Re: Availability of aggregate repository data

[Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>]

On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Kent Crispin wrote:

> Here are examples of the kind of abuse involved: first, advertisers
> may get the list and send unwanted email to all domain name contacts. 

Too bad. Send them hate mail, and post their SPAM on alt.2600.

> Second, I might be the contact for both "hotbabes.com" and
> "council_of_churches.org", and I might find it embarassing for that 
> fact to be widely known.

Role accounts!!!

Hostmaster@hotbabes.com has a .forward file that runs procmail
to forward mail to hb@songbird.com and hostmaster@council_of_churches.org
has a .forward that runs procmail to forward mail to cc@songbird.com.
The use of procmail perevents people from seeing where you are forwarding
to using EXPN. Of course, if both domains run on your virtual web server
then the NS records and/or a traceroute will still identify you.

> but I am concerned about making the contact information available.  
> And it may in fact be illegal in some jurisdictions.

Then CORE will not allow registrars to locate in those jurisdictions.

The info is public, it is published by the domain name owner, and it
should alwaysbe made fully public and easily accessible without silly
restrictions like having to build an application that uses the inefficient
whois protocol rather than the efficient ftp protocol.

Michael Dillon                   -               Internet & ISP Consulting
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