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Is WHOIS going to go away?
- Subject: Is WHOIS going to go away?
- From: kmedcalf at dessus.com (Keith Medcalf)
- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:53:55 -0600
- In-reply-to: <CA[email protected]>
>> "I don't see why there should not be a way to know who is
>> publishing data on the Internet. In almost all other forms
>> of communication, there is some accountability for the
>> origination of information."
>...in every other form of communication, the phrase "get a warrant"
>comes to mind.
>Except on the internet where we require the information to be public
>so that anyone and their dog can view it without a warrant.
This last statement is entirely untrue. WHOIS provides information as to the PUBLISHER (such as one would find on the masthead of a newspaper). This is, ought to be, and should remain, public information.
You still need to "get a warrant" (or a rubber hose) as you so quaintly put it to ascertain the origination of the information published.
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