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1. Introduction
2. Distribution Description
3. Helpful World Wide Web URLs
4. Contact Information


Introduction
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This directory contains the 1.5.0.0 release of the Extensible Provisioning
Protocol (EPP) DotName Software Development Kit (SDK), hereon referred to as the
EPP DotName SDK. The EPP DotName SDK is provided in Java and requires
Java 1.4 and above.  The EPP DotName SDK is based on the following 
EPP specifications:

	o Extensible Provisiong Protocol, RFC 3730
		doc/epp.txt
	o EPP Domain Name Mapping, RFC 3731
		doc/epp-domain.txt
	o EPP Contact Mapping, RFC 3733
		doc/epp-contact.txt
	o EPP Host Mapping, RFC 3732
		doc/epp-host.txt
	o EPP Email Forwarding Mapping, version 1.1
		doc/EPP-EmailFwd-Mapping.pdf
	o EPP Defensive Registration Mapping, version 1.2
		doc/EPP-DefReg-Mapping.pdf
	o EPP NameWatch Mapping, version 1.1
		doc/EPP-NameWatch-Mapping.pdf
	o EPP Personal Registration Mapping, version 1.0 DRAFT 0.3
		doc/EPP-PersReg-Mapping.pdf
	o EPP Idn Extension Mapping, version 1.1 
	        doc/EPP-IDN-Lang-Mapping.pdf
	o EPP Low Balance Mapping, version 1.1 
	        doc/EPP-LowBalance-Mapping.pdf	
	
All software and source code 
provided by VNDS may be used to support development of your registrar 
systems subject to the terms of the license agreement between your 
company and VNDS.

Please check the system-specific notes below for any caveats related to
your operating system.

Changes
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This release supports IDN for Domain registrations and Defensive Registrations


Documentation
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The EPP SDK documentation resides in the 
distribution doc directory.  

Helpful World Wide Web URLs
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Additional information related to the EPP SDK can be found on the
World Wide Web at the following locations:

Extensible Provisioning Protocol Transport Over TCP - 
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3734.txt?number=3734

Extensible Provisioning Protocol -
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3730.txt?number=3730

Extensible Provisioning Protocol Domain Name Mapping
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3731.txt?number=3731

Extensible Provisioning Protocol Host Mapping
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3732.txt?number=3732

Extensible Provisioning Protocol Contact Mapping
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3733.txt?number=3733


Bug Reporting
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If you are in need of additional assistance, please contact VeriSign 
Naming and Directory Services (VNDS).

CVS Access
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No CVS access is provided at this time for the EPP SDK.

Ports
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The EPP SDK has been built and tested in the following
environments and languages:

   - Linux 
                        IBM JDK 1.4.2
   - Windows NT
                        JRockit 1.4.2
   - Mac OS X           
			Sun JDK 1.4.2       


System-specific Notes
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