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On Sat, Mar 21, 1998 at 02:18:43PM -0800, Randy Bush wrote: > I think that this is a really important issue. Thanks for bringing it > up. > > > Who should have access to whois contact information and its misuse. > > I put my data in there for use by folk with net ops problems. My > understanding is this is the purpose for which whois data have always > been given. > > randy I don't see how you can possibly cut this off. I hate the people who abuse this data too. One way to cut it down is to accept only direct matches (ie: no more "wildcarding"). This also makes the database search engine incredibly simple and fast, as opposed to complicated and slow. Finally, it probably solves 90% of the abuse issues. -- -- Karl Denninger ([email protected])| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%! Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost
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