[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] [renamed] Key early questions

Denny Watson watson at spamhaus.org
Wed May 11 18:28:33 UTC 2016


Geoffrey Noakes wrote:
> Adding to what Steve writes: a great deal of the Internet trust model is based on Certification Authorities (“CAs”, like Symantec, Comodo, DigiCert, Entrust, GlobalSign, and others), who rely on WHOIS data as one of the first sources of data that attests to “who is this site I am working with, and how do I know that to be true”.  Any changes to WHOIS must take into account these other “contracted parties”.

Let me simply this; There is a wealth of data that needs to be provided
in the public interest.










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