[atlarge-discuss] FYI: [Edupage] ICANN ACCEPTS WHOIS RECOMMENDATIONS

[espresso@e-scape.net]

>ICANN ACCEPTS WHOIS RECOMMENDATIONS
>The board of directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
>and Numbers (ICANN) has voted to adopt several recommendations
>concerning the Whois service, a directory of who has registered domains
>and other Internet "real estate." The recommendations come from
>ICANN's Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and appear to
>address some of the ongoing concerns about Whois. Some have objected to
>the openness of Whois data, which can be harvested relatively easily
>for purposes ranging from phone solicitations to identity theft. One of
>the proposals seeks to place limits on who may access at least some of
>the Whois data and under what circumstances. The same proposal
>establishes procedures for registrars and registrants to verify the
>accuracy of the information in the database. The other key
>recommendation from the GNSO calls for developing standards for the
>formatting of data in the database.
>Information Today, 7 April 2003
>http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb030407-2.shtml

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