Note that the only bit of info. needed is the administrator's E-Mail address, not full contact info.
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:49:39 -0700, Dave Warren wrote: >> > Yes spammers will in the end get email addresses. But I firmly >> > believe there is more than enough intelectual horsepower among the >> > internet community to come up with a way to make whois mining >> > intractable ..... >> >> Maybe: >> - for "anonymous" users, limit the number of WHOIS requests to a very >> small number / IP / day, and change e-mail addresses to ****@domain >> - for "trusted" users (well, it is hard to define this... maybe this >> one is not needed at all), limit the number of WHOIS requests from >> the same user/day, and include e-mail addresses in the response > >Make it a registry command, each registrar can query the registry for the >administrative and technical contact information. The registry will then >query the registrar of record, and if the registrar fails to provide a >response they are billed $100 and the original registry is notified to try >again ASAP. > >After that, if GoDaddy doesn't want to return email addresses, it's their >own call. At $100 per bogus answer, I bet they'll decide they'd rather lose >the domain then pay $100 every few seconds. > >What will be done with the money? I'm thinking third world countries, local >charities, whatever. Nobody profits, this is just designed to be an >asskicking for those that don't play by the rules. > >Exceptions will be made for scheduled system outages, within a reasonable >SLA. Exceptions will also be made for honest accidental outages, but again, >within a reasonable SLA. You can't be down 23 hours and 59 minutes per day >every day, or for any excessive period of time. > >Lastly, I'd like to see a cost imposed on the registrar if they choose to >DAK a transfer unless they have disabled the domain IN ADVANCE. By disabled >the domain, I'm talking a full lock, NS dropped from the roots and >everything. This is intended to prevent a registrar like NetSol from >denying transfers left right and center on their own. In order for this to >work, there would have to be some way for the end user to DAK without the >registrar incurring a fee, this would get a bit more complex in a thin >registry, but could be workable.
