Network Working Group A. Newton Request for Comments: 3707 VeriSign, Inc. Category: Informational February 2004 Cross Registry Internet Service Protocol (CRISP) Requirements Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004). All Rights Reserved. Abstract Internet registries expose administrative and operational data via varying directory services. This document defines functional requirements for the directory services of domain registries and the common base requirements for extending the use of these services for other types of Internet registries. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2. Requirements Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.3. Requirements Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Internet Registry Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.1. Domain Name System Registries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.1.1. Domain Registries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.1.2. Domain Registrars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2. Other Registries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2.1. Regional Internet Registries . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2.2. Local Internet Registries . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2.3. Internet Routing Registries . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2.4. Incident Coordination Contact Registries . . . . 6 2.3. Implementers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.4. End Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.4.1. Internet Resource Registrants . . . . . . . . . 6 2.4.2. Service Providers and Network Operators . . . . 6 2.4.3. Intellectual Property Holders . . . . . . . . . 7 2.4.4. Law Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.4.5. Certificate Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.4.6. DNS Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Newton Informational