[address-policy-wg] Re: [ipv6-wg] IPv6 micro allocation or something else?

Florian,

Florian Weimer wrote:
> If DNS operators really cared about the availability of their data,
> they would allow the general public to mirror it.  However, some of
> them seem to think that such a precaution against disaster would
> negatively impact their current business model.

of course, I can't speak for every DNS operator, but DENIC denying the 
transfer of the .de zone has no other reason than data protection, ie. 
making the harvesting of contact data of some 9 million plus domain name 
holders by just piping the zone through the whois impossible.

Best regards,

	Carsten