Re: [apnic-talk] a proposal agendum for policy SIG at Korea

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Joe and all,

Joe Abley wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 02:20:59AM -0800, Jeff Williams wrote:
> >   At present not all IP addresses are listed in a centralized "Whose"
> > database.  This needs to be corrected soon.
>
> You can find details of most delegated networks by querying whois.arin.net,
> followed by whois.apnic.net or whois.ripe.net (and subsequent sub-regional
> registries if necessary) in the case that they have been sub-delegated by
> a registry.

  Yes I am aware of this.  But thank you anyway.  >;)

>
>
> Are you advocating a centralised database which contains the union of
> data stored in all regional registries, so as to have a single place to
> query for all addresses?

  Yes I am.

>
>
> >   Personal information should NOT be listed in the WHOIS
> > for IP addresses.  I would suggest that following as sufficient.
> >
> > Name
> > E-mail contact address
> > and working phone number
> >
> >   Postal addresses should NOT be listed.
>
> Why?

  It is a privacy issue and concern.

>
>
> Joe

Regards,

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