by Kevin Murphy Domain registrars are fighting off critics of Whois privacy on multiple fronts at the ICANN meeting in Cartagena, Colombia this week. In the latest example, registrars led by Tucows CEO Elliot Noss today savaged an ICANN draft ... Continue Reading4 Comments
ICANN May Test Whois Privacy and Proxy Services
· Policy & LawHow do whois privacy services respond to requests to reveal owner information? The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) has asked ICANN to consider the cost and feasibility of extended whois studies. ICANN has already undertaken studies to ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Wikileaks Could Put More Pressure on Whois Privacy Services
· ServicesCould WikiLeaks backlash bring renewed attention to whois privacy services? The backlash against WikiLeaks over its release of thousands of secret U.S. government documents about the war in Afghanistan is building. It's never pretty when your web site ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Providing Whois Privacy Isn’t Free
· ServicesRunning a whois privacy or proxy service costs money. In the recent uproar about Name.com introducing a fee for whois privacy, a number of people have said that such a service costs the provider essentially nothing. Without discussing the merits ... Continue Reading15 Comments
15%-25% of Domain Names are Registered with Masked Whois
· Policy & LawStudy examines use of privacy and proxy services. A new report (pdf) released by ICANN yesterday says that 15%-25% of all registered domain names use some sort of service to mask whois information. The study found that the majority of people ... Continue Reading7 Comments