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Bravo Notes on Domain Status Last Updated June 15, 2019

Topics: entities involved | domain status | whois contacts (published email)
Recent GDPR implications affected policies & procedures of various entities.

STATUS (see ICANN chart for full list and details)
annotation in RED: Bravo Technology Center's interpretation, not ICANN's original legal language

OK (no pending operations or prohibitions, free to transfer away) klufrms.com
clientTransferProhibited (registrar, protected from unauthorized xfer) bravotech.net
clientDeleteProhibited (registrar, avoid accidental removal)
clientUpdateProhibited (registrar, prevent alteration)
redemptionPeriod (registrar grace period expired, penalty$ in-effect, before availability for general public)
serverHold (registry: usually legal dispute in-progress)
serverTransferProhibited (registry administrative enforcement)
inactive (registry: no NS, for various reasons, including failed whois review/validation)

Whois Contacts:

Registrant (legal matters, ownership, external identity)
Admin (special authorization, renewal, termination)
Tech (on-going DNS record management, NS pointing, SOA/zone xfer, TTL, etc.)
[Billing] hidden in recent years—irrelevant: historically, registrars never really used it. Instead, they correspond via account profile email address, for all matters: informational, warnings/notices, billing, etc.

Whois public database lookup

Transfer to New Registrar/Agent, Same Registrant
The process and entities involved, thier roles & power/limits...

Registrant, self OR via agent
(so-called "Owner")
↓
Registrar (new)
↓

"The REGISTRY"
ICANN/IANA
worldwide

↑
Registrar (old)
verify, approve, release
per ICANN 2015 policy Caution:
Untimely change of records
triggers mandatory freeze period... ensuing failure
leading to delays & complications.
↑
Registrant
(self OR via agent)
generate & furnish "auth-code"
+ unlock ALL