[19390] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Borchers)
Thu Sep 10 09:58:52 1998
From: "Mark Borchers" <markb@infi.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 09:39:21 -0400
Reply-to: markb@infi.net
In-reply-to: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.980909153738.7931A@crispy.iconn.net>
On 9 Sep 98, at 16:03, Bill Becker wrote:
> 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.
It sounds like NSI is restricting access to WHOIS on the same grounds
that all of us resist SPAM: self-defense of technical resources.
