[NIC-990226.52da] Suggestion: Add contact entry to whois

Fri Mar 26 07:35:29 UTC 1999

I don't know quite what to say to this, so I simply forward it to the
list without further comment...

Owen

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>From creg at internic.net Thu Mar 25 20:59:15 1999
From: Contact Registration Account <creg at internic.net>
Subject: Re: [NIC-990226.52da] Suggestion:  Add contact entry to whois
To: owen at dixon.DeLong.SJ.CA.US (Owen DeLong)
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 23:59:16 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <199903151618.IAA09244 at irkutsk.delong.sj.ca.us> from "Owen DeLong" at Mar 15, 99 08:18:01 am
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> 
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> 
> 
> Well, I, and many other people on NANOG where this has been discussed
> over the last several weeks would tend to disagree with you.  While
> your answer certainly reflects the current state of the database, it
> appears that you may not have understood the intent of the message.
> 
> I am suggesting that it may be time to consider the addition of those
> fields as a change.  I wanted to solicit input from InterNIC and ARIN,
> as well as NANOG.  At this point, I will probably attempt to put it
> through the RFC process.  The idea seemed to have substantial support
> from the community.  There were some voices of dissent, but most of
> them revolved around the fact that it didn't solve all the problems
> or didn't solve certain problems it wasn't intended to solve.
> 
> There was one voice opposed on the basis that all contact information
> for domains should be private, but this opinion doesn't appear to be
> widely represented among the community.
> 
> Owen
> 
> > > 
> > Dear Customer,
> > 
> > Thank you for contacting Network Solutions, Inc., InterNIC
> > Registration Services.
> > 
> > Please be advised, unfortunately three contacts are all that needed.
> > 
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > Ed r
> > Network Solutions, Inc. 
> > 
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> > Regular Fax:    703-742-9552(For Modification & Delete Authorization)
> > Postal:         Network Solutions, Inc.
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> > Tax ID #:       52-1146119                       crg  11/02/98 
> > nsi_rp112
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> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > We already have Admin, Tech, and Billing.  Would it be possible to consider
> > > the addition of an Abuse contact in whois?
> > > 
> > > Owen
> > 
> > 

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