output:

Registrar IANA ID

REGISTRY REGISTRAR

Registrar Name

666

Registrar Address1

LOUDOUN TECH CENTER

Registrar Address2

45980 CENTER OAK PLAZA

Registrar City

STERLING

Registrar State/Province

VA

Registrar Geographic Location

United States

Registrar Geographic Location Code

US

Registrar Postal Code

20166

Registrar Phone

+1.5714345757

Registrar Fax

+1.5714345758

Registrar Email

support@NeuStar.biz

Registrar ROID

R720-BIZ

 

 

Whois Provider Data Specification

Registry Operator will provide bulk access to up-to-date data concerning domain name and nameserver registrations maintained by Registry Operator in connection with the .biz TLD on a daily schedule, only for purposes of providing free public query-based access to up-to-date data concerning domain name and nameserver registrations in multiple TLDs, to a party designated from time to time in writing by ICANN (the "Designated Recipient"). Any agreement between ICANN and a Designated Recipient for the license of such data (a "Whois License Agreement") will provide NeuStar with the right to enforce the Designated Recipient's obligations under this Appendix and the Whois License Agreement directly against the Designated Recipient, whether through being made a party to or third-party beneficiary of such agreement or through such other means as may be appropriate. In addition, any Whois License Agreement will include the following provisions governing the use of such data by the Designated Recipient:

1. The Designated Recipient shall only use the data provided by Registry Operator for the purpose of providing free public query-based Whois access. The Designated Recipient may not use such data for any other purpose.

2. The Designated Recipient shall use best efforts to implement any corrections to the data provided by Registry Operator as soon as practicable.

3. The Designated Recipient must take such technical and organizational security measures as are, at a minimum, equivalent to those implemented by Registry Operator with respect to such data.

4. Except for providing free public query-based access according to item 1 above, the Designated Recipient shall not transfer the data to any third party for any purpose except in the event that such third party becomes bound in the same manner as a Designated Recipient by the provisions of this Appendix and the Whois License Agreement.

Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, the procedures for providing access, and the specification of the content and format of this data, will be as stated below,

A. Procedures for Providing Access

Registry Operator shall prepares (i) full data sets for one day of each week (the day to be designated by ICANN) and (ii) incremental data sets for all seven days of each week. Full and incremental data sets shall be up-to-date and coherent as of 1200 UTC on the day to which they relate. Until a different day is designated by ICANN, the full data sets will be prepared for Sundays. (Note that on the ICANN-designated day both an incremental and a full data set are prepared.)

1. Preparation of Files Containing Data Sets. Each full and incremental data set consists of an XML document meeting the content and format requirements of Parts B and C of this document. Once the XML document is generated, the following preparation steps will be performed:

a. The XML document will be placed in a file named according to the following convention:

For full data sets: "wfYYMMDD" where "YYMMDD" is replaced with the date (YY=last two digits of year; MM=number of month; DD=day; in all cases a single-digit number should be left-padded with a zero).

For incremental data sets: "wiYYMMDD" where "YYMMDD" follows the same format.

b. Registry Operator may optionally split the document using the Unix SPLIT command (or equivalent) to produce files no less than 1GB each (except the final file). If files are split, an MD5 file (produced with MD5SUM or equivalent) must be included with the resulting files to isolate errors in case of transfer fault. Registry Operator may optionally compress the document using the Unix GZIP command (or equivalent) to reduce the file size.

c. The file(s) will then be encrypted and signed using PGP, version 6.5.1 or above, with a key of DH/DSS type and 2048/1024-byte length. (Note that PGP compresses the escrow file in addition to encrypting it.) The Data Recipient's public key will be used for the encryption and Registry Operator's private key will be used for the signature. Public keys will be exchanged between Registry Operator and the Designated Recipient by e-mail, physical delivery of floppy diskettes, or other agreed means.

2. Transmission of Full Data Sets. Once prepared, full data sets will be provided either by the procedures for incremental data sets described in item A (3) below or, at the option of either Registry Operator or the Designated Recipient, by writing the full data set to DAT tape (or other media mutually agreed by Registry Operator and the Designated Recipient) and sending it to the Designated Recipient by expedited delivery service (such as FedEx or DHL). If sent by expedited delivery service, the full data set will be scheduled for arrival no later than the second calendar day following the day to which the full backup relates.

3. Transmission of Incremental Data Sets. To permit the transmission of incremental data sets, Registry Operator shall make them available for download by the Designated Recipient by Internet File Transfer Protocol. Incremental data sets will be made available for download no later than 2000 UTC on the day to which they relate.

4. Objects Contained in Full and Incremental Data Sets. Full data sets include one domain object for each Registered Name within the Sponsored TLD; and nameserver, contact, and registrar objects for each nameserver, contact, and registrar referred to in any domain object. Incremental data sets consist of (a) those of the objects constituting a full data set that have been added or updated since the last incremental data set and (b) notations of deletion of any objects since the last incremental data set.

B. Format

Full and incremental data sets will be XML version 1.0, UTF-8 encoded documents conforming to the following document type definition:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<schema targetNamespace="urn:NeuStar:whoisdb-1.0"
xmlns:whoisdb="urn:NeuStar:whoisdb-1.0"
xmlns:eppcom="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:eppcom-1.0"
xmlns:epp="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0"
xmlns:contact="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:contact-1.0"
xmlns:domain="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:domain-1.0"
xmlns:host="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:host-1.0"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
elementFormDefault="qualified">







<!--
Import EPP Element Types
-->
<import namespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:eppcom-1.0" schemaLocation="eppcom-
1.0.xsd"/>
<import namespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:epp-1.0" schemaLocation="epp-
1.0.xsd"/>
<import namespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:contact-1.0" schemaLocation="contact-
1.0.xsd"/>
<import namespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:domain-1.0" schemaLocation="domain-
1.0.xsd"/>
<import namespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:host-1.0" schemaLocation="host-
1.0.xsd"/>











<annotation>
<documentation>
XML Schema for WHOIS Data Escrow From NeuStar
</documentation>
</annotation>



<!--
Child Element
-->
<element name="whois-data" type="whoisdb:whoisDbType"/>


<complexType name="whoisDbType">
<choice>
<element name="full" type="whoisdb:fullsetType"/>
<element name="incremental" type="whoisdb:partialType"/>
</choice>
<attribute name="tld" type="whoisdb:tldType" use="required"/>
<attribute name="date" type="dateTime" use="required"/>
</complexType>
<simpleType name="tldType">
<restriction base="string">
<enumeration value="biz"/>
</restriction>
</simpleType>
<complexType name="fullsetType">
<sequence>
<element name="contact" type="contact:infDataType"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="domain" type="domain:infDataType"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="host" type="host:infDataType"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="registrar" type="whoisdb:registrarType"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
<complexType name="partialType">
<sequence>
<element name="contact" type="contact:infDataType"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="domain" type="domain:infDataType"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="host" type="host:infDataType"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="registrar" type="whoisdb:registrarType"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="del-contact" type="contact:sIDType"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="del-domain" type="domain:sNameType"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="del-host" type="host:sNameType"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="del-registrar" type="whoisdb:registrarIDType"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
<complexType name="registrarIDType">
<sequence>
<element name="registrar-id" type="eppcom:clIDType"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
















































<!--
Registrar Type derived from EPP Specification
-->
<complexType name="registrarType">
<sequence>
<element name="roid" type="eppcom:roidType"/>
<element name="registrar-id" type="eppcom:clIDType"/>
<element name="name" type="whoisdb:registrarNameType"/>
<element name="address" type="contact:addrType"/>
<element name="referral-url" type="whoisdb:registrarWebUrlType"
minOccurs="0"/>
<element name="whois-server" type="whoisdb:registrarWebUrlType"
minOccurs="0"/>
<element name="iana-id" type="whoisdb:registrarIanaIDType"/>
<element name="contact" type="whoisdb:registrarContactType"
maxOccurs="5"/>
<element name="crDate" type="dateTime"/>
<element name="upDate" type="dateTime" minOccurs="0"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
<simpleType name="registrarNameType">
<restriction base="string">
<minLength value="1"/>
<maxLength value="128"/>
</restriction>
</simpleType>
<simpleType name="registrarWebUrlType">
<restriction base="string"/>
</simpleType>
<simpleType name="registrarIanaIDType">
<restriction base="string"/>
</simpleType>
<complexType name="registrarContactType">
<simpleContent>
<extension base="eppcom:roidType">
<attribute name="type" use="required">
<simpleType>
<restriction base="string">
<enumeration value="administrative"/>
<enumeration value="billing"/>
<enumeration value="technical"/>
</restriction>
</simpleType>
</attribute>
</extension>
</simpleContent>
</complexType>
<simpleType name="registrarStatusType">
<restriction base="string">
<enumeration value="active"/>
<enumeration value="suspended"/>
<enumeration value="defunct"/>
</restriction>
</simpleType>
</schema>





















































Whois Data Specification – ICANN

Registry Operator will provide bulk access by ICANN to up-to-date data concerning domain name and nameserver registrations maintained by Registry Operator in connection with the .biz TLD on a daily schedule, only for purposes of verifying and ensuring the operational stability of Registry Services, the DNS, and the Internet.

Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, the procedures for providing access, and the specification of the content and format of this data, will be as stated below.

A. Procedures for Providing Access

Upon request by ICANN, Registry Operator shall prepare a full data set for one day of each week (the day to be designated by ICANN). Full data sets shall be up-to-date and coherent as of 1200 UTC on the day to which they relate. Until a different day is designated by ICANN, the full data sets will be prepared for Sundays.

1. Preparation of Files Containing Data Sets. Each full data set consists of an XML document meeting the content and format requirements of Parts B and C of this document. Once the XML document is generated, the following preparation steps will be performed:

a. The XML document will be placed in a file named according to the following convention:

"wfYYMMDD" where "YYMMDD" is replaced with the date (YY=last two digits of year; MM=number of month; DD=day; in all cases a single-digit number should be left-padded with a zero).

b. Registry Operator may optionally split the document using the Unix SPLIT command (or equivalent) to produce files no less than 1GB each (except the final file). If files are split, an .MD5 file (produced with MD5SUM or equivalent) must be included with the resulting files to isolate errors. Registry Operator may optionally compress the document using the Unix GZIP command (or equivalent) to reduce the filesize.

c. The file(s) will then be encrypted and signed using PGP, version 6.5.1 or above, with a key of DH/DSS type and 2048/1024-byte length. (Note that PGP compresses the escrow file in addition to encrypting it.) An ICANN public key will be used for the encryption and Registry Operator's private key will be used for the signature. Public keys will be exchanged between Registry Operator and ICANN by e-mail, physical delivery of floppy diskettes or other agreed means.

2. Transmission of Full Data Sets. Once prepared, full data sets will be provided according to paragraph a below or, at ICANN and Registry Operator's option, according to paragraph b below:

a. Registry Operator shall make full data sets available for download by ICANN by Internet File Transfer Protocol (FTP) (FTP access will be password protected and limited to prespecified IP ranges). The data sets will be made available for download beginning no later than 2000 UTC on the day to which they relate and until the next full data set becomes available for download.

b. Registry Operator shall write the full data set to DAT (DDS-4) tape (or other media specified by ICANN) and sends it to ICANN by expedited delivery service (such as FedEx or DHL). The full data set will be scheduled for arrival at ICANN no later than the second calendar day following the day to which the data set relates.

B. Content

The full data sets will consist of four types of the objects and contents described above.

C. Format

Full data sets will be XML version 1.0, UTF-8 encoded documents conforming to the schema/document type declaration set forth in Exhibit 2 of Appendix 1.