> There is all kinds of non-standard tom-foolery going on including quick and > dirty checks such as having to re-type in some number that appears as a > graphic (which must be there to fool automated systems)
That sounds like Godaddy. Godaddy also requires that you have cookies and images enabled to view their "WHOIS" information through a web browser. In my opinion, Godaddy is the king of WHOIS port 43 violations. > I guess, as these operations (openSRS excluded) are all trying to rape > one another, that can be excused as long as I can get to the information. Domain registrants should know the truth about the registrar of their choice. Blatant violation(*) of agreements should be pointed out to registrants. This is even more important in this day and age when companies really are going under due to violations of laws and regulations. If a registrar is so willing to violate part of their agreement that is so visible, you've got to wonder what they may be doing behind the scenes. Talk about lack of ethics. *I'm singling out Godaddy as a blatant violator of WHOIS port 43 due to the e-mail I received from the "assistant to the president" when I pointed out politely that their port 43 WHOIS service (as required by ICANN) wasn't working. Godaddy's assistant to the president stated that the "standard way" (I haven't seen this RFC) to look up WHOIS information is to use the registrar's website; turn cookies on so they can track you; turn images on; and manually type the number seen in the image... sight impaired people can forget getting any WHOIS information at Godaddy. I believe it's time that a list of registrars violating ICANN regulations be made publicly available to the domain registration consumer so they can make an informed decision about who they want to do business with. Feel free to submit to me any confirmed information you may have on other registrars that are violating their agreements. I will review the information, confirm the violation does indeed exist and add the registrar to the list. At a future date, I may make the list publicly available on a website and/or via e-mail requests sent to me.
