[Ietf-not43] Domain Registrant

[Rick Wesson]

On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Andrew Newton wrote:

> Jaap Akkerhuis wrote:
> >
> >     2.4.6 Domain Registrant
> >        Entities given authority over a domain via purchase, lease, or grant
> >     from a domain registry, either directly or via the services of a domain
> >     registrar.
> >
> > I'm not sure why you want to have the actual process of how to get
> > a domain in the definition, but this looks fine.
>
> To answer your question (though we seemed to have reached agreement),
> I'm trying to make it clear what we are talking about without getting
> too involved in a narative of the process.  Simply saying "control over
> a domain" and leaving it at that (to answer Rick's question) is to also
> include domain registries, which are given control over a TLD.  And that
> isn't what we are talking about.
>

and a registry is not given authority over a domain (tld) via grant? the
issue is confusing and maybe we should ask our selves whey we are
attempting to define this entity so that it fits within the context of a
registry/registrar relationship.

-rick