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DATE | 2006-10-03 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [president@isoc-ny.org: Internet Society of New York Presents: "The Future of WHOIS Policy"]
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Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:06:26 -0400 From: David Solomonoff Reply-To: president-at-isoc-ny.org Organization: Internet Society of New York User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Subject: Internet Society of New York Presents: "The Future of WHOIS Policy"
Hope to see you and please pass on as appropriate. Thanks! -- David
The Internet Society of New York Presents:
"The Future of WHOIS Policy"
A panel discussion moderated by Danny Younger, VP of the Internet Society of New York
The WHOIS database contains information on the owners of Internet domains (such as isoc-ny.org). The domain owner's contact details, such as address and phone number, are made easily accessible to anyone over the Internet for most domains.
Some registrars offer private registrations (where the contact information of the registrar – not the domain owner -- is shown). But these privacy services are often abused by people involved in illegal activity, who use them in the knowledge that it makes it extremely difficult for entities (even law-enforcement officers) outside of their registrar's legal jurisdiction to obtain their contact details. Worse, some registrars are uncooperative when notified of illegal activity or are not sufficiently careful to ensure the accuracy of contact details listed in the WHOIS.
Spammers also harvest email addresses from WHOIS requests.
The question of how much personal information should be publicly available in the WHOIS database pits the right to privacy against the needs of law enforcement and the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
Panelists will include:
Jon Nevett, VP Policy & Ethics, Network Solutions Wendy Seltzer, North American representative, ICANN* At-Large Advisory Committee Attorney Bruce A. McDonald, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP Jordyn Buchanan, Chair ICANN WHOIS Task Force Jeff Neuman, Senior Director, Law, Advanced Services and Business Development, NeuStar Inc.
Also invited:
Maria Farrell, GNSO Policy Officer (ICANN Staff)
*The Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers. These include domain names as well as the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols. Computers use these identifiers to reach each other over the Internet.
The event is free, open to the public and the site is fully accessible.
November 8, 2006 6:00 - 8:00 p. m. Jefferson Market Branch Library 425 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), at Tenth Street
Internet Society of New York: http://www.isoc-ny.org/
Jefferson Market Branch Library (including travel directions): http://www.nypl.org/branch/local/man/jmr.cfm
-- David Solomonoff, President Internet Society of New York president-at-isoc-ny.org isoc-ny.org
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