Technically ICANN and WIPO's whois records aren't compliant. Since the meltdown of Registerfly.com several years ago, ICANN has continued to promise to better police compliance with the registrar accreditation agreement (RAA), including the WHOIS ... Continue Reading28 Comments
ICANN Considers Bringing Whois Escrow In House
· Policy & LawICANN considers future of Registrar Data Escrow Program. Domain Name Wire has learned that ICANN is considering handling whois escrow services internally. Registrar Data Escrow Program (RDE) is currently managed by Iron Mountain Intellectual ... Continue Reading2 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
ICANN Wants to Trap WHOIS Abusers for Study
· Policy & LawGroup sends our RFP for whois abuse study. ICANN, through Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), is seeking proposals from qualified companies to study whois abuse. One of its proposed mechanisms for studying abuse is to set up a number of test ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Network Solutions Displays Customers’ Whois Queries to the Public
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar displays customers' whois lookups for all to see. Here's an interesting new "feature" on Network Solutions' web site: a list of domain name whois searches performed by customers in the past day. That's right. Do a whois lookup on ... Continue Reading30 Comments
Canada Leading the Way with Whois Changes
· Policy & Law.Ca is getting a whois overhaul. Perhaps the rest of the domain world can use it as a framework. There have been a number of suggested changes to ICANN's whois framework. But Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is making changes to its ... Continue Reading6 Comments
5 Ways To Use DomainTools
· ServicesIf you aren't using DomainTools, here are 5 ways to get started. DomainTools, a product of Name Intelligence, is perhaps the most powerful repository of data for domainers. Here are five ways I use the site: 1. Verify ownership of big ticket ... Continue Reading7 Comments