Re[4]: verio mining the opensrs whois database

[William X. Walsh]

Monday, July 31, 2000, 10:12:14 PM, you wrote:

>>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?

You can get access to the zone files by just applying on the
Internic.net website.  Using the domains to get marketing leads is not
a misuse of this data.

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Best regards,
 William                            mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]