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Re: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again
From: Jim Murray <jim () digitaldaemons co uk>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:09:12 +0100
Paul Ferguson wrote:
The battle between human rights advocates, who want to shield certain kinds of data from indiscriminate public access, and corporate and law enforcement interests, who want to use the Whois service as a free, open-access method for identification and surveillance of Internet users, has been going on for seven years now.
I fail to see the problem here. If you register a domain, you accept that the registration details will go into the whois database. You know this beforehand, so you have plenty of time to consider : a : Is it even a problem for you? b : If it is a problem, what steps will you take to mitigate that problem. Those who (understandably) don't want residential addresses published online can always obtain a mailbox from the post office or commercial vendor and use that. No need to muck with whois, no need for 7-year debates and not so expensive as to provide a significant barrier for anyone with a legitimate desire for a domain. Is there something I'm not seeing here? Jim. -- DigitalDaemons IT Services. --------------------------------------- E-Mail : jim () digitaldaemons co uk PGP Key ID : 0xB7066495 _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again, (continued)
- Re: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again John LaCour (Aug 22)
- RE: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again Larry Seltzer (Aug 22)
- RE: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again Andy Sutton (Aug 22)
- RE: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again Larry Seltzer (Aug 22)
- RE: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again Nick FitzGerald (Aug 22)
- Re: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again David Jones (Aug 23)
- Re: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again Nick FitzGerald (Aug 23)
- Re: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again Don Blumenthal (Aug 24)
- Re: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 28)
- RE: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again Larry Seltzer (Aug 22)
- RE: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again Nick FitzGerald (Aug 22)
- Re: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again der Mouse (Aug 22)
- Re: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again Dude VanWinkle (Aug 23)
- Re: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again der Mouse (Aug 22)
- Re: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again Dude VanWinkle (Aug 23)
- RE: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again Larry Seltzer (Aug 22)
- RE: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again Nick FitzGerald (Aug 22)