RE: [registrars] RC Top Whois Issues

["Tim Ruiz" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would like to encourage everyone to rethink item 9. Item 9 is
certainly an important issue, but given ongoing and recent developments
regarding whois accuracy, I believe that item 7 should be a more urgent
concern.

Item 7: What should be the consequences when a registrant provides
inaccurate or incomplete data, or fails to correct inaccurate or
incomplete data? (See RAA '' 3.7.7.1, 3.7.7.2, and 3.7.8.) Are
safeguards needed to prevent abusive reports of inaccuracies? Should
certain classes of registrants (see Issue 18 below) be permitted to
provide inaccurate or incomplete data?

Other thoughts?

Tim


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Jeftovic
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 2:00 PM
To: registrars@xxxxxxxx
Subject: [registrars] RC Top Whois Issues


Greetings folks, I know this is low on the radar given recent
events, but the whois-sc has a conference call on thursday where
the constituencies will be submitting discussing their "Top 5"
issues from the previously posted list.

Neither Tom nor I were able to attend Marina Del Ray, but we hope
from talking to people who were there and the discussion on this
list, these five accurately encompass in broader measures the
"big issues" for the RC (in descending order of popularity,
where 10, 12 and 14 were tied for number 1, being cited unanimously
by every registrar who responded):

10) Are the current means of query-based access appropriate?
Should both web-based access and port-43 access be required? (RAA §
3.3.1.)

12) What measures, if any, should registrars and registry operators be
permitted to take to limit data mining of Whois servers?

14) Should the current requirement that registrars provide bulk Whois
access for non-marketing uses be further limited or eliminated?
(RAA § 3.3.6, as well as the GNSO's Whois recommendations on accuracy
adopted by the ICANN Board on 27 March 2003.)

11) What are the purposes for providing public query-based access?
Are the elements currently required to be disclosed in public
query-based
access adequate and appropriate? (RAA § 3.3.1.)

9) Are the current requirements for handling of registrar data by
registry operators adequate and appropriate?

If there are any comments, concerns, etc, please feel free to
communicate
them to myself or Tom Keller <tom@xxxxxxxxxx> prior to thursday, 2pm
EST.

-mark

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