Comments on: Goodbye Whois?

By: Jaqui

Jaqui — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:53:19 +0000

I just started reading a “Guide to e business” for companies in Canada.
They have a link to privacy atc specifically for e-business operations:
[ http://www.privcom.gc.ca/information/guide_e.asp ]

The Relevant section:

What is not Covered by the Act?

* The collection, use or disclosure of personal information by federal government organizations listed under the Privacy Act
* Provincial or territorial governments and their agents
[b]* An employee’s name, title, business address or telephone number[/b]
* An individual’s collection, use or disclosure of personal information strictly for personal purposes (e.g. personal greeting card list)
* An organization’s collection, use or disclosure of personal information solely for journalistic, artistic or literary purposes
* Employee information — except in the federally-regulated sector

The bold being the data disclosed by the whois service.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:50:41 +0000

WHOIS is how one finds out who is responsible for the actions taken by users of a domain. It won’t just “go away” without an alternative appearing.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:24:43 +0000

“Why not kill PING and TRACERT while were at it!”

Firewalls do that.

That was not the point! The point is, that this action is retarded. Whois, has been an important part of the net for a very long time.

I don’t see it going anywhere soon.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:14:07 +0000

“Why not kill PING and TRACERT while were at it!”

Firewalls do that.

By: Johnnyg0

Johnnyg0 — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:20:42 +0000

Why not kill PING and TRACERT while were at it!