Bret, on the at-large discuss list you wrote: "I might go a step further and say more than just that "proxy services are OK," to saying that "ICANN should not prevent legitimate proxy services." Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Commerce has taken the following position in the recent RFQ: "The Contractor shall implement a policy that addresses the continued public access to accurate WHOIS, including a prohibition of proxy and anonymous services offered by registrars, registrar affiliates and partners, and delegated managers." Will web405 be willing to confront the DOC over this issue? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting