Colleagues Some of you may find these current .au discussions on WHOIS policy of interest. Liz -----Original Message----- From: dns-bounces+lizwilliams=lizwilliams.net@dotau.org [mailto:dns-bounces+lizwilliams=lizwilliams.net@dotau.org] On Behalf Of Michael Purse Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 5:46 PM To: .au DNS Discussion List Subject: [DNS] Current Policy Reviews Hello, I've just read over the submissions for the WHOIS Policy and Domain Name Password Policy Reviews. There's ten submissions in total for the WHOIS Policy Review, and four for the Domain Name Password Policy. For the Domain Name Password Policy, I believe in general the submissions were very positive suggestions which would benefit the .au Namespace. Bennett Oprysa's submission recommending instant password retrieval be mandatory most certainly would benefit the entirety of the industry if implemented. Bruce Tonkin, Brett Fenton, and myself all made submissions which included the recommendation that "written authorisation" be defined as being notarized originals in an effort to reduce fraud. For the WHOIS Policy Review, I'm very impressed in general with the responses. The vast majority of the submissions supported the removal of email addresses from public view. One of the exceptions was the submission from the Council of Online Accountability, representing groups such as the RIAA, MPAA, Time Warner, and Walt Disney, asking that the WHOIS system in .au provide full contact information inclusive of physical address and contact numbers. I think the WHOIS system should be used as a tool for the information of consumers, suppliers, and Internet Service Providers with a need for the information that is displayed, all of which have no requirement to see physical addresses and contact numbers. The WHOIS system is not designed to be used for hunting and prosecuting people for piracy to benefit an American council representing major music and movie companies. These organisations have other channels available to them if they wish to do this. Regards, Michael Purse --------------------------------------------------------------------------- List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/