WHOIS still is
p2pnet news | Freedom:- WHOIS still is.
“One of the Net’s oldest and most hallowed online institutions may be dumped because of concerns voiced by privacy advocates,” we posted on Tuesday.
They wanted it shut down because they couldn’t agree with the people who use it on how to give domain name owners more options when they register, ie, designating third-party agents.
But, “To hardly anyone’s surprise, in a vote of 7 yeas to 17 nays, ICANN decided to propose additional studies on the privacy impact of the WHOIS database.ter to address privacy concerns than ICANN processes ever can,” says the Washington Post.
“The changes would have given Web site owners the ability to shield their identities online and, indirectly, cut spammers off from an easy-to-mine database of legitimate e-mail addresses.,” it says.
Also See:
most hallowed – Goodbye Whois?, October 30, 2007
Washington Post – ‘Net Governance Body Punts On WHOIS Privacy, October 31, 2007
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