Any registrar that wants to be .lu-accredited must pass a technical aptitude test to verify its ability to operate in the domains managed by the .lu registry.

The test is carried out on a server similar to the EPP server used by accredited registrars. It therefore meets the same technical criteria, except that the host name and TCP ports are different:

* TCP port available but not recommended

Description of the test

As the test covers operations regularly performed by the accredited registrars, each of its components must be passed successfully:

• Create a domain: Create at least one new domain, as well as the contacts, owner(s), and host(s) you will be using for the domain(s).

• Update a contact: Update the details of one of the previously created contacts.

• Update a domain: Edit the information of a previously created domain, flag it as inactive, replace the contact or name server, etc.

• Trade a domain: Replace the owner of a domain using the command trade.

• Transfer a domain: Transfer one of your domains from the account where you created it to your second test account. (Comment: For the transfer, the initial holder and the new holder must represent the same person/entity).

• Delete a domain: Delete one of your domains.

• Poll messages: Retrieve and acknowledge receipt of poll messages in your poll message queue. Make sure that the queue is empty.

• Manage your character set: Correctly define the character set for your EPP commands and use non-ASCII characters in certain commands to verify that the character set is being managed correctly. To do so, use the XML header (<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>), and replace UTF-8 with the character set you are using.

• Manage characters: Incorporate non-ASCII Latin characters – with diacritics – in at least one contact's information.

• Manage domain types: Register at least one ASCII domain name and one IDN domain name.

• Activate and deactivate a domain: Add and delete the inactive status flag for one or more domains. Deleting this flag may be necessary if the name servers did not work as they should have when the domain was created or transferred/traded.

 Sending and validating the test  

Once all the operations have been completed, tell the .lu registry by emailing registrar@dns.lu and indicate the domain names used.

If you have other questions about this test, the team in charge of the .lu registry is at your disposal.

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