[At-Large] Updates on the WHOIS WG

[José Ovidio Salgueiro A.]

In my private practice getting to know the mane and contact data of a domain name owner has proven useful.

I undestand that WHOIS data base is also a way of getting addresses for spammig pourposes but we´re not going to stop spammer by eliminating contact data on said data base and we are going to cut the chance of contacting someone for legitimate business or to avoid legal actions.

Sorry for the delay on posting my comment



José Ovidio Salgueiro A.
jsalgueiro at cantv.net


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Brendler, Beau 
  To: Evan Leibovitch ; Bret Fausett 
  Cc: At-Large writ small 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:15 AM
  Subject: Re: [At-Large] Updates on the WHOIS WG


  Evan wrote: 

  >I believe that Beau is saying that legitimate proxy services are OK but
  that there must be a path to lead to a real source.

  Yes, that's what CR WebWatch is saying, and me, too. Thanks once again
  for your eloquence, Evan.

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Evan Leibovitch [mailto:evan at telly.org] 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:02 PM
  To: Bret Fausett
  Cc: At-Large writ small; Brendler, Beau
  Subject: Re: [At-Large] Updates on the WHOIS WG


  Bret Fausett wrote

  > Ask that same person whether his minor daughter should be required to 
  > publish her accurate contact data (name, address, email address, 
  > telephone number) in a publicly accessible database as a condition of 
  > getting an email address, a weblog, or a homepage, and he'll scream 
  > "NO!"
  This is overreaction, judging from the thickness of my local telephone
  directory. Most people have no problem being tracked down to their phone
  number or address.

  People who get Internet access generally do so through an ISP that
  records fairly detailed information, at least enough for billing
  purposes, as well as usually an agreement to the ISP's terms of service.
  Such information is not _publicly_ available, but it's available with a
  warrant.

  While I am loathe to get dragged into "what about the children?"
  analogies, let's go with the one you used. If that minor daughter is
  engaging in on-line bullying of other kids or other kinds of threats,
  you're darned right that I want that activity tracable regardless of how
  loud she or her parents may scream. Privacy measures must never prevent
  people from facing the consequences of their actions. And being underage
  does not mean one is incapable of -- or should automatically escape
  responsibility for -- doing some pretty nasty stuff...

  The situation is no different for domains. I believe that Beau is saying
  that legitimate proxy services are OK but that there must be a path to
  lead to a real source.

  - Evan


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