We have had free and open access to the WHOIS list, I mean the whole
list at one point was available for download via FTP.

PLEASE lets not go back down that road again! That's were all this Junk
in the Mail comes from all the people tring to scam Registration or
transfers from Users who are not 100% savy or even want to know just as
long as it works.

We get enough junk in the mail and via email or Invoice for Domain name
Rego's of TLD's or transfers of .au's PLEASE PLEASE lets not get back to
free and open WHOIS data Access.

I would be interested as well in how that information was collected?

Looks like someone who works somewere and has access to the data as part
of their possible job but they should not be using it to publish that
type of data around the traps! What makes what that person did any
better than what others do with regards to abuse of the whois data?

Understand that I don't support jamesguy on the way in which he has gone
about it or even some of the things he has been saying but on the mater
of the whois data I am concerned! 

Regards 
David Uzzell
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dns-return-4410-support=saintspc.com.au§lists.auda.org.au
> [mailto:dns-return-4410-support=saintspc.com.au§lists.auda.org.au] On
> Behalf Of jamesguy
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 July 2003 1:54 PM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Release of registry information on total ownership
if
> individuals
> 
> And I am happy for ready access for all.  In the short term lets test
how
> this has happened and look to developing facilities and policies for
the
> public to do this type of search as well.  Lets probe the boundaries?
> This should be interesting.
> 
> 
> > At 13:29 +1000 22/7/03, jamesguy wrote:
> >
> > >If you are going to use big words and accusations back them up with
> grounds.
> >
> > What accusations?
> >
> > Your submission to AUDA
<http://auda.org.au/policy/submissions/guy.pdf>
> > is strongly advocating more ready access to the Whois data.
> >
> > And you are certainly kicking up a stink, that much is self-evident.
> >
> >  ...R.
> >
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