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."
The RFQ is for the .US domain. ICANN's process is for the gTLDs. Could someone explain the connection they see between these two, keeping in mind that ICANN asserts no authority over .US or any other gTLD? Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://johnlevine.com, Mayor "I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.