By-the-way, several years ago a suggestion was made (I believe by Kent Crispin) that those who have a domain name create a set of text records under the name "whois.name.tld" that would give the contact information that that person desires to make public. For instance, I've got TXT records under the name whois.cavebear.com You can take a look by fetching 'em. Linux/Unix users can do: dig whois.iwl.com txt You should get something like:
;; QUESTION SECTION: ;whois.iwl.com. IN TXT
;; ANSWER SECTION: whois.iwl.com. 172800 IN TXT "company-name: InterWorking Labs" whois.iwl.com. 172800 IN TXT "phone-number: +1.831.460.7010" whois.iwl.com. 172800 IN TXT "fax-number: +1.831.401.2320" whois.iwl.com. 172800 IN TXT "address-1: PO Box 66190" whois.iwl.com. 172800 IN TXT "address-2: Scotts Valley, CA 95067" whois.iwl.com. 172800 IN TXT "address-3: USA" whois.iwl.com. 172800 IN TXT "website: http://www.iwl.com/"
I don't know what tools there are for that on Microsoft systems. Most of the discussion that occurred around this idea was not on the idea itself but more on the list of items and the format to use. I used raw text, some folks like something more structured, perhaps even XML. These would be protected by DNSSEC when it comes into full use. --karl--