All very good arguments for the ARIN type WHOIS databases, but not necessarily every individual who has a domain name that points at their ISPs web hosting server.
-David Jones On 8/22/07, Nick FitzGerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Larry Seltzer wrote: > > > >>what is the purpose of Whois information? > > > > It's an e-mail and postal mail database for spammers > > That's not really a big concern these days, given all the other sources > of equally good (and much better) address information (such as local > addressbook harvesters in all the millions of spam-bots out there). > > Whois contact information was intended as a "fix" for when the net grew > past the point that if you saw Host A repeatedly doing something > naughty not only didn't you know who to contact about it to get it > fixed, but you couldn't easily get your colonel to bitch at his colonel > to get it fixed. > > All further slumming down of the net to the rancid sewer it now is > follows from subsequent moves to weaken/reduce/remove that incredibly > limited remaining form of collective responsibility, on which the whole > stupid thing is built. > > If you're not prepared to put some reliable, accurate contact > information up for public perusal you're not worthy of connecting a > machine/domain/etc to the net. > > If you think "reducing your own received spam" is more important than > the bigger picture issue of controlling _all_ net-nastiness then you > _really_ are not worthy of connecting a machine/domain/etc to the net > and we should be suspicious of your worthiness to that DSL/cable > connection too... > > > Regards, > > Nick FitzGerald > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. >
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