Uniformity and Centralization
Submission #: 1176 | (commercial) |
If there was a central database accessed for whois requests it could record the identity of the person making the request so that if they used the information for an unauthorised reason it would be possible to identify them and block their ongoing access. |
Submission #: 1519 | (other Attorney) |
My primary interest in the WhoIs database is in finding and putting a stop to cybersquatters. It would be nice to have boolean search capabiities across all tlds so that I could find infringing domains. It is imperitive that I be able to find contact information on infringing websites. |
Submission #: 1657 | (other Outsourced IT firm) |
Although I see the shadow of "Big Brother" looming over the idea of centralized control I still prefer the way domain registration was handled under the old DARPA contract. By distributing registration and control of information to multiple parties across the network, the vagaries of individual search/change preferences tend to confuse the issue and permit inaccuracies to replicate, often causing loopbacks, misdirected pointers, etc. I would also like to see some sort of mandantory rule-set for Name Server administration and Zone transfer to insure accurate updating of DNS servers. |
Submission #: 1892 | (non-commercial) |
Privacy must be respected by not bulk-selling customer information in any form. You must, however, allow free public access to the information through whois so the public can use the information to solve problems, etc. Currently this information is not easily accessble due to the many registrars for TLD's. A unified system must be set up where all the whois contact information currently accessable from the individual registrar's whois is accessable in one database at internic.net. |
Submission #: 220 | (commercial) |
ICANN has no business attempting to regulate or control the practises of ccTLDregistrars. As a result, I do not support any activities by ICANN that will result
in such regulation.
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Submission #: 2557 | (individual) |
The most important issue in my opinion is: Law enforcement (in all its facets including intellectual property etc.)and the contribution that whois must make in order to facilitate it. The second most important issue is consummer confidence and how whois can bolster e-commerce by bolstering consummer confidence, re-assuring the public that the internet is NOT a place where online merchants can simply hide and disppear at will. Admittedly proper identification of domain owners is only one element that will boost public confidence and e-commerce. All other security issues remain but it is an important element. |
Submission #: 2564 | (commercial) |
We believe it is essential that, in so far as possible, a detailed and accurate record of domain owners be available for the public. We do NOT support anonymous registration or the withholding of information pertaining to domains. |
Submission #: 2565 | (non-commercial) |
As a non-profit corporation we are especially concerned with privacy issues. However, we believe it is _essential_ that information about domain owners be available to the public. We do not support anonymous registration. |
Submission #: 2586 | (individual) |
Businesses should be required to provide and allow to be published full, accurate contact information, including a physical address and a valid e-mail address. Non-business domain holders should be able to keep their details fully confidential -- except for a valid e-mail address. |
Submission #: 2600 | (registrar-registry) |
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Submission #: 2856 | (isp) |
We need to absolutely require functional contactinformation. We also need to squelch companies which
use registration information for marketing, because if
they didn't do this, people would be less shy of entering
their personal data correctly.
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Submission #: 2868 | (individual) |
access to this information should not be limited. registrants are well aware or should be made well aware that this information is going to be made available. It's the internet and access to this information and any information is paramount to its success. |
Submission #: 2932 | (other IP Lawyer) |
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Submission #: 2935 | (commercial) |
i have performed searches for a domain name, where there are more than, say, 50 results. however, it will only display the first 50. there is no way to get the next set of results. |
Submission #: 2956 | (commercial) |
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Submission #: 308 | (commercial) |
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Submission #: 379 | (commercial) |
I like the way the whois database works at the moment accross the various registrars, however able to whois various other TLD, such as .tv, .au ect.. would be good (from all registrars) and not limited to just the 3 most common tld's.
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Submission #: 382 | (commercial) |
The biggest abuse is still cybersquatting. Perhaps privacy concerns could be addressed by limiting the number of domain names that could have their addresses kept confidential. The second biggest abuse in terms of current import, but of perhaps greater future concern is the selling of the confidential information. Maybe simply having a personal tld differntiated from com etc. would be a solution. |
Submission #: 461 | (individual) |
Lets face it, the whois database is ripped off by spammers and scammers on a regular basis. As more non-technical people apply for personal domains, especially with a personal gTLD arrive, the potential for abuse is greatly increased.
ICANN has fallen pray to the usual American corporate disease of not giving a damn about customer privacy and uses the whois information to make a quick buck.
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Submission #: 485 | (commercial) |
Why does it seem suspiciously like the questions in this survey would tend to slant people towards answering in such a way that it would lead to you squashing whois registry info. maintained by ccTLD's ... |
Submission #: 502 | (individual) |
Thank you for asking for comments. It would be nice to see the whois database under non-centralized control, but with a centralized portal for lookups. Privacy is important, but so is responsibility for one's actions. Individuals can register domains as oranizations or find a third party to do so if they are concerned about privacy, but there must be accountability at some point, the registrant information should remain available. |
Submission #: 542 | (commercial) |
More privacy.
More local choices.
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Submission #: 544 | (individual) |
A significant law (or policy) enforcement interest is, given an IP address, to identify the authority responsible for the smallest enclosing IP block. RIPE and ARIN (etc.) provide this for subsets of the IPv4 address space; it would be good to have a global registry to identify either a more exact Whois server for the IP (possibly recursive -- many ARIN IP Whois servers are like this), or the smallest enclosing netblock directly. |
Submission #: 730 | (isp) |
The whois database for gTLDs must be public because they are international--This makes enforcement against registrants difficult enough in any jurisdiction without adding to the problems.
ccTLD policy should not be ICANN's concern--The local registries are in a better position to make such decisions.
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Submission #: 783 | (individual) |
20a) The most important is that a registrant's physical address not be necessarily obtainable over the web (i.e., 3rd party addresses are important).
20b) Whois should not become an address farm for spam or junk mail.
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Submission #: 787 | (individual) |
In my opinion:* Every TLD should be required to run a WHOIS server, using a standard protocol and data format. * The names/addresses of these servers should be available from a central location, preferably in such a way that they can be retrieved by automated tools; e.g. by being stored in the DNS record for the TLD. |
Submission #: 805 | (other Attorney for trademark holders) |
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Submission #: 932 | (individual) |
a) I have experienced harassment directly as a result of unethical individuals being able to look up my domain registration details and determine my postal address and telephone number. I am an unlisted number in my city but unless I register domains in a false name this safety precaution is nullified by having my phone number freely available to "just anybody".
b) That a registrant's details are not abused, eg not redistributed without their permission.
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Submission #: 939 | (registrar-registry) |
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Submission #: 978 | (commercial) |
The Whois databases are the modern equivilant of vehicle registration and driver licence databases. From a law enforcement/information security perspective, they are usually the only means to assist in identifing sources of malicious internet traffic. They should be totally managed by government. |