[tf1-survey] TR: ICANN/GNSO Whoistask force 1 questionnaire

["GNSO SECRETARIAT" <gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Ben Edelman [mailto:edelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote on lundi 16 fevrier 2004
00:43
Objet : RE: ICANN/GNSO Whoistask force 1 questionnaire


Greetings --

My correct affiliation is as follows:
  Benjamin Edelman, Harvard University


My responses:


1) ICANN-Accredited Registrars and gTLD Registries make Whois information
available through multiple query-based mechanisms, including web-based
interfaces and a special network protocol informally referred to as port-43
Whois.  How do you obtain the Whois information?


a.            By submitting queries to a Web-based interface


2) Are you getting this information directly from an ICANN-Accredited
Registrar [Provide a link] or gTLD Registry [Provide a link]?

a.            Yes




3) Do you routinely disseminate the obtained Whois information to third
parties (Yes/No/dont know)?


No



4) Approximately how many Whois queries/lookups do you perform on average
per day?

e.            It varies too much to select the other options: some days it
is many (say, over 1000) and some days none




5) Do you store the Whois information?

In notable cases, I store the data permanently; but, in general, only for a
few days at most.




6) Please indicate the general purposes of your use of Whois data (you may
select more than one item - choose as many that apply)



i.              Statistical research on domain name registrations, Internet
users, etc.




7) Please provide a brief explanation of your use, if any, of query-based
Whois services.

To determine patterns in domain name registration

To determine the specific individual who registered a given domain


8) If you currently use Port 43 to access WHOIS information, and such access
were not available in the future, what other source(s) would you use for
such data?

n/a




10) What is the most important factor driving your access to Whois data as
you currently use it?  your access to WHOIS data.  (Although each answer may
be applicable to you or your organization, please select only the most
relevant answer below):

I don't understand the question.