Domain Name Services
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Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) SDKs
Verisign implements the entire Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) standard. Verisign has developed EPP SDKs, guides and tools to help you develop your client applications for integration with the .com and .net Registry Shared Registry Service (SRS), the Name Store platform (.tv, .cc, .jobs, and the Domain Name Suggestion Service), the .name Registry, and for use with non-Verisign registries that implement the EPP 1.0 RFCs:
- RFC 5730: Extensible Provisioning Protocol
- RFC 5731: Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Domain Name Mapping
- RFC 5732: Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Host Mapping
- RFC 5733: Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Contact Mapping
- RFC 5734: Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Transport Over TCP
EPP SDK Bundles
Verisign offers SDKs in Java and C++, where the EPP mappings and extensions supported by each language vary. The Java EPP SDK is built from a general core (gen) that implements RFC 5730 and RFC 5734. Developers have the option of using each mapping or extension independently or in a bundle, combined for convenience:
- Name Store/SRS Bundle includes all mappings and extensions for integration with the Name Store platform (.tv, .cc, .jobs, and the Domain Name Suggestion Service) and the .com and .net Registries.
- NAME Bundle includes all mappings and extensions for integration with the .name Registry.
- COM NET RTK C++ Add-on for use with EPP-RTK-CPP 0.9.2. Available online from Sourceforge: EPP Registry/Registrar Toolkit
EPP Mappings and Extensions
Back to topDevelopment Tools
The EPP Tool is a set of definitive, context-based interactive examples intended for developers to help them create and troubleshoot their code design. The tool behaves as though it is a registrar application in the Operations Testing & Evaluation (OT&E) environment. The EPP Tool supports the Name Store platform (NameStore), the .name Registry (DotName), and the .com and .net Registry (Core). The EPP Tool has been enhanced to incorporate features of the Protocol Tool (multiple environments, local installation, and customised command values), but keeps the easy-to-use features of the EPP Tool. The EPP Tool is now available for download for launching on a desktop or installing on a local server. It requires Java 5 or higher and an official Java Keystore for connecting to OT&E or Production.
| Versions | Distribution | Documents | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8.0.2 |
Unix (TAR) Windows (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Certificates Readme (TXT) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Changes to support Client Object Attribute(COA) 2. Changes to support the sunset of HTTPS/HTTP channel 3. Changes in Name Suggestion (Addition of "Rank by Input Association") |
| 5.7.0.2 |
Unix (TAR) Windows (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Certificates Readme (TXT) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Added support for all DNSSEC algorithms supported by Core. |
| 5.6.0.1 |
Unix (TAR) Windows (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Certificates Readme (TXT) Change Log (TXT) |
1. New Verisign branding |
| 5.5.0.3 |
Unix (TAR) Windows (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Certificates Readme (TXT) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Update Core Domain Create command to support secDNS-1.1 2. Add new DNSSec algorithm for Core Domain Create/Update commands 3. Make the Algorithm drop-down data and the Digest type drop-down data configurable for Core Domain Create/Update commands. 4. Modify Algorithm drop-down list for Core Domain Create/Update commands. 5. Modify Digest type drop-down list for core domain Create/Update commands. |
| 5.2.0.5 |
Unix (TAR) Windows (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Certificates Readme (TXT) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Added support for IDN Language tag for the DotName system. 2. Added support for Sample data for DNSSec fields for the .com and .net Registry (Core) system. 3. Add OTE profiles 4. Added eppsdk certificate and updated eppsdk profiles. |
| 5.1.0.3 |
Unix (TAR) Windows (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Certificates Readme (TXT) Change Log (TXT) |
5. Added support for DNSSEC extension for Domain Create, Domain Update and Domain Info commands in the .com and .net Registry (Core) system. |
| 5.0.0.4 |
Unix (TAR) Windows (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Certificates Readme (TXT) Change Log (TXT) |
1. First release available for download, supports the Name Store platform, the .name Registry, and the .com and .net Registry across multiple environments (EPP SDK, OT&E, Production, and custom). |
Protocol Tool
The Protocol Tool is a Java Client that can connect to multiple environments (OT&E, Production, and EPP SDK Stub Server) with a set of customisable templates and menu layouts that support Name Store, SRS (.com and .net) and .name. The Protocol Tool can connect to servers using multiple transports in parallel (EPP/SSL, EPP/TCP, EPP/HTTPS, and EPP/HTTP). It requires Java 1.4 or higher and an official Java Keystore for connecting to OT&E or Production. With the release of the EPP Tool 5 that merges the best features of the EPP Tool and the Protocol Tool, the Protocol Tool is deprecated.
| Version | Distribution | Documents | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0.0.1 |
Unix (TAR) Windows (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Certificates Readme (TXT) |
1. Removed RRP 2. Removed RCCLTD and CLS 3. Configurable Protocols for Layouts 4. Template fixes |
| 1.1.0.0 |
Unix (TAR) Windows (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Certificates Readme (TXT) |
Added Name Suggestion |
| 1.0.0.3 |
Unix (TAR) Windows (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Certificates Readme (TXT) |
Initial release |
Name Store/SRS Bundles
Verisign implements the entire Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) standard. The following table links to Java-based Name Store/SRS Bundle software development kits (SDKs) for interfacing with the Name Store platform (.tv, .cc, .jobs, and the Domain Name Suggestion Service) and the .com and .net Registries.
| Version | Distribution | Documents | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.12.0.4 |
Unix Binary (TAR) Unix Source (TAR) Windows Binary (ZIP) Windows Source (ZIP) |
Programmer's Guide (PDF) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Added Client Object Attribute (COA) extension to NameStore bundle. 2. Removed the HTTP/HTTPS transport support from the NameStore bundle. Added com.verisign.epp.pool. EPPSessionPool.close() and com.verisign.epp.pool.EPP SystemSessionPool.close() methods. 3. Added ActionEnum. RANK_BY_INPUT_ASSOCIATION for NameSuggestion. 4. Added EPPCommand.getExtension (Class, boolean), EPPResponse.getExtension (Class. boolean), and added exception EPPDuplicateExtensionException. 5. Removed the inclusion of the RCCTLD extension source and EPP specifications from the distributions. |
| 3.11.0.3 |
Unix Binary (TAR) Unix Source (TAR) Windows Binary (ZIP) Windows Source (ZIP) |
Programmer's Guide (PDF) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Added support for RFC 5910 (secDNS-1.1) as well as continued support for RFC 4310 (secDNS-1.0). 2. Added WhoWas Mapping. 3. Added EPPDomainAddRemove.isEmpty method to determine if all of the attributes are null. 4. Changed the EPPRgpExtReport.encode to use preData and postData instead of preWhois and postWhois according to RFC 3915. 5. Added the Premium Domain Extension. 6. Updated Programmer's Guide to include setting the language for Name Suggestion. 7. Added version number to the epp-namestore.jar (epp-namestore-3.11.0.3.jar). |
| 3.9.0.0 |
Unix Binary (TAR) Unix Source (TAR) Windows Binary (ZIP) Windows Source (ZIP) |
Programmer's Guide (PDF) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Added EPPLoginCmd. mergeServicesAndExtension Services (EPPGreeting) method and added a call from EPPSession.login to merge the default services and extension services included in the EPP Login with the services and extension services return in the EPP Greeting. 2. Added EPPRgpExtInfData.setStatuses (Vector) and EPPRgpExtInfData.getStatuses() : Vector to match the latest version of RFC 3915, where multiple statuses can be returned. 3. Added EPPRgpExtReport getPreData, getPostData, setPreData, and setPostData along with deprecating getPreWhois, getPostWhois, setPreWhois, and setPostWhois to be in line with the latest version of RFC 3915. |
| 3.8.0.2 |
Unix Binary (TAR) Unix Source (TAR) Windows Binary (ZIP) Windows Source (ZIP) |
Programmer's Guide (PDF) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Added RFC 4310 - DNSSEC Extension 2. Added Session Pool iniMaxActive property to make the pool pre-create the maxActive sessions upon initialisation. 3. Added Session Pool borrowRetries property to include a built-in retry on creating a new session in the pool. 4. Added support for Name Suggestion language element in the command and response. 5. Changed default load order of EPPHostMapFactory and EPPDomainMapFactory to remove an error based on the dependency between domain-1.0.xsd to host-1.0.xsd. 6. Fixed issue where the XML Parser Pool needs to be initialised after the CODEC to properly pre-load all of the dependent XML schemas. 7. Added support for an asynchronous EPPSession mode (MODE_ASYNC) for pipelining commands. 8. Added missing com.verisign.epp.serverstub. ContactPollHandler from the EPP.PollHandlers property of epp-http.config. |
| 3.7.0.3 |
Unix Binary (TAR) Unix Source (TAR) Windows Binary (ZIP) Windows Source (ZIP) |
Programmer's Guide (PDF) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Removed RCC entries from the NameStore Bundle default configuration and test code. 2. Removed CLS from the bundle. 3. Added the JobsContact extension to the bundle. 4. Added Contact to bundle. 5. Added the EPPSession.getClientCon() method and made the EPPSSLClientSocket.getSocket() method public to support SSL Renegotiation. 6. Added the EPP.MaxPacketSize configuration property to override the EPPXMLStream maximum packet size that was previously defined by the constant MAX_PACKET_SIZE. The EPPXMLStream.MAX_PACKET _SIZE has been renamed to EPPXMLStream. DEFAULT_MAX_PACKET_SIZE and used if the EPP.MaxPacketSize property is not set. 7. Added support for specifying a period of 0 to match the EPP specification as identified in SR 1288144. 8. Added "getXmlSchemas() : Set" method to EPPFactory, EPPMapFactory, EPPExtFactory, and the derived classes of EPPMapFactory and EPPExtFactory to specify the XML schemas that need to be pre-loaded to support the latest EPP RFCs |
| 3.6.1.0 |
Unix Binary (TAR) Unix Source (TAR) Windows Binary (ZIP) Windows Source (ZIP) |
Programmer's Guide (PDF) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Updated the Programmer's Guide. 2. Added support for separate SSL configurations per session pool. This is not supported for HTTPS. 3. Support for RCCTLD Transfers. 4. Removed references to EU Sunrise RCCTLD Extension. 5. Support for setting authInfo for all transfer commands. 6. Fixed a connection leak within the session pool when there is a failure during EPPSession.initSession. 7. Updated EPPSessionPool. returnObject(EPPSession) to check that the session is not null prior to returning to ensure that the numActive does not go negative. 8. Added support for specifying the SSL enabled protocols and enabled cipher suites. |
| 3.5.1.0 |
Unix Binary (TAR) Unix Source (TAR) Windows Binary (ZIP) Windows Source (ZIP) |
Programmer's Guide (PDF) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Explicitly set the pool minEvictableIdleTimeMillis configuration property. 2. Fix SR #907237. 3. Javadoc updates to the Name Suggestion Product. |
| 3.5.0.0 |
Unix Binary (TAR) Unix Source (TAR) Windows Binary (ZIP) Windows Source (ZIP) |
Programmer's Guide (PDF) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Added Name Suggestion. |
Name Bundle
Verisign implements the entire Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) standard. The following table includes Java-based NAME Bundle software development kits (SDKs) for interfacing with the .name Registry.
| Version | Distribution | Documents | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5.0.1 |
Unix Binary (TAR) Unix Source (TAR) Windows Binary (ZIP) Windows Source (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Install (TXT) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Added Low Balance poll notification services to the library 2. Updated Emailfwd, NameWatch, Defreg and PersReg build scripts for standalone testing of respective components 3. Updated PersRegDomainHandler to insert an EPPLowBalancePollResponse in PersRegDomainHandler. doDomainCreate when the domain name is "test.com" |
| 1.4.0.0 |
Unix Binary (TAR) Unix Source (TAR) Windows Binary (ZIP) Windows Source (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Install (TXT) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Added EPPLoginCmd. mergeServicesAndExtension Services (EPPGreeting) method and added a call from EPPSession.login to merge the default services and extension services included in the EPP Login with the services and extension services return in the EPP Greeting. 2. Added IDN Extension to the NAME Bundle for use with the domain create and defreg create. |
| 1.2.0.2 |
Unix Binary (TAR) Unix Source (TAR) Windows Binary (ZIP) Windows Source (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Install (TXT) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Added Session Pool iniMaxActive property to make the pool pre-create the maxActive sessions upon initialisation. 2. Added Session Pool borrowRetries property to include a built-in retry on creating a new session in the pool. 3. Changed default load order of EPPHostMapFactory and EPPDomainMapFactory to remove an error based on the dependency between domain-1.0.xsd to host-1.0.xsd. 4. Fixed issue where the XML Parser Pool needs to be initialised after the CODEC to properly pre-load all of the dependent XML schemas. |
| 1.1.1.0 |
Unix Binary (TAR) Unix Source (TAR) Windows Binary (ZIP) Windows Source (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Install (TXT) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Added Session Pool iniMaxActive property to make the pool pre-create the maxActive sessions upon initialisation. 2. Added Session Pool borrowRetries property to include a built-in retry on creating a new session in the pool. 3. Changed default load order of EPPHostMapFactory and EPPDomainMapFactory to remove an error based on the dependency between domain-1.0.xsd to host-1.0.xsd. 4. Fixed issue where the XML Parser Pool needs to be initialised after the CODEC to properly pre-load all of the dependent XML schemas. 5. Added support for an asynchronous EPPSession mode (MODE_ASYNC) for pipelining commands. |
| 1.1.0.0 |
Unix Binary (TAR) Unix Source (TAR) Windows Binary (ZIP) Windows Source (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Install (TXT) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Added setting the authInfo for all Domain, EmailFwd, DefReg and NameWatch transfer commands. In sync with Name Store/SRS Bundle 3.6.1.0. |
| 1.0.3.0 |
Unix Binary (TAR) Unix Source (TAR) Windows Binary (ZIP) Windows Source (ZIP) |
Readme (TXT) Install (TXT) Change Log (TXT) |
1. Explicitly set the pool minEvictableIdleTimeMillis configuration property 2. Fix SR #907237 3. Javadoc updates to the Name Suggestion Product |