Hi John, Basically the deal with this is that VeriSign is moving CC and TV off their old legacy registry API's into their new ccTLD platform called "namestore" on Dec 14th which is an EPP based registry system. Unfortunately their timing does not work with our year end code freeze and we had to come up with an alternate handling mechanism. The alternate handling method is expected to be in place until the end of January 2005.
Specific answers to your questions are inline below... On 12/10/04 11:34 PM, "John Keegan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there anyone out there who can provide a clear explanation of how to > update older manage.cgi's for the system update done on 12/9? > > I am trying to figure out what the actual implication is for resellers. > The LRU says: > >> ** Resellers using Tucows' client libraries must integrate the new >> registrant MANAGE page and the <update_all_info> API call into their >> page flows > > So I downloaded the latest client, and the CHANGELOG notes a "temporary > switch to new cgi to manage .CC/.TV domains (xpackmanage.cgi). There's a > CGI script in the client called 'xpackmanage.cgi' complete with its own > set of templates... So in order to manage only TV or CC domains, we need > a whole new script/template setup? Is that correct? That is correct however this is not a throw away solution. CC's and TV's will be returned to the regular manage once we sync up with the registry in January. This alternate manage path will be used for other new ccTLDs that I plan to introduce in the new year. > > The CHANGELOG says this is a 'temporary' switch... Does anyone know what > that means? Will the functionality be rolled into the manage.cgi at a > later date? As I say above, its temporary for CC & TV but will be used for new ccTLD's with lower volumes in the new year. Let me know if you have further questions about this. Cheers, James James M Woods Product Manager - TLDs Tucows Inc. 416.538.5453
