On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Tony Owen wrote:

> there in the first place) .. but I get a lot of spam based on whois data.
>
> Auda setup a "known tech" database ....
>
> Public see the bare minimum data ...
> If your regged as a 'known tech' you get to see enough to make your job
> easier when needed ...
> Registrars get to see all the whois data ..

Uh-huh.  How does such a thing get implemented?  Login to the registry
system with your nic-handle and password, and request information,
allowing the registry to see who is looking up who (rather than the
current situation of the registry only knowing who is being looked up) ?

yick.

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Bruce.