[LINK] ICANN passes OPoC Version of Whois Directory

Roger Clarke Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
Sun Apr 8 09:04:27 AEST 2007


            http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_14.07.html

Internet Oversight Agency Creates New Group on Domain Name Privacy

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)'s WHOIS
task force submitted its Final Report on WHOIS Services to Council at
ICANN meetings in Lisbon last week. The report endorses the Operational
Point of Contact (OPoC) proposal to limit public access to domain name
registrants' personal information by allowing registrants to use
alternate contact details.  Because the proposal leaves many
implementation details unanswered, the Council decided to establish a
new working group to examine implementation issues. The group will focus
on the endorsed OPoC approach, and will only return to the alternative
proposal mentioned in the Final Report if it cannot sort out the
implementation details.

Final Task Force Report on WHOIS Services:

       http://www.epic.org/redirect/whois0307.html

EPIC's WHOIS page:

       http://www.epic.org/privacy/whois/


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