Wednesday, October 06, 2010 1:47 PM
On October 12th, 2010, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) will be bringing in some changes to domain policies and procedures aimed at simplifying and standardizing .CA domains with the rest of the domain industry.
These changes will include the following features:
- The domain lifecycle will be changed to bring it in line with industry standards and more like generic top-level domains (such as .com, .org and .net domains). Changes include moving to a similar renewal grace period, redemption period, and the use of authorization codes for transfers. Additionally, domains will be renewed upon transfer.
- CIRA Registrant profiles and passwords will be eliminated and domains will be managed at the here in the Pacific Online Domain Management Portal, with no further confirmations required (currently Registrants have a separated CIRA profile to approve some management functions).
- Third and fourth-level domains will no longer be available for registration. It will still be possible to manage and renew any existing third and fourth-level domains through Pacific Online.
- WHOIS privacy will be managed here in the Pacific Online Domain Management Portal (currently it is managed at the CIRA website).
- Registrar-to-registrar transfers will allowed only after the domain is registered for 60 days (currently 30 days).
In order to prepare for these changes, CIRA will be suspending critical changes such as Registrant Name, administrative address and domain transfers from the period of October 5th to October 12th.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact our support team.