> Im not sure the point > aside of illustrating if there is no response for the domain records > by the auth server that there would also be no response for a _whois > record. Thats true. > > 1) Using _whois is completely optional, like SPF or any other > record. 2) I cant envision much legitimate need to contact a domain > owner for something that doesnt exist (aside of domain renewal spam > or trying to buy the domain). > > Am I missing something?
I read this discussion from the point of view of someone how is very happy with the result of GDRP in this area. With that in mind, it seems that this proposal doesn't address any technical issues with whois. Where whois allows for querying of contact information associated with a domain, this proposal does something similar. Of course, whois has various technical issues, but it makes sense to first try to solve those technical issues within the whois system. And only when it is clear that certain issues cannot be solved look for a different protocol. (And I mean cannot be solved for technical reasons, but because of lack of consensus) As far as I know, there is no issue with whois and the GDRP when it comes to voluntarily publishing information in whois. This draft clearly advocates voluntary sharing of this information. As the Section 1 suggests, whois works. So it seems to me that this draft does not solve a technical problem (or at most a minor one, 'internationalization') _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
