RE: Thick vs.thin (was: [ga] Casting stones)

["Alex Kells" <Alex.Kells@ftech.net>]

Nominet are considering expanding the .uk WHOIS server to include a Registrant's correspondance address (but not tel, fax or email). Full details available at http://www.nic.uk/whois-qanda.html

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Lawrence [mailto:jon@jonlawrence.com]
Sent: 07 August 2002 16:32
To: ga@dnso.org
Subject: Re: Thick vs.thin (was: [ga] Casting stones)


What? Like .uk for instance?

From www.nic.uk:

<snip>
Domain Name: xxxxxxxxxxxxx.CO.UK

   Registered For: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

   Domain Registered By: xxxxxxxxxxx

   Registered on 23-Oct-1998.

   Record last updated on 24-Aug-2001 by <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxxxx>.

   Domain servers listed in order:

   NS1.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx         i.p.addre.ss
   NS2.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx         i.p.addre.ss

   WHOIS database last updated at 06:39:00 07-Aug-2002
</snip>

I don't follow.

rgds
jon

>-- Original Message --
>Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 07:50:00 -0700
>From: William X Walsh <william@wxsoft.info>
>Reply-To: ga@dnso.org
>To: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr>
>CC: ga@dnso.org
>Subject: Re: Thick vs.thin (was: [ga] Casting stones)
>
>
>Wednesday, August 07, 2002, 7:40:57 AM, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 07:14:45AM -0700,
>>  William X Walsh <william@wxsoft.info> wrote 
>>  a message of 21 lines which said:
>
>>> Sounds like a TLD that spammers, defrauders, and other nefarious
>>> characters will just LOVE to register in.
>
>> Care to explain  or is it just FUD?
>
>Makes it easier for them to cover their tracks, Stephane.  Makes it
>that much easier for them to hide from the consequences of their
>actions.
>
>Some antispam services automatically block all domains under TLDs
>which do not have a public whois server available that provides full
>contact information, for this very reason.
>
>-- 
>Best regards,
>William X Walsh <william@wxsoft.info>
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