[23497] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: more Internic nightmare
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Snyder)
Tue Mar 23 20:18:40 1999
From: larrys@lexis-nexis.com (Larry Snyder)
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 20:16:55 -0500 (EST)
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990323164158.06b41960@pop.mhsc.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
"Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com> wrote:
>
> At 04:03 PM 3/23/99 -0800, Randy Bush wrote:
> >
> >> Randy we've been there - done that - the only answer is PREPAY.
> >
> >that's one approach to the cybersquatter issue. like all solutions, it has
> >it's good and bad points. but i meets my needs, so what the heck.
> >
> >but this does not address the miner/spammer issues.
>
> Actually it would if you also restrict whois to tech contacts. It would
> only take a slight modification for the whois client to read and send the
> uuid of the account doing the requesting. The whois server could then reply
> or deny, based on that information. The fact that one then has to have a
> domain in order to use the whois database, plus the pre-pay requirement,
> should slow them down a bit.
This would only work using a local whois client. Web and telnet-based
whois would break due to their anonymity. OTOH, a limited response
might be implemented for those. Or not.... It still sounds like a lot
of work for the implementors who seem to have their hands full already.
-ls-
>
> Yes, this can be circumvented, but it would cost a lot more than the $70
> for a domain registration. In addition, the whois server would know exactly
> who is mining the data and would be able to track them, even if they spread
> it out over months.
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