[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Dangers of public whois

[allison nixon]

>>[SAH] Actually, there *are* requirements to provide valid data and for
registrars to perform validation processing:

How do you expect toothless policy to work *on the Internet*? Seriously?

worst that can happen when you put in fake whois data is that your domain
gets reported, you change "123 fake st" to "124 fake st", and your
registrar is satisfied because what more can they possibly do. I know this
because I went through this with an old sinkhole domain. It's a total joke.
Let's not pretend it's anything more than that.


On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Hollenbeck, Scott <shollenbeck at verisign.com
> wrote:

> *From:* gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org [mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-
> bounces at icann.org] *On Behalf Of *allison nixon
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 14, 2017 1:21 PM
> *To:* Volker Greimann <vgreimann at key-systems.net>
> *Cc:* RDS PDP WG <gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org>
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Dangers of public whois
>
>
>
> >>to your first point: the right to privacy of ones own data may be
> different where I live and where you live. Suffice it to say that in our
> day-to-day business we get eough complaints from customers who feel their
> rivacy has been violated either by our putting their data out for everyone
> to see or by customers of ours who provide services that do the same. And
> we both agree that whois privacy will not protect you 100%.
>
>
>
> So put your contact address as "123 fake st" and your phone number as
> "555-555-5555". Make a fake email. No one is forcing you to disclose more
> than you want to. And the only people who disclose too much are doing so by
> mistake, not by coercion.
>
>
>
> [SAH] Actually, there **are** requirements to provide valid data and for
> registrars to perform validation processing:
>
>
>
> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-
> specs-2013-09-17-en#whois-accuracy
>
>
>
> Scott
>



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