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On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Andy Davidson wrote: > > > On 3 Apr 2007, at 03:02, Gadi Evron wrote: > > > What are your thoughts on basic suggestions such as: > > 1. Allowing registrars to terminate domains based on abuse, rather > > than just fake contact details. > > I don't like this because its impossible to define abuse clearly > enough in this context. > > If a fictitious web-shop 'nice-but-dim.com' get a box owned which has > the reverse dns set to something in that zone, is this abuse ? > Yes .. sort of, but it's no business of the registry. Is registering > a domain name which causes offense to some people abuse ? It might > be, but its no reason not to let the domain name registration go > through. What if you and I fall out, and I manage to build a case > against you to get linuxbox.org de-registered ? Do you want to spend > time and effort fighting it ? > > Who arbitrates/polices this scheme ? > > Who pays for any mistakes ? > > Who decides when the domain name can be re-registered ? > > What about when someone registers a domain name in an international > registry that doesn't want to implement the scheme, or perhaps isn't > allowed to because its governance forbids it ? Now that we ask the questions, prhaps we can come up with *some* answers. > > Some bad people have their names and numbers listed in the phone > book. I can setup a fraudulent window cleaning company with no > desire to do a good job for any of my customers .. does this mean 411 > or the yellow pages should delist me when someone complains ? DNS is > another directory. > > DNS is no more than a way for me to say "Hey, where's Fred', to get a > reply saying 'here he is'. DNS shouldn't whisper in my ear, 'but > Fred is a bit dodgy'. If Fred is doing something illegal he should > be in jail. This analogy isn't very good, but I need another coffee > before I can think of a better one. :-) > > > -a >
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