[Rt4-whois] Centralized Whois Query system run by ICANN [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Emily Taylor]

Hi Peter

Yes, it was discussed on our latest call, and Lutz's proposal found
widespread support.  The feeling seems to be that this nicely sidesteps
some of the difficult industry issues related to mandating a thick whois
service for .com.

Lutz kindly agreed to update the language here as a result of our
discussions.  We're talking more in terms of a single, authoritative, *
interface* rather than a "repository" (or anything like that which would
imply some sort of deposit/escrow system, and also involve the database
being held centrally.  I believe that what Lutz has in mind is a look up
system which addresses the consumer trust point, and the fact that our
research shows how difficult consumers find it to understand the many
layers of a thin whois query - that's the 20% or so who've actually heard
of whois!

Kind regards

Emily

On 24 November 2011 05:15, Nettlefold, Peter
<Peter.Nettlefold at dbcde.gov.au>wrote:

> Hello again all,
>
> Thanks very much Lutz for following this recommendation through.
>
> I haven't seen any responses to this yet (but perhaps I missed them), and
> I also wonder if it was discussed at the teleconference this morning?
>
> While I'd be interested to hear others' views on the precise wording and
> the data collection mechanism, I wanted to say that in principle I think
> this is a very useful addition to our recommendations. Once implemented, I
> expect that it would go some way to addressing concerns about the public
> accessibility of WHOIS data, and as such I support it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rt4-whois-bounces at icann.org [mailto:rt4-whois-bounces at icann.org] On
> Behalf Of Lutz Donnerhacke
> Sent: Wednesday, 9 November 2011 10:22 PM
> To: rt4-whois at icann.org
> Subject: [Rt4-whois] Centralized Whois Query system run by ICANN
>
> Proposal:
>
> Summary:
>  ICANN should set up and maintain a web interface to access
>  all the WHOIS services in order to ease access to the WHOIS data.
>
> Presumption:
>  The AoC requires that "ICANN implement measures to maintain timely,
>  unrestricted and public access to accurate and complete WHOIS information,
>  including registrant, technical, billing, and administrative contact
>  information."
>
> Observation:
>  An User Insight Report came up with the following results:
>   + Almost nobody is aware of whois
>   + Almost nobody is able to query a whois server correctly
>   + Whois queries were done on websites which occur first in the search
>     engine results. Usually those pages are overloaded with advertisments.
>
> Detailed recommendation:
>  ICANN should set up a dedicated, multilingual website to allow
>  "unrestricted and public access to accurate and complete WHOIS
>  information" even for those people which have problems with the plain
>  WHOIS protocol.
>
>  The WHOIS information should be collected by following the thin WHOIS
>  approach starting at whois.iana.org. The service should display the
>  contractural relationships which are revealed by the WHOIS referals in
>  a clear and understandable way. The results should be mark clearly the
>  relevant information "including registrant, technical, billing, and
>  administrative contact" data.
>
>  The server needs to be run by ICANN itself, because the "timely,
>  unrestricted and public access" is usually rate limited, stripped or even
>  blocked by the various WHOIS server administrators for uncontractual
>  third party access. ICANN itself is the only party having the power to
>  overcome those limits using its contratual compliance.
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