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OVH Pulled Up By ICANN Due To Whois Format

May 16, 2014 by Michele Neylon

OVH, a French registrar and hosting provider, has been sent a breach notice by ICANN.

The registrar had not updated its whois format to be compliant with the 2013 RAA.

 

So for example, a whois lookup on ovh.net currently returns:

 

# local time    : Friday, 16-May-2014 15:22:25 CEST

# gmt time      : Friday, 16-May-2014 13:22:25 GMT

# last modify   : Friday, 16-May-2014 06:08:01 CEST

# request from  : 192.168.244.216:21591

Domain name: ovh.net

Registrant:

  OVH Sas

  Klaba Octave

  140, quai du sartel

  Roubaix, 59100

  FR

  +33.899701761

  (fax: +33.320200958)

  gygk33cnno3cf8zwscii@b.o-w-o.info

Administrative Contact:

  OVH

  Klaba Octave

  2 rue Kellermann

  Roubaix, 59100

  FR

  +33.899701761

  (fax: +33.320200958)

  0og193qe7kalvv4n0key@z.o-w-o.info

Technical Contact:

  OVH

  Klaba Octave

  2 rue Kellermann

  Roubaix, 59100

  FR

  +33.899701761

  (fax: +33.320200958)

  0og193qe7kalvv4n0key@z.o-w-o.info

Billing Contact:

  OVH SAS

  Lesimple Stéphane

  2 Rue Kellermann

  ROUBAIX, 59100

  FR

  +33.899701761

  yuu6lj48e1avkjmvtcrf@o.o-w-o.info

Registrar of Record: OVH.

Record last updated on 2013-03-01.

Record expires on 2016-06-07.

Record created on 2000-05-11.

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The format is NOT the one mandated under the 2013 contract.

Here’s the output for icann.net by way of comparison:

 

The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and

Registrars.

Domain Name: ICANN.NET

Registry Domain ID: 2346832_DOMAIN_NET-VRSN

Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com

Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com

Update Date: 2013-10-19 13:44:41

Creation Date: 1998-09-13 23:00:00

Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2022-10-18 22:59:59

Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC

Registrar IANA ID: 146

Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com

Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.480-624-2505

Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited

Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited

Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited

Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited

Registry Registrant ID:

Registrant Name: Domain Administrator

Registrant Organization: ICANN

Registrant Street: 12025 Waterfront Drive

Registrant Street: Suite 300

Registrant City: Los Angeles

Registrant State/Province: California

Registrant Postal Code: 90094-2536

Registrant Country: United States

Registrant Phone: +1.4242171313

Registrant Phone Ext:

Registrant Fax: +1.4242171313

Registrant Fax Ext:

Registrant Email: domain-admin@icann.org

Registry Admin ID:

Admin Name: Domain Administrator

Admin Organization: ICANN

Admin Street: 12025 Waterfront Drive

Admin Street: Suite 300

Admin City: Los Angeles

Admin State/Province: California

Admin Postal Code: 90094-2536

Admin Country: United States

Admin Phone: +1.4242171313

Admin Phone Ext:

Admin Fax: +1.4242171313

Admin Fax Ext:

Admin Email: domain-admin@icann.org

Registry Tech ID:

Tech Name: Domain Administrator

Tech Organization: ICANN

Tech Street: 12025 Waterfront Drive

Tech Street: Suite 300

Tech City: Los Angeles

Tech State/Province: California

Tech Postal Code: 90094-2536

Tech Country: United States

Tech Phone: +1.4242171313

Tech Phone Ext:

Tech Fax: +1.4242171313

Tech Fax Ext:

Tech Email: domain-admin@icann.org

Name Server: NS.ICANN.ORG

Name Server: A.IANA-SERVERS.NET

Name Server: B.IANA-SERVERS.NET

Name Server: C.IANA-SERVERS.NET

DNSSEC: unsigned

URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/

Last update of WHOIS database: 2014-05-16T13:00:00Z

In the letter from ICANN’s Compliance team they identify a number of issues. It sounds like the whois format problem was the one that caused them to start looking more closely at the registrar and when they failed to fix the issue they discovered other areas of non-compliance with the contract. As usual a timeline of ICANN’s attempts to engage with the registrar is included.

Here’s the full letter:

 

serad-to-lesimple-15may14-en

Filed Under: icann, registrars Tagged With: Domain name, Domain name registrar, france, icann, los angeles, ovh, whois

About Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. Michele has been deeply involved in domain and internet policy discussions for more than a decade.
He also co-hosts the Technology.ie podcast.

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