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

Florian,

Florian Weimer wrote:
>>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.
> 
> Your claim is absurd.  The real privacy issue comes form forced
> publication of WHOIS data.  As a member of the DENIC executive board,
> you certainly know that, so please stop spreading such misinformation.

it's interesting that you appear to know what I "certainly" know...

What I indeed know is that DENIC's whois policy is well balanced between 
the interests of the individual domain name holder and the general 
public: bulk access to whois data is not possible, but only on a 
per-domain-name basis - ie. you need to have the domain name at hand to 
get the appropriate whois data. And besides that there is no other means 
(aka. 'key' - eg. last name, city of residence etc.) to access that data.

This policy, BTW, is in full accordance with the relevant data 
protection bodies.

But may I suggest that we have that discussion off this list - as RIPE's 
address policy and IPv6 WGs are IMHO the wrong fora to discuss DENIC's 
whois policy - and moved to a place of your choice?

Best,

	Carsten