Re: [ga] Verisign removing expiration dates from WHOIS Data?

["James Love" <love@cptech.org>]

If ICANN is incapable of protecting domain name holders from abusive
practices by Verisign, who should or who has the legal authority to do so?

Jamie

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Kirikos" <gkirikos@yahoo.com>
To: <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 6:11 PM
Subject: [ga] Verisign removing expiration dates from WHOIS Data?


> Hello,
>
> Take a look at the WHOIS for the domain name "auction-barn.com"
>
>
http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?STRING=auction-barn.com&SearchType
=do
>
> In particular:
>
>    Record last updated on 15-Mar-2002.
>    Record created on 26-Jan-2000.
>    Database last updated on 16-Mar-2002 04:35:00 EST.
>
> The "Record Expires" date is missing.
>
> If VGRS goes ahead with WLS, this is a potentially serious issue, as
> consumers might be misled into purchasing WLS slots on names that
> expire years in the future, as they'd have no way of knowing when the
> name truly expires (let alone when it is released, even if it should be
> past expiry). Existing customers and domain owners would also not be
> able to check for sure when a name is due to expire, if they can't
> check the WHOIS on their own names.
>
> Furthermore, aren't registrars required to show certain data elements
> in their WHOIS, as part of their accreditation contracts??
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> http://www.kirikos.com/
>
>
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