Re: [anti-spam-wg@localhost] ICANN and whois data

[Mally Mclane <]

hoi,

Playing devils advocate....


> RIPE list members may find this interesting:
> 
> http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20021130.NCWhoisTF-accuracy-and-bulkaccess.html
> It's quite long, but there's an Executive Summary.

Is there a real need to enforce accuracy in domain whois? We now have 1001
'register by proxy' services, you could put $random-address (but still
correct) in and as long as you donšt so something obvious like:

mickey mouse
123 disney road
afghanistan

Then will netsol et al really goto the trouble of checking your address is
real? 

Telephone numbers donšt have a whois that allows you to go telephone number
> name/address, is there a clear reason for domains to?



-mally
(speaking for himself, not his employer)