Re: [regext] EPP Transport Service Discovery

Jim Reid <jim@rfc1035.com> Wed, 20 March 2024 07:50 UTC

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Subject: Re: [regext] EPP Transport Service Discovery
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> On 20 Mar 2024, at 07:04, Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net> wrote:
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> Yes, because the registry can improve over time, and the registrars can update their software over time. If we don’t give updated client-side software a mechanism to discover that the server now supports improved transport, we get gridlock.

Bill, I somehow doubt a registry would introduce an updated/new transport and not tell anyone about that. Other than changing some not-yet-defined discovery RRtype. YMMV.