From alexander.mayrhofer@nic.at Fri May 11 00:19:01 2012 Return-Path: X-Original-To: provreg@ietfa.amsl.com Delivered-To: provreg@ietfa.amsl.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED73F21F8615 for ; Fri, 11 May 2012 00:19:01 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -8.924 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.924 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.506, BAYES_00=-2.599, HELO_EQ_AT=0.424, HOST_EQ_AT=0.745, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI=-8] Received: from mail.ietf.org ([12.22.58.30]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id l3BdpQRk0Chk for ; Fri, 11 May 2012 00:19:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.sbg.nic.at (mail.sbg.nic.at [83.136.33.227]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A450221F860E for ; Fri, 11 May 2012 00:18:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nics-exch.sbg.nic.at ([10.17.175.3]) by mail.sbg.nic.at over TLS secured channel (TLSv1/SSLv3:AES128-SHA:128) with XWall v3.47 ; Fri, 11 May 2012 09:18:56 +0200 Received: from NICS-EXCH.sbg.nic.at ([fe80::486:1ecc:eabc:531e]) by NICS-EXCH.sbg.nic.at ([fe80::486:1ecc:eabc:531e%12]) with mapi id 14.02.0247.003; Fri, 11 May 2012 09:18:53 +0200 From: Alexander Mayrhofer To: "provreg@ietf.org" Thread-Topic: Verisign granted patent on automated EPP regression testing? Thread-Index: Ac0vRX9JnIfpqBNDSZm60o1nj5W/Hg== Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 07:18:52 +0000 Message-ID: <19F54F2956911544A32543B8A9BDE0750ED3D9@NICS-EXCH.sbg.nic.at> Accept-Language: de-DE, en-US Content-Language: de-DE X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.10.0.133] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-XWALL-BCKS: auto X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 11 May 2012 04:07:22 -0700 Subject: [provreg] Verisign granted patent on automated EPP regression testing? X-BeenThere: provreg@ietf.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: EPP discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 07:19:02 -0000 A colleague of mine has notified me about a patent granted to Verisign yest= erday: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2012/0117095.html Without having read through the full patent text, it *seems* like the paten= t essentially describes data-driven end-to-end unit/regression testing of E= PP/RRP interfaces. Something which most registries probably have done for a= ges, in line with standard practice of the software development industry in= general. I'm therefore wondering what others think about how that patent may impact = their testing infrastructure ... Alex From Anthony.Kirby@nominet.org.uk Fri May 11 04:44:44 2012 Return-Path: X-Original-To: provreg@ietfa.amsl.com Delivered-To: provreg@ietfa.amsl.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A95C21F8623 for ; Fri, 11 May 2012 04:44:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -10.599 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.599 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI=-8] Received: from mail.ietf.org ([12.22.58.30]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pc8brYpezZ3C for ; Fri, 11 May 2012 04:44:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx3.nominet.org.uk (mx3.nominet.org.uk [213.248.199.23]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58D8521F8460 for ; Fri, 11 May 2012 04:44:42 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: s=main.dk.nominet.selector; d=nominet.org.uk; c=nofws; q=dns; h=X-IronPort-AV:Received:Received:From:To:Subject: Thread-Topic:Thread-Index:Date:Message-ID:References: In-Reply-To:Accept-Language:Content-Language: X-MS-Has-Attach:X-MS-TNEF-Correlator:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version; b=3GDxxS0IWXHEl+PBK5HrWpybuTPR4v4gAJkm1lTI9xZFJcKb7opbqbNr Vl8EWOXxcO3uiIXrEmXQOee6FNHw0wD/isR+MzZO6EdrbgmSQ+fVkyZOs 8U6SUBx20G10gVW; DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=nominet.org.uk; i=Anthony.Kirby@nominet.org.uk; q=dns/txt; s=main.dkim.nominet.selector; t=1336736683; x=1368272683; h=from:sender:reply-to:subject:date:message-id:to:cc: mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-id: content-description:resent-date:resent-from:resent-sender: resent-to:resent-cc:resent-message-id:in-reply-to: references:list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post:list-owner:list-archive; z=From:=20Anthony=20Kirby=20 |Subject:=20RE:=20[provreg]=20Verisign=20granted=20patent =20on=20automated=20EPP=20regression=0D=0A=09testing? |Date:=20Fri,=2011=20May=202012=2011:44:38=20+0000 |Message-ID:=20<15D149AB24B9204EB78FB7F7B036265AD4254063@ wds-exc2.okna.nominet.org.uk>|To:=20"provreg@ietf.org"=20 |MIME-Version:=201.0 |Content-Transfer-Encoding:=20quoted-printable |In-Reply-To:=20<19F54F2956911544A32543B8A9BDE0750ED3D9@N ICS-EXCH.sbg.nic.at>|References:=20<19F54F2956911544A3254 3B8A9BDE0750ED3D9@NICS-EXCH.sbg.nic.at>; bh=xLEG6TKXwdJ9rKdEe58uKG9MAYta5mWfzGJocmdwpdk=; b=CerHVR7yLtJqGeSyWTHCU7Dpm7gFEe/EGAhxXM/oVVsQ8ttc95WHsC3x HCGZW8x+8R6asIoRc0f9AvEfaEGqMDCTISw2IGNdWd+MoDC7/jK6zm6RH libDdWdEndwKGja; X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,571,1330905600"; d="scan'208";a="40283219" Received: from wds-exc1.okna.nominet.org.uk ([213.248.197.144]) by mx3.nominet.org.uk with ESMTP; 11 May 2012 12:44:39 +0100 Received: from WDS-EXC2.okna.nominet.org.uk ([fe80::7577:eaca:5241:25d4]) by wds-exc1.okna.nominet.org.uk ([fe80::1593:1394:a91f:8f5f%19]) with mapi; Fri, 11 May 2012 12:44:38 +0100 From: Anthony Kirby To: "provreg@ietf.org" Thread-Topic: [provreg] Verisign granted patent on automated EPP regression testing? Thread-Index: Ac0vRX9JnIfpqBNDSZm60o1nj5W/HgAJK3uY Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 11:44:38 +0000 Message-ID: <15D149AB24B9204EB78FB7F7B036265AD4254063@wds-exc2.okna.nominet.org.uk> References: <19F54F2956911544A32543B8A9BDE0750ED3D9@NICS-EXCH.sbg.nic.at> In-Reply-To: <19F54F2956911544A32543B8A9BDE0750ED3D9@NICS-EXCH.sbg.nic.at> Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US Content-Language: en-GB X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [provreg] Verisign granted patent on automated EPP regression testing? X-BeenThere: provreg@ietf.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: EPP discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 11:44:44 -0000 Current status (according to http://portal.uspto.gov) is that it's been pub= lished @ 18 months after application; not granted yet. =0A= =0A= Anthony=0A= =0A= ________________________________________=0A= From: provreg-bounces@ietf.org [provreg-bounces@ietf.org] on behalf of Alex= ander Mayrhofer [alexander.mayrhofer@nic.at]=0A= Sent: 11 May 2012 08:18=0A= To: provreg@ietf.org=0A= Subject: [provreg] Verisign granted patent on automated EPP regression tes= ting?=0A= =0A= A colleague of mine has notified me about a patent granted to Verisign yest= erday:=0A= =0A= http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2012/0117095.html=0A= =0A= Without having read through the full patent text, it *seems* like the paten= t essentially describes data-driven end-to-end unit/regression testing of E= PP/RRP interfaces. Something which most registries probably have done for a= ges, in line with standard practice of the software development industry in= general.=0A= =0A= I'm therefore wondering what others think about how that patent may impact = their testing infrastructure ...=0A= =0A= Alex=0A= _______________________________________________=0A= provreg mailing list=0A= provreg@ietf.org=0A= https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/provreg=0A=