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<div style="width: 738px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icann.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=VBWmklN1ydweeof_2naloJa_8MCAcYuZCEB9KwPVGl4&s=Yd7tER_26xzQ__j6dGiEiM6Xa8Plgs-Rs9M4TWXZNQE&e="><img alt="ICANN" src="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/icann-primary-logo-94x94-en.png" style="border: 0px; width: 94px; height: 94px; float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px;">[icann.org]</a>
<h2>News Alert</h2>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_announcement-2D4-2D2016-2D10-2D26-2Den&d=DQMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=VBWmklN1ydweeof_2naloJa_8MCAcYuZCEB9KwPVGl4&s=zoNT1_bLDGJnFtebn-sRVOST9dYuL4g4K2g8i4Vnc5M&e=">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-4-2016-10-26-en[icann.org]</a></p>
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<h2 style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px;">Updated PDT Specifications: WHOIS Test Updates</h2>
<p>26 October 2016</p>
<p>LOS ANGELES - 26 October 2016 - ICANN has published updated resources for Pre-Delegation Testing (PDT). The updated resources include test cases and test plans incorporating the Consistent Labeling and Display (CL&D) requirements described in the Registry
Registration Data Directory Services Consistent Labeling and Display Policy (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_rdds-2Dlabeling-2Ddisplay&d=DQMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=VBWmklN1ydweeof_2naloJa_8MCAcYuZCEB9KwPVGl4&s=eBAMx7NmoCzOKyrkW9vioyeGAVpAhLmfP-mgy4ZBPRQ&e=">https://www.icann.org/rdds-labeling-display[icann.org]</a>).</p>
<p>To facilitate the registries implementation, prior to the effective date specified in the policy, the PDT system will provide a warning to those registry operators whose system does not yet meet the new requirements, this warning will not prevent a TLD from
passing the test.</p>
<p>Additionally, registries may utilize the WHOIS Self Test tool, to check their system configurations for conformance to the new requirements. The tool is available here:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_dotse_Whois-2DSelftest-2DTool&d=DQMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=VBWmklN1ydweeof_2naloJa_8MCAcYuZCEB9KwPVGl4&s=9YCnYcmAMt7axlw-BC8M40rXcvZ7BmVpCnw9xac7D10&e=">
https://github.com/dotse/Whois-Selftest-Tool[github.com]</a>.</p>
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