On July 18, 2025 at 19:39 nanog@lists.nanog.org (David Conrad via NANOG) wrote:
My somewhat cynical answer: if you relied on domain (and likely IP address/ASN in the future) registration data, it might be worthwhile figuring out alternatives to that reliance. Les cynically: pragmatically, given the vast majority of contact information these days points to privacy providers or is redacted, I’m unclear there will be significant impact — the data is already pretty useless.
That's a questionable "statistical" argument. Even if 90% were useless it would still be of use, possibly critically, in the other 10% of cases and I don't think it's anywhere near 90%. Particularly if one can consider legitimate "privacy providers" useful as they can be contacted, subpoenaed, etc. which you seem to count as being in the "useless" category. I realize it became a truism, a part of the narrative, within ICANN to say many, even most, registrant data was useless often accompanied by a laugh at the number which were registered to fictional cartoon characters etc. But I'm not sure that's a reasonable argument for labeling all of the data "useless". Whatever happened to "if your registration data is fraudulent, obsolete, or incorrect you stand to have your registration canceled"? This seems like an admission that this policy was not enforced. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*