Re: [ga] Reseller hiding WHOIS info

[eric@hi-tek.com]

Danny I note your concern,

However I share a more private attitude toward disclosure.

This whole misbegotten notion of publicly airing all your underwear simply
because you have something to do with a domain name is ridiculous and a result of
an imbalance between corporate America and users of the net.

Now you can continue to walk this path or you can begin to correct the stupidity
of it.  Your point may or may not be correct but this damned demanding of
personal information in order to do something on the internet is ridiculous.

Sincerely,
Eric

DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

> I received a solicitation by mail to register a .us domain.  The letter had a
> return address in Singapore (a PO box).  As I looked into the details of this
> service provider, I noted that the WHOIS database provided no telephone or
> fax contact number and that it was under registrar lock.  The organization
> that sent this letter, IRWW, doesn't appear to be either an ICANN-accredited
> registrar nor a .us accredited registrar, nor have a phone listing available
> through NY directory information.  Its service contract doesn't specify a
> registrar-of-record either.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1.  As consumers, don't we have a right to know the full contact details of
> domain registration providers?
> 2.  Why are such details not available through the WHOIS in this instance?
> 3.  If a registrar provided the registrar lock service, isn't that registrar
> aware that the WHOIS details are incomplete?  Isn't this a willful violation
> of section 3.3.1.7 of the RAA?
>
> Registration Service Provided By: Internet Registrations World Wide
> Contact: info@irww.com
> Visit: http://www.irww.com
>
> Domain name: irww.com
>
> Registrant Contact:
>    Internet Registrations World Wide
>    Bradley Norrish   (mail@irww.com)
>    -
>    FAX: -
>    1040 Avenue of the Americas
>    New York, NY 10018
>    US
>
> Billing, Administrative Contact:
>    Internet Registrations World Wide
>    Bradley Norrish   (mail@irww.com)
>    -
>    FAX: -
>    1040 Avenue of the Americas
>    New York, NY 10018
>    US
>
> Technical Contact:
>    Internet Registrations World Wide
>    Bradley Norrish   (mail@irww.com)
>    -
>    FAX: -
>    1040 Avenue of the Americas
>    New York, NY 10018
>    US
>
> Status: REGISTRAR_LOCK
>   Note: To help prevent malicious domain hijacking and domain transfer
>         errors, the registrant for this domain has chosen to prevent its
>         transfer. Any attempted transfers will be denied at the registry.
>         The apparent authority (registrant) for the name must unlock the
>         name at the current registrar in order for a transfer initiation
>         to succeed.
>
> Name servers:
>     ns1.irww.com
>     ns2.irww.com
>
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