[76413] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: no whois info ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Tancsa)
Thu Dec 9 14:59:48 2004
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:59:44 -0500
To: "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan@verisign.com>, nanog@nanog.org
From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
In-Reply-To: <07241BB00D6943429D073403834717CE7D091E@dul1wnexm04.vcorp.a
d.vrsn.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
At 02:44 PM 09/12/2004, Hannigan, Martin wrote:
>Perhaps 100% of spammers hide their registration data when possible,
>but I wouldn't say that 100% of hidden registrations are spammers.
>
>An RBL option of this type of data would probably mean forced
>elimination of a benefit to the public - privacy.
There has to be a balance between expectations to privacy when
participating in a public space (the internet). Putting your name and
address behind a domain is not unreasonable in my mind. You are afterall
publishing DNS info, so its not a case of total privacy.
I use RBLs to score messages, not reject them.
---Mike
