As noble as the goal may be, is it realistic to think it is achievable, let alone easy?
The resources spent on cleaning up the data must be paid for, whether directly or indirectly (through increased registration cost). Most would agree in principle that the data should be accurate (not so many think it should be so accessible). But the accuracy is the responsibility of the registrants, and why do we need to actively police their compliance? Why not just handle each case as it becomes a problem? If you need to dispute a domain name with false registrant information, you can do so "in rem". If you have a problem with spam or other abuse, you can deal with the ISP providing the connectivity. Maybe I'm missing something, but what's the big deal? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek J. Balling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 3:20 PM Subject: WHOIS registrant data inaccuracies followup > Well, unless someone has copious free time on their hands, it doesn't > look like any mating of our data with SRS will take place any time > soon. Even though we've got a couple thousand .(com|net|org) domains > that are misregistered[1] domains, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wants an > individual e-mail message for each one, along with a description of > "why you think a particular address or phone number might be > wrong"... that means that even if it's patently obvious (1600 > Pennsylvania Ave, DC.... 1060 W. Addison, Chicago, IL.... > 212-555-1212, etc.), it would still require me to explain it in > monosyllabic terms to the compliance-monkeys. > > Since I run the database, I can say that anyone of average > intelligence can read the "evidence" portion of 99.9% of the listings > and figure out the problem all on his/her own, but apparently > compliance@ needs hand-holding, hand-holding which I don't have the > time to do (and shouldn't really have to). > > Personally, I think they're just frightened by the prospect of having > to go through and verify several hundred domains. > > D > > [1] Unknown how many are actually Tucows' but a 10-15% number would > probably be a good ballpark > -- > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Thou art the ruins of the noblest man | > | Derek J. Balling | That ever lived in the tide of times. | > | | Woe to the hand that shed this costly | > | | blood" - Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene 1 | > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+
