Re: Re[2]: verio mining the opensrs whois database

[BWSD Hostmaster]

>Verio is accessing public information.  They are not stealing
>anything.
>
>As annoying as it is, there is nothing legally wrong with what they
>are doing.  They have access to the zone files, and they check for
>newly added domains, and then they do a whois only on those domains.

William, or someone, please clarify.

Who, including all "accessees", exactly, has access to the zone files?  Is,
according to ICANN policy, misuse of information stemming from direct
access to those zone files, prohibited?  I don't think I, for instance,
have access to do a "diff" on the zone files, in a format that is a list of
domains newly registered?

Eric

Hostmaster [Beck Web Servers & Design]
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