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Article #463Re: Registrar interfaces to Cira
From: Ed Hew
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 17:21
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 17:21
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In article <kjI78.40007$_F4.8514131@news0.telusplanet.net>, <swegner@telus.net> wrote: >Hello all, > >In the effort to locate a decent .ca registrar for domains, I have noticed >that different registrars provide different options as far as account >administration goes. For example, some registrars allow 4 DNS servers, >others more. It looks like Cira allows six NameServers so that's how many >I'd like to be able to set up. Another feature which most registrars don't >implement is the ability to add a public PGP key to the Cira account. Cira >supports this and if added, encryption communication is used. > >Is anyone able to suggest a registrar or two who makes this configuration >information available to it's customers? > >Thanks, >Shane I've supported 6 nameserver fields ever since we started supported them under the old CA domain adminstration - I think that was back around 1994, give or take a year or so, and it was my recommendation to CIRA that got them to continue that support (they originally weren't going to. You'll find my DNS (nameserver) update for that quite functional (see www.registry.ca). As for the PGP field, honestly you're the first person who's ever asked me for it. I can certainly code a simple interface for it; contact me privately if you'd like me to and you're willing to test it. Regards, --ed (Ed Hew) -- CA Registry, CIRA Certified Registrar http://www.registry.ca/ <registry@cs.utoronto.ca>,<registrar@registry.ca>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 114bd6,3353578afe184eb9 X-Google-Attributes: gid114bd6,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-05 09:23:59 PST Newsgroups: can.domain Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!news.uunet.ca!enigma.xenitec.on.ca!not-for-mail From: eah@enigma.xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew) Subject: Re: Registrar interfaces to Cira Organization: CA Registry Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 17:21:26 GMT Message-ID: <Gr2LJq.K67@enigma.xenitec.on.ca> X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test74 (May 26, 2000) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: enigma.xenitec.on.ca Originator: eah@enigma.xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew) References: <kjI78.40007$_F4.8514131@news0.telusplanet.net> Sender: news@enigma.xenitec.on.ca (News subsystem owner) Lines: 36