Re: [nc-whois] TR: [Views On] New WHOIS Database Rules

[Ruchika Agrawal <agrawal@epic.org>]

Dear Mr. Keller,

While your opinion/perspective is appreciated, policy-development for WHOIS 
is not as simple as you've suggested below.  ;)  Please see the Privacy 
Issues Report <http://www.epic.org/privacy/whois/privacy_issues_report.pdf> 
submitted by the non-commercial constituency - it discusses other types of 
domain name registrants and other issues that should be considered in 
determining appropriate WHOIS policy.

The WHOIS Task Force is now defunct.

Regards,
Ruchika

At 09:17 AM 4/8/2003 +0200, DNSO SECRETARIAT wrote:


>-----Message d'origine-----
>De : Bob Keller [mailto:bob@bobknet.com]
>Envoye : mardi 8 avril 2003 01:09
>A : secretariat@dnso.org
>Objet : New WHOIS Database Rules
>
>
>Ladies & Gentlemen,
>
>While I support the efforts to achieve a modicum of privacy in WHOIS
>lookups, I think it is also important to have "some" basic and essential
>information on Domain ownership available to the public.  For example, in
>doing business on the Internet, I believe it's important to be able to look
>up who owns a company web site, and where they are located -- for this
>often has a bearing on whether I choose to do business with the company or
>not.
>
>If the Domain Name is registered to a business, or if the domain is
>registered to an individual who is doing business on the Internet, why
>would any legitimate business or business owner NOT want ALL of the
>pertinent information relevant to the business to be available to the
>public?  I would certainly be suspicious of any business that would
>not.  Full disclosure of company information should therefore be mandatory
>in these cases.
>
>However, if a domain is registered to an individual and the site is being
>used for purely for non-commercial purposes, I support restricting the
>available WHOIS ownership information to Name, City and State only -- IF
>the individual desires such privacy.   It should be at the individual's
>option to have the balance of the domain registration information
>displayed.  Technical contact information should be displayed in its
>entirety, since this is often needed to contact web site or E-mail
>administrators, in the event of malfunctions.
>
>Thank you for reviewing my comments.
>
>
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Bob Keller