[registrars] Lawmakers Domain name oversight too lax CNET News.com

[Ross Wm. Rader]

On 9/5/2003 11:07 AM Rick Wesson noted that:

> The name and address are verified 

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 > POTS lines are physicly delivered to a physical address.

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 > Names are easier to lie about than addresses with POTS systems.

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> My last point is that there are zero IPR issues with name/number mappings
> in the PSTN. 

I'm not talking about the PSTN, POTS, cell or how easy it is for new 
subscribers to lie. I am talking about the compilation of phone numbers 
in a phone book. These compilations are, by virtue of the publication's 
media, out of date the minute that they are published.

Second, I'm not talking about IPR issues with name/number mappings in 
the DNS or the PSTN, I'm talking about the domain name Whois 
"infrastructure" which IPR interests and other stakeholders use as a 
directory service in almost precisely the same manner that they use 
phone books.

My point is that very little (if anything) in this world can be 
certified as being "real-time accurate" and that its unrealistic to 
expect this of the domain name Whois.

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                        -rwr