[ga] Re: Vint why do none of the NIC's have any way to inform them of WHOIS data that is wrong...

["todd glassey" <todd.glassey@worldnet.att.net>]

Vint the real issue is that for a large number of the APNIC's email and
other contact info items are/is bogus. The real issue is that the NIC's must
start to be accountable for the integrity of the information they are using
to justify or authorize their acting as publication agents and in instances
where the domains are just setup for spamming, the registrars really need to
be liable for their actions, i.e. the enablement of the SPAM itself.

In many cases its identical to the Firearms Reseller Issues and we all know
where those lawsuits have gone and what their outcome is. What I propose is
two fold. The first is that the registrars need to be accountable for
providing services that are used to hurt other people or to impede their IP
rights. The second is that the Layer Three ISP's have to be accountable for
what flows through their EMAIL GW's and oddly enough ICANN is still the best
place to enforce that. Because without DNS services they are dead in the
water.

Just my two cents.

Todd

----- Original Message -----
From: "vinton g. cerf" <vinton.g.cerf@wcom.com>
To: "todd glassey" <todd.glassey@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: Vint why do none of the NIC's have any way to inform them of
WHOIS data that is wrong...


> this is a fairly current topic and I agree it does need to be
> addressed. ICANN recently threatend Verisign with excommunication
> over this issue and Verisign did respond but the problem is plainly
> widespread. Of course, free email boxes exacerbate problems of this
> kind, too, I guess. Thanks for this input; it will motivate more
> effort on policy and implementation.
>
> vint
>
> At 07:23 AM 9/17/2002 -0700, todd glassey wrote:
> >Vint - the operating process of the NIC's seem to have no way for
> >individuals to report domains that are either misregistered or have
> >fraudulent contact information or broken links for whatever reason.
> >
> >This is a real problem since these are the issues that spammers and other
> >peddlers of illicit materials create for themselves to hide behind. For
> >instance - I get this SPAM this morning showing half a dozen school girls
> >involved in various sexual acts and after doing a header analysis, we
find
> >it comes from a domain called 99talk.com, registered through the Boy
Scouts
> >of Australia, only the contact email addresses for the domain all
bounce...
> >
> >And in instances like this one,  if the NIC bothered to check its contact
> >data on a regular basis of course this would not be true. So I have to
ask -
> >Why then do the InterNIC's not have any way of taking reports or doing
> >anything about these fraudulent or inaccurate listings in the Whois or
other
> >"client databases" maintained buy the NIC's?
> >
> >This is negligence in the Registrar and ICANN process, not an excuse for
> >plausible deniability and it needs to be addressed.
> >
> >Todd
>
> Vint Cerf
> SVP Architecture & Technology
> WorldCom
> 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, F2-4115
> Ashburn, VA 20147
> 703 886 1690 (v806 1690)
> 703 886 0047 fax
>

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