At 8/11/00 10:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>As a domain name owner, I prefer that RSP's not be able to change
>the tech (or any other information) on the domain names that I own.
>Changing contact information without the owner's permission is a
>violation of the owner's privacy, and, an unethical way for RSP's to
>advertise at no cost.
The purpose of the technical contact is to allow people to use WHOIS to
find out who is responsible for the listed name servers in case of
technical problems. It's not a marketing ploy; it's a technical
requirement of a well-run domain name.
For most of my customers, the technical contact should be me, because I
run their DNS. If my info changes, I need a way to update it, and it's
not acceptable to have to ask hundreds of customers to do so on an
individual basis.
Yes, evil RSPs could abuse this power by changing information the
customer has entered. For that matter, RSPs could capture your password
and steal your domain away from you. Or a lunatic working at an RSP could
use your signup address to hunt you down and kill you. The world is full
of risks; we all make compromises in our privacy to allow authorized
people to perform their duties. If those people overstep their bounds, we
turn to a higher authority to put a stop to it -- in this case, I'm sure
OpenSRS compliance could help. (I mean the case of inappropriate tech
contact changes, not the case of the lunatic killer -- although perhaps
those OpenSRS compliance people are tougher than I think.)
Anyway, as a practical matter, if OpenSRS implemented a "handle" system
like Network Solutions, none of this would be a problem. The customer
could control the handle ID listed in the tech info contact, and I could
change the data associated with that handle. Everyone's happy.
--
Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies
"A professional in an ape mask is still a professional." -Marge Simpson
