RE: [registrars] NSI New Whois Safeguard

["Donny Simonton" <donny@intercosmos.com>]

Well, I did check the recent NSI data from our whois, and it does seem that
their new system has cut down on some of the WHOIS queries run from that IP
address everyday.  So instead of 5120 WHOIS queries a day average like in
May, this month they have an average of 3823 WHOIS queries per day.

The largest problem with the Bulk Whois data, is actually getting all of the
contracts signed.  A while back we attempted to purchase the information
from a large registrar and it spent 8 months in their legal department and
we still never got it.  We even sent them the check, and their legal team
would still never allow us to get the information.  Finally we just
requested our money back, and we finally got it back about 4 months after
requesting it.

I think we could just solve this by allowing our customers to opt-out of
bulk whois information by default.  You sign up; you are automatically opted
out of the bulk whois by default.  You want to be included in the bulk
whois, go to page 98 of this url and click on check box number 38 to be
included.  This is a joke, but it could easily be done.

Donny



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org] On Behalf
Of Michael D. Palage
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 12:39 PM
To: registrars@dnso.org

Just checked out NSI's web based anti-machine readable Whois mechanism. I
think this is another positive step in the right direction while still being
compliant with the existing contractual requirements.

I agree with most everyone that Port 43 is the biggest barn door that we
collectively need to shut, since this impacts the entire industry regardless
of the registrar's size. I still disagree with some of the larger registrars
perspective of Bulk Whois data, but I will elaborate on these concerns in a
latter email.

Mike