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Purely coincidental.

Confirmed, a testing process that went awry, here is the official text those of you that received emails will get as an explanation "You may have received an email from the CIRA Registry Platform over the past two days with the subject line: subjecTest with a link to softwaresecured.com. This...

All, we are investigating the Message Delivery Form emails some of you have been receiving and it would appear there was a testing process by a third party that went awry. Once we have the details we will reach out to each of you individually and will post here

https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/160.jpg?1683910937@LCM the MDF process does not look at content or perform any kind of filtering, we only do volume constraining as mentioned above.

We also impose limits as to the number of requests that can be made for a specific domain and from a specific IP address in a 24 hour period

The message above is a legitimate request through the Message Delivery Form. CIRA does not audit or monitor content of these messages but we do verify the email address of the sender before sending the message to the registrant email on file. The process is something like... requestor fills in...

https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/90.jpg?1658454718@Eby Refresh your cache...

The fix has been put into production, should work fine now. :)

In the interim you could try the RDAP interface: https://rdap.ca.fury.ca/rdap/domain/domain.ca which provides the same results but less readable.

That's a known bug and is being worked on as we speak. Its an issue with the website interface to WHOIS, not an issue with WHOIS itself.

Totally understand your reaction, again, it seems like a bug to me, will fix!

https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/4.jpg?1656523472@MapleDots the email is a collaboration with Godaddy and it would appear there is a bug in the domain selection, you should not be seeing WHC registered domains in that notice, I will investigate.

https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/42.jpg?1684117124@DomainRecap yes they are.

Fixed, thanks for pointing out that it was not working.

The CIRA Policy for Disclosure is available here: Registration Information Access Rules and Procedures – CIRA

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All, here is the latest posting ion the issue some people have ben having with Ckoudflare timeouts... Issues with the voting process? - CIRA Election Forum

https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/56.jpg?1674141676@theinvestor https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/90.jpg?1658454718@Eby I sent both of you private messages with the email of our elections coordinator, she would love to hear from you and see first hand your issues... thanks

https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/90.jpg?1658454718@Eby when you placed your vote you would have received a confirmation screen that the vote was indeed received and processed

https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/4.jpg?1656523472@MapleDots I will alert oour elections team to all these comments for investigation, thanks

FYI... https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/4.jpg?1656523472@MapleDots the order of the marketplace tiles change on a monthly basis based on a scoring algorithm that includes 5 performance criteria (for the previous month) including, for example, conversion rate and usage of CIRA approved branding assets.

https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/42.jpg?1684117124@DomainRecap thanks, it has been reported to the website team.

https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/42.jpg?1684117124@DomainRecap it's a bug in the new website release, we are working on getting it fixed thanks for letting me know.

https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/61.jpg?1656550914@GeorgeK is right. All "individual" type registrants (Canadian Citizen, resident etc) are redacted by the registry by default. Only "non-individual" type registrant (Corporations for example) are NOT redacted by default. CIRA accepts application...

https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/10.jpg?1656297913@rlm you asked about hijacking and in particular "how often has CIRA been aware of or was asked to intervene in a .CA hijacking case? Does CIRA have any policy regarding what CIRA would do in the event of a hijacking case? What course of action...

FYI All... CIRA privacy policy has required that all "individual" type registrant data (Canadian Citizen, Resident) be redacted when displayed in whois. All "non-individual" type registrant data (Corporation) is fully displayed in whois unless the "non-individual" registrant specifically applies...

Hey https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/10.jpg?1656297913@rlm the process we have currently in place for issues of this kind is indeed the RIV (registrant information validation) process. Our experience has typically been that a "bad guy" will not respond to a RIV request in which case we do...

The proposed price increase has been implemented in an effort to maintain our competitiveness in the global domain name market and offset global inflationary pressures that are impacting our operations. This is only the second price increase in the history of CIRA and the first since 2018. It...

https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/10.jpg?1656297913@rlm so, this is not a simple answer and I can only comment on .CA. It is possible that "Epik" is a reseller with Hexonet (we typically do not have visibility of resellers unless a registrar shares that information directly with us) and in that...

Thanks https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/70.jpg?1657232156@Esdiel I will look into that.

This is a co-branded marketing program we are conducting as a trial with Godaddy where we are reaching out to domain owners that have domains in redemption. If successful, we may look at expanding the program to any other registrar interested in participating. And indeed, any registrar is...

Tom, yes, CIRA will rewind ALL affected domains. As you know, you have received a list of the affected domains registered with you that were in redemption, were redeemed/restored and were identified as candidates for, as you call it, a rewind. A similar list has been shared with all other...

This discussion is now merging into a specific client support issue which I am taking offline directly with https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/10.jpg?1656297913@rlm and his colleague. For the record, the change referred to by @bmetal was a bug fix where domains pulled from redemption were in a...

Hey https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/10.jpg?1656297913@rlm , some specific answers to your questions... 1. Every registrar has their own terms and conditions so you should check with each as related to renewal obligations, cancellation timing etc. 2. CIRA uses the current whois data to determine...

The liability of a registrar to a registrant is usually spelled out in the commercial terms offered by the Registrar and so any registrant is cautioned to carefully review the terms and conditions offered by any one specific registrar. The Registrar Agreement includes obligations that all...

I am happy to look into what happened, can someone PM me with the domain name at issue?

I have posted about this elsewhere and https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/37.jpg?1663625118@FM has alluded to it above, the data we have as the registry from our perspective is the data provided to us by the registrar. If you choose to use a third party privacy service then that service is the bona...

https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/39.jpg?1656297913@DomainTrader to give you a bit of clarity on the RIV (Registrant Information Validation) process... RIV targets a "registrant" not a domain name. A RIV process is initiated either by us receiving a complaint that someone suggests the registrant of...

https://dn.ca/data/avatars/s/0/56.jpg?1656551264@theinvestor Correct

@rlm @FM @bmetal yup it's a typo in our system, I will get it fixed, thanks for pointing it out. The "clientRenewProhibited" does not affect "autorenew". This status will only prevent manual or explicit renewals. And note this is a setting that is set by the registrar.

@DomainRecap that is correct although we have a mechanism where a corporation can apply to have their whois information redacted. These are considered on a case by case basis by our legal team. A use case example would be a business that offers a service that may be controversial and do not want...

In response to @rlm comment, a word of caution and advice to everyone that goes beyond any domains you might have with an Epik related RAR, keep your whois information accurate! I have reminded people in the past, and will do it again here, the whois record that CIRA receives from the registrar...

We routinely investigate potential issues of violating CPR (Canadian Presence Requirements) through a process called RIV (Registrant Information Validation). If we find a .CA domain registrant does not meet CPR, then the domain is suspended. But remember, someone having a foreign address may...

One added piece of information related to the "day" on which the domain exits redemption and enters pending delete. CIRA requires a domain to be in the TBR list for a minimum number of days prior to the TBR day. Domains entering pending delete between Monday at 7:00 (UTC) and Wednesday at 19:00...

@dancarls yes, what you see in whois is correct, the registrant will be "generated registrant" which reflects a CIRA Internal Rant that we use in order to channel the domain to TBR. And yes you are spot on the scheduling is a bit different, all of the blocked domains were put directly into a TBR...

@MapleDots we publish what is provided to us by the registrar. I am not aware of any questionable registrars in my history at CIRA and certainly would act on that quickly if any were reported as such. New registrars are put through a pretty exhaustive process to be "accredited" and verified so I...

@MapleDots the registrar list on our website reflects what we have in our database as provided by our registrars. CatchDrop is not there yet is a timing issue, I will see it get added asap. Many of the registrars operate public facing entities that are different from their "contracted" name...

@theinvestor you are correct. When you become a CIRA Member, your membership is associated with one specific domain but the membership system tries to find any and all domains that are registered to you. This is purely for the purposes of maintaining your eligibility as a CIRA Member as you can...

There are no restrictions on data in the "organization" field for individual type registrants (like a Canadian Citizen for example). But for non-individual type registrants (like a Corporation) we are moving towards a model where the data in the organization field will be considered the bona...

@Eby I'm not sure I fully understand your question but will try to answer. Each registration that is subject to a restrictive usage (like a domain that is registered at the 3rd level richard.on.ca and is being requested at the 2nd richard.ca) is subject to a manual intervention/examination. We...