How to Obtain Free, Detailed .name WHOIS Information

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The DomainTools Blog.

[snip]

Wired Magazine shows why Dot-Name’s whois policy is bad. The registry is
based in the UK and they claim detailed whois violates UK privacy policy.
While the UK government has never prosecuted a case against a registry
based in the UK they still convinced ICANN that they should be allowed to
bend the mandated whois service registries are required to run. So ICANN
has allowed a special exception to the Dot-Name Registry. If you want
detailed access to Dot-name whois be prepared to pay $2 for it if you go
directly to the Registry. That will get you five passwords that are good
for 24 hours. So I guess the UK privacy policy doesn’t apply if you make
people pay for whois? I just don’t follow that argument.

Either way, I want to let people know about a special back door! You can
get detailed Dot-Name whois for free.

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More:
http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/09/dot-name-free-detailed-whois-records/

- - ferg

p.s. Nice pointer, Jay!

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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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