27 Registration Life Cycle

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27. Registration Lifecycle

In accordance with the status of Redemption Grace Period (RGP) and Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) defined in Request for Comments (RFC) 3915 and RFC 5731 and considering the characteristics of its business, China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) not only has defined the registration lifecycle and the procedure of status transfer but also has made available the human resources, funds and equipment needed for implementing and maintaining the registration lifecycle.

27.1 Domain Name Registration Lifecycle

CNNIC domain name registration lifecycle includes the following 9 main periods: verification period, add grace period, transfer restriction period, normal period, auto renew grace period, redemption period and pending delete period, transfer grace period and renew grace period.

Registration lifecycle is illustrated as follows:

Please see Figure 1 in the attachment of Q27_Attachment_Figure.

Each period of registration lifecycle is detailed in the following table:

Please see Table 1 in the attachment of Q27_Attachment_Table.

27.2 Registration Status and Change Procedures

27.2.1 Registration Status

According to RFC 3915, the registration lifecycle defined by CNNIC includes the following 7 statuses of RGP:

(1) addPeriod

(2) autoRenewPeriod

(3) transferPeriod

(4) renewPeriod

(5) redemptionPeriod

(6) pendingDelete

(7) pendingRestore

According to RFC 5731, the EPP status includes the following 11 statuses:

(1) OK

(2) inactive

(3) pendingCreate

(4) pendingDelete

(5) pendingUpdate

(6) pendingTransfer

(7) serverHold

(8) serverTransferProhibited

(9) serverRenewProhibited

(10) serverUpdateProhibited

(11) serverDeleteProhibited
　
The above RGP and EPP statuses are set by the registry, in which serverTransferProhibited, serverRenewProhibited, serverUpdateProhibited and serverDeleteProhibited are set and managed by Business Operation Support System (BOSS) of the Shared Registration Sytem (SRS) system according to the specific needs. What are discussed here are only the statuses and change procedures set by the registry but do not involve the following 5 statuses set by the registrar: clientDeleteProhibited, clientHold, clientRenewProhibited, clientTransferProhibited and clientUpdateProhibited.
　　
PendingRenew is not available in our SRS: CNNIC judges whether renew is successful according to the balance without awaiting operation.
　
Various registration statuses in the domain name registration lifecycle may be changed in accordance with certain standards. Change procedures are illustrated as follows: please see Figure 2 in the attachment of Q27_Attachment_Table.

27.2.2 Registration Status Change Procedures

27.2.2.1 Verification Period and Add Grace Period

After the registrar files an application to CNNIC for ʺ.公司ʺ domain name registration, the domain name enters into a 5-day verification and add grace period, during which update, renew, and delete operations can be performed.

Listed in the following table are events that are likely to happen in the verification and add grace period as well as changes of EPP and RGP statuses resulting from such events.

Please see Table 2 in the attachment of Q27_Attachment_Table.

27.2.2.2 Transfer Restriction Period

It is the transfer restriction period within 60 days starting from the date of registration. There is an overlap of 5 days between the transfer restriction period and the verification and add grace period. During the transfer restriction period, transfer operations are prohibited while update, delete and renew operations are permitted.

Listed in the following table are events that are likely to happen in the transfer restriction period as well as changes of EPP and RGP statuses resulting from such events.

Please see Table 3 in the attachment of Q27_Attachment_Table.
　　
27.2.2.3 Normal Period

The normal period starts from the 61st day after the registration date and ends on the expiry date, during which transfer, update, delete and renew operations are permitted.

Listed in the following table are events that are likely to happen in the normal period as well as changes of EPP and RGP statuses resulting from such events.

Please see Table 4 in the attachment of Q27_Attachment_Table.

27.2.2.4 Auto Renew Grace Period

When a domain name expires and its EPP status is not serverRenewProhibited or clientRenewProhibited , it will enter into a 45-day auto renew period. If there is sufficient remaining deposit, there will be an automatic renewal of one more year, during which transfer, update, renew and delete operations are permitted.

Listed in the following table are events that are likely to happen in the auto renew grace period as well as changes of EPP and RGP statuses resulting from such events.

Please see Table 5 in the attachment of Q27_Attachment_Table.

27.2.2.5 Redemption Period

Redemption period is 15 days, during which restore operations can be carried out to redeem a domain name.

Listed in the following table are events that are likely to happen in the redemption period as well as changes of EPP and RGP statuses resulting from such events.

Please see Table 6 in the attachment of Q27_Attachment_Table.

27.2.2.6 Pending Delete Period

The pending delete period is 5 days, during which all requests from the registrar for domain name operations will be rejected.

Listed in the following table are events that are likely to happen in the pending delete period as well as changes of EPP and RGP statuses resulting from such events.

Please see Table 7 in the attachment of Q27_Attachment_Table.

27.2.2.7 Change of Status Resulting from Abuse of a Domain Name or Fraudulent Activities

Within the transfer restriction period, the normal period or the auto renew grace period, if there is any abuse of domain names or any fraudulent activity, the serverHold status will be set for such domain names.

Please see Table 8 in the attachment of Q27_Attachment_Table.

27.3 Resource Allocation

27.3.1 Human Resources

Involved in a registration lifecycle are 2 software engineers responsible for defining and modifying the registration lifecycle. Refer to the answer to Question 31 for more details.

27.3.2 Funds

Funds have been put in place. Refer to the answer to Question 46 for the source and use of these funds.

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