Re: [idn] Thoughts on nameprep

[Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine <brunner@nic-naa.net>]

> This may just be a terminology issue.  The nicemice.net domain is for
> my personal use, and I operate the primary DNS server for it.  I can
> add any names I like under it, but I have no plans to register names at
> anyone's request.  Am I a registrar?

>From draft-ietf-provreg-dn-defn-00.txt

   Registrar: A person or entity that, via contract with Domain Holders
   and a Registry, provides front-end domain name registration services
   to registrants, providing a public interface to registry services.

Not in the sense of the draft-ietf-provreg-dn-defn-00.txt. In the foo.bar
SLD you may of course import some of the sense of the above (and related)
terms, modify them to your _local_ operational art, and decide that you
are both the (unique) registrar for foo.bar, and the registry operator of
the foo.bar SLD.

Cheers,
Eric