Frame Conditions for Registration

Introduction

In this chapter, we will explain the frame conditions you must observe when registering .de domains.

Rules and Regulations

In this Section

In this section, we have compiled the most important rules and information for you. For the up-to-date version of the contractual rules, visit our member website.

The Rules

  • Access to the Realtime Registry Interface RRI in the live environment Your access to the RRI in the live environment will not be established until you have tested all the request forms in the members' test environment.

  • Faulty logins to RRI: After 10 unsuccessful attempts to log in to RRI, your login is blocked for one hour.

  • Connection to RRI was terminated without logout: If you terminate the connection without logging out, the session with the RRI server will be continued for a predefined period. This may have the effect that you cannot log in for another session. One potential reason: You have already set up the maximum number of 7 concurrent sessions.

  • Notes on requests
    • Unknown keywords will be ignored.
    • Wrong spelling of keyword (e.g. Deconnect instead of Disconnect of AuthInfo instead of AuthInfo).
    • The keyword and the assigned value (:) are separated by mistake by one or several blanks (Action : instead of Action:). This error occurs only with requests in the key/value format. In case of XML requests validation against the schema will be unsuccessful.
    • An UPDATE request will always be executed completely. If the update fails, the entire order will not be carried out.
    • If values are stated for an object (for instance in case of a DENIC handle) which are optional, these values will be deleted if the corresponding fields are left blank in an update (in our example of the DENIC handle).
  • Notes on contacts

    • If you want to collect data of future domain holders such as name, address and e-mail address, you must inform the future domain holders of your activities in advance. You must state the purpose, scope and the intended use of the data. In addition to that you must inform your client that DENIC will also store client data when a domain is registered. You will provide this information by submitting the DENIC Domain Terms and Conditions to the client; they explicitly state this information. You may also include a corresponding note in your own terms and conditions or in your order form to draw the client's attention the client to this fact.

    • Once you have created a Contact you cannot delete or deactivate it any more. It will always persist.
    • Even if they remain partially unchanged, you must always enter values in mandatory fields when you perform an UPDATE.
    • If a Contact of a domain which bears a DISPUTE entry is established as "Holder" of the domain, you will no longer be able to change all values (Name, Organization, Address, PostalCode, City and Country) of the domain by an UPDATE. The RegAcc will have to contact Business Services for changes.
  • Domains of the "failed" status
    • If registration of a domain fails because the Nameserver Predelegation Check is not successful, the domain will be registered with the status "failed". Such a domain must be connected with the correct technical data within 30 days. If it is not connected within this period of 30 days, the domain contract will be terminated and the domain will be deleted automatically (cf. DENIC Domain Terms and Conditions § 1 (1)). Please note that you cannot re-transfer a "failed" domain to DENIC for administration.
  • Important information about CHHOLDER
    • When the processing of a CHHOLDER includes the transfer of a domain to a new domain holder, all AuthInfo entries stored for the domain become invalid.
    • If a domain bears an active DISPUTE entry, holder changes (CHHOLDER) are impossible.
    • You may enter a maximum of 5 holders through the registration system.
  • Important information about TRANSIT

    • Please check, if and to what extent your contractual relation with the domain holder includes operation of technical items (name server). Do not disconnect a domain you have put into TRANSIT until you have verified that the contractual relationship for providing the name services has also been terminated (Disconnect: "true"). If the name service is provided by a third party (e.g. by the client), disconnection often is not permitted or not useful.

    • When a domain is returned to DENIC, the AuthInfo1 which was stored with DENIC by the administering RegAcc becomes invalid and is deleted. The RegAcc placing the request is informed accordingly in the request acknowledgement. A possibly existing AuthInfo2 is not affected by the TRANSIT request.

    • TRANSIT becomes impossible as soon as a domain has the status "failed".
    • Possibly existing Dnskey-, General Request- and Abuse Contact-entries will be deleted.
  • Important information about DELETE
    • "Holder" is an optional keyword in a DELETE request. If you do state a holder, the data must be identical with that recorded in the DENIC database. Otherwise the request will be rejected with an error message.
    • All other optional data (such as nserver) is ignored.
    • If the domain which is requested to be deleted bears a DISPUTE entry, it will be automatically re-registered for the DISPUTE holder immediately upon deletion. In this case the Grace Redemption Period does not apply.
    • DENIC can remove a domain from the Redemption Grace Period upon request of the domain holder. In this case the domain will be available for registration immediately.
    • Deleted Domains can either be restored with a RESTORE request or with a CHPROV with AuthInfo2.

Bulk Jobs

For bulk orders (> 5,000 orders), please contact DENIC Business Services (Kontaktinformation
Contact information) or use the members' chat to discuss the best possible procedure.

Test Environments

Overview of the test environments

  • DENIC provides two separate member test environments in which all order forms can be tested.
  • The test environment is an image of the live environment. Thus you can carry out tests under the same conditions as in the live environment.

Use of Test Environments

  • The test environments can be accessed by every RegAcc.
  • Use of the test environments is free.
  • The test environments are separate environments: Contacts / domains that exist in the live environment are not taken over; you have to establish separate contacts and domains for each test environment.

RRI Server

  • You need at least one separate RRI login for using RRI in the test environments.

  • You need a separate RegAcc profile for the test environments.

  • Test environment: https://member.denic.de/RAI-mtest/
  • Test environment
    rri.test.denic.de (TCP-Port: 51131)

Public-whois

  • The test environment is public.
  • Test environment
    whois.test.denic.de

Provider Change in the Test Environment

Every member can have several RegAccs created in the test environments and thus test a change of provider. A separate RegAcc profile is required for each access. Send the completed RegAcc profiles with a signed e-mail to DBS (Kontaktinformation
Contact information). Please note that the IP addresses of the profiles should differ.

Testing the Effects of Domains Bearing a DISPUTE Entry

If you need domains with a DISPUTE entry for test purposes, please register the desired domains and communicate their names to DENIC Business Services by means of a key-signed e-mail.

As a matter of principle, Business Services will be the owner of all such DISPUTEs. Thus, the department will automatically become the new holder in case the domain is deleted in one of the test environments.

Mailing Lists

Information about the DENIC Mailing Lists

DENIC makes available various mailing lists, to which you may subscribe. The channels to be used for subscription are different for each list.

Public Mailing Lists

  • public-l
    This is a public mailing list for discussing general and technical topics all around .de domains and DENIC. DENIC also publishes its press releases on this list.
  • maintenance-l
    On this public list DENIC informs about imminent maintenance work in the live environment as well as about current disturbances.

You will find the links for subscribing to these lists on the DENIC website.

Mailing Lists for Members Only

  • DENICmembers-l
    The DENICmembers-l is the DENIC members' official lists for discussions and for receiving information. Admittance to the list and updates of subscribers are processed by Business Services.
  • DENICtech-announce-l
    DENIC uses the DENICtech-announce-l to inform its members about planned technical changes and innovations. You can use your RegAcc profile to subscribe to this list.
  • hostmaster-l
    The hostmaster-l is used to discuss and exchange opinions about technical topics. You can use your RegAcc profile to subscribe to this list.
  • technews-review-l
    On the technews-review-l, DENIC makes available an overview of the evolutions all around the topic of domains and Internet throughout the world, which is compiled by the Australian journalist David Goldstein in DENIC's name. If you want to subscribe to this list, use the corresponding link on the member website.

The list policy stipulates that only subscribers can post their opinion for discussions. In the event that a mail sender address of a person who is not a subscriber to the list shall be permitted to send mails to the list, the respective e-mail may be recorded in the DENIC database in addition to the subscribers. If you want an additional e-mail to be recorded, please address Business Services.

Maintenance

Maintenance Announcement

The maintenance announcement is made on the DENICtech-announce-l mailing list.

Regular maintenance window

  • Regular maintenance of the technical services in the live and test environments takes place on Tuesdays between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
  • The maintenance is announced at the latest on the Friday of the previous week.

Restrictions and Outages

Maintenance work that results in restrictions to the technical services will be announced on the website and via the mailing list.

Emergency Maintenance

Emergency maintenance can be carried out outside of the maintenance window and will be announced on the website and via the mailing list.

Software Rollouts

Due to DENIC's continuous delivery principle, unannounced software rollouts may occur outside of the maintenance window, which may result in short-term disconnections or a shift in the point of service between DENIC's data centers.