[whois-sc] RC Top Whois Issues (fwd)

[Mark Jeftovic <markjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:59:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mark Jeftovic <markjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: registrars@xxxxxxxx
Subject: RC Top Whois Issues

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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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