[At-Large] Impressions from the Whois-Review

[Karl Auerbach]

By-the-way, several years ago a suggestion was made (I believe by Kent 
Crispin) that those who have a domain name create a set of text records 
under the name "whois.name.tld" that would give the contact information 
that that person desires to make public.

For instance, I've got TXT records under the name whois.cavebear.com

You can take a look by fetching 'em.

Linux/Unix users can do:

    dig whois.iwl.com txt

You should get something like:

> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;whois.iwl.com.			IN	TXT
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> whois.iwl.com.		172800	IN	TXT	"company-name: InterWorking Labs"
> whois.iwl.com.		172800	IN	TXT	"phone-number: +1.831.460.7010"
> whois.iwl.com.		172800	IN	TXT	"fax-number: +1.831.401.2320"
> whois.iwl.com.		172800	IN	TXT	"address-1: PO Box 66190"
> whois.iwl.com.		172800	IN	TXT	"address-2: Scotts Valley, CA 95067"
> whois.iwl.com.		172800	IN	TXT	"address-3: USA"
> whois.iwl.com.		172800	IN	TXT	"website: http://www.iwl.com/"


I don't know what tools there are for that on Microsoft systems.

Most of the discussion that occurred around this idea was not on the 
idea itself but more on the list of items and the format to use.  I used 
raw text, some folks like something more structured, perhaps even XML.

These would be protected by DNSSEC when it comes into full use.

		--karl--