*OLD* News about CIRA
This page remains for the sake of historical interest.
Most of what it refers to has long since been superseded
Fri Mar 2 00:39:22 EST 2001
While CIRA is still working on the transfer-of-registrar facility,
we should now be able to request manual transfers
with CIRA. Please email such requests to: registrar@registry.ca, or
registry@cs.utoronto.ca .
An interface will be provided once CIRA completes its mechanism.
Feb, 2000
CIRA currently provides two ways to register a "conflicting domain".
Until they change it again, it can be done simply when it's for the same
organization. CIRA's much more complex conflict-resolution mechanism
must be used for requests from an unrelated organization. Write for
current details.
Tue Oct 31 18:39:41 EST 2000
CIRA wrote in a Registrar advisory:
"There is no late registration penalty prior to December 1st (2000)."
Applications already received are being processed in an orderly manner
as quickly as possible. You will be be advised by email as your turn
comes up.
Please ensure that your email address of record in the UBC|CDNNET database
works - that's where CIRA will send your confirmation and completion
instructions.
During this period, please refrain from calling or sending email unless
it's absolutely necessary. Everyone is better served if I can devote
that time to processing your pre-registrations instead.
Mon Oct 30 21:20:20 EST 2000
The assigned CIRA transaction server was down again today, this time for
about 10 hours! In brief, we lost another whole day of CIRA processing.
Such breakage at CIRA continues to compound the delays
in processing pre-registrations.
I have urged CIRA in very strong terms to delay it's OTD for a month
to permit orderly pre-registrations to be completed. I'm told that
CIRA is "working on it".
Tue Oct 17 12:19:56 EDT 2000
CIRA has corrected the decryption problem they were having and is
now accepting applications as of about 9am this morning. I'm
transmitting applications I've received to CIRA as they come up for processing.
CIRA has necessitated a change to the "special policy for recent
registrants", which is now reflected in that section below.
There are problems with some CIRA pre-registration applications where
the information provided didn't exactly match what's in the UBC|CDNNET
database - it must be exact. I'll write to those affected one by one.
If you get an error message directly from CIRA about such, please
resubmit your request accordingly.
Thanks for your patience.
The CIRA pre-registration forms were activated at 1am 00/10/16.
Generic URL: http://www.registry.ca/
Direct URL: http://www.registry.ca/cira.html (obsoleted)
If you're not seeing the new forms now, you're browser is likely
serving up it's old internal copy. You can correct that
by flushing your browser's cache. That might be a good idea in
general - there will likely be a few tweaks necessary as CIRA
evolves its mechanisms.
Please have a look at the documentation pages, there may be some
items of interest to you.
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What took so long? There were numerous problems getting everything
just right for CIRA, and then for the last two weeks, the
encryption/decryption problems with CIRA mechanisms have taken their
toll. In fact, CIRA still isn't ready to accept applications encrypted
they way then insist on them, so interface testing with CIRA hasn't
been possible. They've had a look at the forms and advise that they're
exactly to spec, so hopefully they won't change their minds.
CIRA's been working on the decryption problem over the weekend and have
promised me that one way or another, they'll either be able to decrypt
applications from us by tommorrow, or will make alternative arrangements
with me for transmission and processing. I'll transmit all applications
for CIRA pre-registration to CIRA just as soon as CIRA is ready.
"CA Registry" is a CIRA Certified Registrar, effective September 15, 2000,
and will be pleased to assist you during and after the transition
to CIRA from the historical CA Domain Registry.
The new web server has replaced the original one implimented back in 1993.
It will provide the necessary new interfaces, forms, and documentation, as
these become available over the next little while.
CA
Registry
Special policy for recent CDNNET registrants via CA Registry
I recognize and appreciate that this additional cost is especially
significant to those who have recently registered their subdomains.
To be as fair as I myself possible can be to those whose recent
registrations
I've handled under the old system, I will handle CIRA pre-registration of
existing subdomains I've processed and recently registered at minimal cost
to the registrant.
00/10/19 CIRA has forced more changes, so I have no choice but again
modify this to conform to CIRA's dictates. Please read the updated "
Special Policy "
for further information.
This special policy only applies to CIRA pre-registrations through
"CA Registry" as a CIRA certified Registrar, for those CA subdomains
registered by "CA Registry" with CDNNET between Aug 1st and Nov 1, 2000.
It does not apply to subdomains registered through other parties.
This opportunity extends to Feb 1, 2001, after which time all applications
will be treated as "new" by CIRA.
CIRA's announced .ca Domain Registry Transfer Schedule:
-Pre-registration for existing domain names begins on September 18
-The operational transfer of the registry takes place on November 1
-As of November 1, new registrants will be permitted to register under
new regulations
-The 30 day grace period for existing .ca domain names ends
December 1, though CIRA will charge a "late fee" after Nov 1st.
Still to be announced are dates for:
- A public consultation on the Canadian presence requirements for registrants
- New rules for registration
- An alternate dispute resolution process
Manditory: Existing CA subdomain re-registration with CIRA:
La version frangaise de ce message suit la version anglaise.
On June 5, CIRA, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Government of
Canada announced that they had reached agreement on the terms under which CIRA
would assume responsibility for the top-level .ca registry. The transfer from
UBC will give the not-for-profit CIRA complete responsibility for managing the
.ca domain.
UBC will be transferring responsibility for the .ca Registry to the CIRA on or
about November 1st, 2000, the Operational Transfer Date or OTD (you may find
the announcement at the CIRA website at www.cira.ca).
Prior to UBC transferring responsibility to CIRA, i.e. before November 1st
2000, all existing .ca domain names must be pre-registered with CIRA. This
message contains instructions on how to pre-register existing domain names.
Failure to pre-register an existing .ca domain name may result in the
deactivation of the domain name and may even lead to the domain name being
assigned to another Registrant.
Registrants wishing to pre-register existing .ca domain names with CIRA should
be aware of the following:
- Registrants can only pre-register their existing domain names with CIRA
through CIRA-Certified Registrars (Registrars).
- CIRA's official list of Registrars can be found at
https://www.cira.ca/cira/public?LANGUE=en®IS=1.
- CIRA will begin processing requests from Registrars for the pre-registration
of existing .ca domain names on September 18th, 2000 at 9:00 Ottawa time.
- Registrars will be charged a fee by CIRA for each domain name they
pre-register. Each Registrar is free to set its own fees to Registrants.
- The length of the pre-registration term for each domain name will be a
minimum of 12 to 24 months, as set by CIRA, depending on the anniversary of the
registration, the registration fees will be pro-rated to this length
(Registrars will be able to advise Registrants of the exact minimum length).
Registrants may have the option, depending on their Registrar, of
pre-registering their domain names for terms additional to the minimum (rounded
up to the nearest year), in increments of 1 year, for up to a maximum of 10
years, with corresponding fees.
- Pre-registration requests will only be accepted for Registrants included in
the current registry systems maintained by UBC. The CIRA process of approving
pre-registration requests requires, amongst other things, that the contact
information in the UBC Registration must match the information in the
pre-registration request. If the information does not match, the
pre-registration request will be rejected. Therefore, Registrants should ensure
that the contact information for their Registrations at UBC is up to date prior
to having a CIRA-Certified Registrar submit a pre-registration request to CIRA.
Registrants may review and update their Registrations prior to having a
pre-registration request made for them either through the services of
Registrars or directly at http://www.cdnnet.ca/update.html.
- Registrants will be expected to enter into a contract with their Registrar.
- Registrants will also be expected to enter into a contract with the Registry,
CIRA. A copy of the Registry's Registrant Agreement can be found at
http://www.cira.ca/en/docs_regis.html .
- Under certain conditions Registrants of 3rd and 4th level .ca domain names
(e.g. sample.on.ca or sample.ottawa.on.ca) may request an upgrade to the
corresponding 2nd level (sample.ca) at no charge. Please check with your
Registrar for details.
- CIRA will advise Registrants directly, via email, of successful domain name
registrations, in the CIRA Registry, by Registrars on behalf of Registrants.
Registrants wishing to pre-register existing .ca domain names with CIRA should:
- If the Registrant is currently using the services of a Registrar, they should
discuss pre-registration options with this Registrar.
- If the Registrant is not currently using the services of a Registrar, they
should select a Registrar from CIRA's official list of Registrars on the CIRA
web site.
- Make the necessary arrangements with a Registrar to have a pre-registration
request submitted to CIRA prior to November 1st, 2000.
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Vous recevez ce message parce vous jtes inscrit comme itant le contact
administratif ou le contact technique pour un nom de domaine .ca existant. Il
est trhs important que vous lisiez attentivement les instructions qui suivent
afin d'assurer l'exploitation continue de votre nom de domaine .ca.
Le 5 juin dernier, l'Autoriti canadienne pour les enregistrements Internet
(ACEI), l'Universiti de la Colombie-Britannique (UBC) et le Gouvernement du
Canada ont annonci qu'ils avaient conclu une entente pour transfirer ` l'ACEI la
responsabiliti du registre du domaine de tjte .ca. Par suite de ce transfert,
l'ACEI, un organisme sans but lucratif, assumera l'entihre responsabiliti de la
gestion du domaine .ca.
Le transfert opirationnel de la responsabiliti du Registre .ca de l'UBC `
l'ACEI se fera effectivement le ou vers le 1er novembre 2000. Vous pouvez
consulter l'annonce ` ce sujet sur le site Web de l'ACEI ` : www.cira.ca.
Prialablement au transfert de la responsabiliti du registre .ca de l'UBC `
l'ACEI, c'est-`-dire d'ici le 1er novembre 2000, tous les noms de domaine .ca
existants devront jtre pri-enregistris dans le nouveau systhme de l'ACEI. Vous
trouverez dans ce message des instructions sur la fagon de pri-enregistrer
votre nom de domaine .ca existant. Si vous ne pri-enregistrez pas votre nom de
domaine .ca avant le 1er novembre, celui-ci deviendra inactif et pourra mjme
jtre attribui ` quelqu'un d'autre.
Les titulaires de noms de domaine .ca existants qui disirent pri-enregistrer
leurs noms de domaine auprhs de l'ACEI sont aussi avisis de ce qui suit :
- Les titulaires devront obligatoirement passer par l'intermidiaire d'un
registraire agrii par l'ACEI pour faire pri-enregistrer leurs noms de domaine
existants auprhs de l'ACEI.
- La liste officielle des registraires agriis par l'ACEI est disponible sur le
site Web de l'ACEI ` : https://www.cira.ca/cira/public?LANGUE=fr®IS=o.
- L'ACEI commencera ` traiter les demandes soumises par les registraires pour
le pri-enregistrement de noms de domaine .ca existants le 18 septembre 2000, `
compter de 9 h, heure d'Ottawa.
- Les registraires devront payer des frais ` l'ACEI pour chaque nom de domaine
qu'ils voudront faire pri-enregistrer. Chaque registraire sera toutefois libre
d'itablir son propre barhme de frais pour fournir ce service aux titulaires.
- La piriode couverte par le pri-enregistrement de chaque nom de domaine sera
d'au moins 12 ` 24 mois, et sera diterminie selon la date anniversaire de
l'enregistrement original conformiment aux rhgles itablies par l'ACEI. Les
frais d'enregistrement seront fixis au prorata de la durie couverte par la
piriode de pri-enregistrement. (Les registraires pourront priciser aux
titulaires la durie minimum exacte de la piriode de pri-enregistrement
applicable ` leurs noms de domaine). Les titulaires pourront aussi se voir
offrir le choix par certains registraires de pri-enregistrer leurs noms de
domaine pour une durie plus longue que la durie minimum requise (arrondie `
l'annie la plus prhs). Cette piriode pourra jtre prolongie en incriment
d'un an jusqu'` un maximum de 10 ans, moyennant le paiement des frais correspondants.
- Les demandes de pri-enregistrement ne seront accepties que pour les
titulaires
de noms de domaine .ca existants qui sont actuellement enregistris dans le
systhme maintenu par l'UBC. En outre, le processus itabli par l'ACEI pour
l'approbation des demandes de pri-enregistrement exige, entre autres, que les
renseignements sur le contact qui figurent dans le systhme de l'UBC
correspondent aux renseignements fournis dans la demande de pri-enregistrement.
Si ces renseignements ne sont pas les mjmes, la demande sera rejetie. Par
consiquent, les titulaires doivent s'assurer que les renseignements sur leur
contact contenus dans leur enregistrement ` l'UBC est ` jour avant de demander `
un registraire agrii de soumettre une demande de pri-enregistrement ` l'ACEI.
Les titulaires de noms de domaine .ca existants devraient virifier et mettre `
jour les informations les concernant avant d'autoriser leur registraire `
soumettre une demande de pri-enregistrement en leur nom. Pour ce faire, ils
peuvent s'adresser ` leur registraire ou encore aller directement sur le site
http://www.cdnnet.ca/update.html.
- Les titulaires devront signer un contrat avec leur registraire.
- Les titulaires devront aussi conclure une entente avec le nouveau bureau
d'enregistrement, en l'occurrence l'ACEI. Un exemplaire de la Convention
d'enregistrement de l'ACEI est disponible ` :
http://www.cira.ca/fr/docs_regis.html.
- Dans certaines conditions, les titulaires de noms de domaine .ca de troisihme
ou de quatrihme nouveau (par exemple, organisme.on.ca ou
organisme.ottawa.on.ca)
pourront demander que leur nom de domaine soit enregistri comme un nom de
deuxihme niveau (par exemple, organisme.ca) et ce, gratuitement. Veuillez vous
adresser ` votre registraire pour plus d'informations ` ce sujet.
- L'ACEI communiquera avec les titulaires directement, par courriel, pour les
aviser que leur demande de pri-enregistrement d'un nom de domaine soumise `
l'ACEI par l'intermidiaire d'un registre agrii a iti acceptie, et que leur
nom de domaine a iti effectivement enregistri dans le registre de l'ACEI.
Pour pri-enregistrer un nom de domaine existant auprhs de l'ACEI, les
titulaires
doivent :
- S'ils utilisent prisentement les services d'un registraire, discuter avec
ce
dernier des choix qui s'offrent ` eux pour le pri-enregistrement de leur nom
de domaine.
- S'ils n'utilisent pas les services d'un registraire, ils doivent en
choisir un
parmi la liste officielle des registraires agriis qui se trouve sur le site Web
de l'ACEI.
- Ils doivent ensuite prendre les dispositions nicessaires avec le registraire
de leur choix pour qu'une demande de pri-enregistrement soit soumise ` l'ACEI
avant le 1er novembre 2000.