-----Original Message----- From: David Farrar [mailto:david(a)farrar.com] Sent: Wednesday, 29 September 2004 1:56 p.m. To: 'NZ NOG' Subject: RE: [nznog] so ... what is the real reason there is whois anyway?
what side effects do you think accure from the effect of turning off the DNS (both good and bad) ** i posit that it is not reasonable to consider "anonymising" the DNS.
Just on that point, InternetNZ has just set up a working group (http://www.dnc.org.nz/story/30180-29-1.html) to review the whois policy. As far as I know the "great and holy powers that be" don't have any pre-ordained conclusions as to the outcome, so once they call for it, submission on desired changes will be most useful.
Sorry to follow up my own post, but in a coincidence of great timing, the DNC Office has just a few minutes ago announced (at http://www.dnc.org.nz/story/30188-29-1.html) that feedback on the whois policy is now able to be made to the working group. A consultation paper is at http://dnc.org.nz/content/whois_paper_1.html and it covers what information should be displayed, what query options there should be, and security & system access issues. DPF