[Ietf-not43] Re: Last-Verified Date Contact Element

[Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine]

Rick,

I asked:

> > What prevents a client providing some authInfo from also attempting to set
> > upID and set or modify upDate?

You replied:

> the updated date and last-modified date are managed by the registry.

Here's what I ment:

The <contact:upID> is an <info> response element that contains the identifier
of the client that last updated the contact object. The <contact:clID> element
that contains the identifier of the sponsoring client. This client has the
valid authInfo, and can perform an <update> on the contact object in question.
If that client wants to date-stamp/touch a client object for the purpose of
associating some temporal identifier to "verification" (and I still don't
know wha that means), isn't this the recipie? This either sets or modifies
the <contact:upID> and sets or modifies the <contact:upDate>.

It is true these elements are managed by the registry, but they are done so
in response to client-initiated events.

I guess I'm still in the dark about the mechanism, as well as the purpose,
and utility.

Color me clueless,
Eric