Thoughts on Proposed ARIN Policy?
Thu, Mar 18, 2010 by David Romerstein
A policy proposal has been floated for discussion at the next ARIN Public Policy Meeting, to be held in Toronto in April. This new policy, if implemented, would allow ISPs to substitute their own contact information in place of their customers’ information in network reassignments and reallocations, in the name of protect business interests. Functionally, this would be similar to the whois “Privacy Guard” services that many registrars offer their domain registrant customers, but it would apply to information provided while researching network owners, rather than domain owners.
This policy, if implemented, would have multiple consequences, both positive and negative. Cloudmark would like to hear from our readers regarding their opinion of this possible change – please feel free to use the comments section below to let us know how you feel about it.
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 04:24 PDT
I believe I understand the point being made. ARIN stands to lose business by making the names and addresses of your customers that own large networks; exactly how large isn’t specified. are we talking about IBM, Google, or we talking about web hosts like Bluehost, Inmotion, and Hostasaraus?
What’s the impact on individual domain buyers; how’s this going to impact them–makes it harder to know decide if you can trust them I suppose? I’ve read plenty of stories of hackers buying lots addresses, in other countries with less than zero verification–just running wild.
It’s hard enough, as it is, to get accurate whois info to report or complain about a web site. It sounds like you would be providing a real hurdle for the little guy.
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 04:34 PDT
[...] Here’s an interesting thought/proposal, especially if all or most of the Registries take this position; I think the internet should be as transparent as possible. A policy proposal has been floated for discussion at the next ARIN Public Policy Meeting, to be held in Toronto in April. This new policy, if implemented, would allow ISPs to substitute their own contact information in place of their customers’ information in network reassignments and reallocations, in the name of protect business interests. Functionally, this would be similar to the whois “Privacy Guard” services that many registrars offer their domain registrant customers, but it would apply to information provided while researching network owners, rather than domain owners. – Cloudmark Blog [...]