# Introduction to RAI

The Registrar Administration Interface is a web-based management tool. You can use it to view and partly process information relating to the registrar. In the RAI, registrar data are combined in profiles (RegAcc profiles) that are used to administer the registrar accounts (RegAccs). Each member has at least one RegAcc.

The RegAcc profile is also used to set up RRI accounts with existing or new handles. You need an RRI account for instance to register domains. Moreover, "General Request" and "Abuse Contact" can be created and updated and be output in response to a domain query on the DENIC website, if no General Request and Abuse Contact have explicitly been specified for a domain.

When you log in to the RAI for the first time with the account data and the one-time password you have received from DBS, you set up a two-factor authentication for future logins to your RAI. This is done for safety reasons.