[63274] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Internet privacy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Allen McRay)
Thu Oct 2 15:41:32 2003
From: "Allen McRay" <amcray@amcray.net>
To: "Jack Bates" <jbates@brightok.net>
Cc: "Nanog" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 14:38:13 -0500
In-Reply-To: <3F7C3F5F.6080803@brightok.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Amen. If there is a problem with a domain that I have registered, I want
people to be able to find out who I am, and contact me. If I don't respond
to a request, don't put forth my best efforts, or remove myself from the
network until the problem is corrected - then pull the plug on me. Plain
and simple. The "whois" lookup gives anyone, even with limited skills, the
ability to possibly contact someone in regards to a domain. I know there
have been abuses of the system, but the advantages of having this
information readily available far outweigh what will come when it is hidden
from public view.
Allen
> It's rediculous to state that placing contact information for a domain
> name is a privacy issue. A domain is public record, as should the
> contact information be. Is verisign out to help spammers any way that
> they can? It's bad enough that the whois information is often out of
> date with obvious bogus information like 555-1212.
>
> -Jack
>
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