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Re: Is WHOIS going to go away?
From: bzs () theworld com
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:57:48 -0400
One of the memes driving this WHOIS change is the old idea of "starving the beast". People involved in policy discussions complain that "spammers" -- many only marginally fit that term other than by the strictest interpretation -- use the public WHOIS data to contact domain owners. I've countered that 20+ years experience trying to "starve the beast" by trying to deny them access to email and other casual contact info has proven the approach to be useless. Choosing the privacy options on your domain registration is probably just as, if not more, effective. Another argument against this whole idea is that in most countries one is required by law to provide valid contact information if they are doing business with the general public. That would include soliciting donations etc. And that's essentially why domains exist, organizational contact. This trend towards "vanity" domains is relatively recent and really the only reason one can even claim there is a problem. Granted there's that gray area of dissident political movements etc. but their full time job is protecting their identity. I doubt Microsoft or General Motors are excited to see that their domain registration contact information will soon be protected by law. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs () TheWorld com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*
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- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away?, (continued)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? bzs (Apr 14)
- RE: Is WHOIS going to go away? Keith Medcalf (Apr 14)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Rich Kulawiec (Apr 19)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? bzs (Apr 19)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Florian Weimer (Apr 14)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Filip Hruska (Apr 14)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Florian Weimer (Apr 18)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Rubens Kuhl (Apr 18)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Rich Kulawiec (Apr 19)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG (Apr 19)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? bzs (Apr 19)
- RE: Is WHOIS going to go away? Badiei, Farzaneh (Apr 24)
- RE: Is WHOIS going to go away? bzs (Apr 19)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? John Levine (Apr 19)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? bzs (Apr 19)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Badiei, Farzaneh (Apr 24)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? bzs (Apr 20)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Suresh Ramasubramanian (Apr 24)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? John Levine (Apr 24)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG (Apr 19)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? bzs (Apr 19)