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Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois
From: Bill Becker <bbecker () iconn net>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 16:03:25 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Sean Donelan wrote:
with NSF. As much as I dislike SPAM, I do not think concern about the use of the data for marketing purposes is a good justification for NSI to unilaterally block individuals from accessing the WHOIS data.
According to David Holtzman of NSI (i asked him), the restrictions on whois are merely for technical reasons. I believe that he believes this, and from his point of view they have every right to filter/limit obnoxious or badly configured hosts/sites. But even if what he thinks is true, the facts are that NSI is restricting access to the database while using it's data for mailings designed to make a profit. I'm not an attorney, but it sounds like any spammer/marketeer could sue them successfully unless they can show that they own the database, or that the database owner wants the status to remain quo.
I would be interested in knowing why a couple of sites have found the need to query the WHOIS data so heavily. And once we knew their need, perhaps finding a better solution. But the NSF cooperative agreement
George wouldn't tell me who they are but he implied that they are just clueless.
If NSI is looking for a nice off-site storage facility to store a backup of the database in case something happens on the east coast (see http://nic.ddn.mil/DNS/root-server.html) I know of a nice centrally located facility :-) -- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
You mean Saint Louis? The original home of the FidoNet NIC? Sounds good to me. Bill
Current thread:
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois, (continued)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Matthew Silvey (Sep 02)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois David H. Holtzman (Sep 03)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Karl Denninger (Sep 03)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Steven J. Sobol (Sep 03)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Dean Anderson (Sep 03)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Sean Donelan (Sep 03)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Eric Germann (Sep 03)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Steven J. Sobol (Sep 03)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Dean Robb (Sep 04)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Steven J. Sobol (Sep 08)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Bill Becker (Sep 09)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Leo Bicknell (Sep 09)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Dean Robb (Sep 10)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Mark Borchers (Sep 10)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Leo Bicknell (Sep 09)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Leo Bicknell (Sep 09)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Chris Cappuccio (Sep 10)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Leo Bicknell (Sep 10)