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

[Smith, Bill]

This was my understanding as well.

(It can also be done *without* the consent of any of the registries. It's just more difficult and likely to be more errorprone.)

On Nov 30, 2011, at 2:18 PM, "Lutz Donnerhacke" <lutz at iks-jena.de> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 08:11:54AM +1100, Nettlefold, Peter wrote:
>> I've missed a lot of discussion on this overnight my time, so I
>> apologise if I've missed something that answers my question.
> 
> So do I. I'm still confused about the current state.
> Mea culpa.
> 
>> I had understood that we would recommend that ICANN create a smart
>> web portal for consumers that would effectively do a WHOIS search
>> for them. As I understood it, ICANN would not need to make its own
>> database, thereby avoiding some of the data protection issues, and
>> instead purely focus on the user experience.
> 
> Exactly that's the proposal. I tried to clarify it last week during the telco.
> 
>> If so, does this address the concerns about scope - ie why wouldn't ICANN 
>> provide a comprehensive search tool for all gTLDs?
> 
> All of them: Domains, IP addresses, AS numbers.
> ICANN is the political root. IANA maintains the primary allocations.
> So a "central WHOIS search tool" should include all of them.
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