Eric Eden, Internic: In this case we removed the host and notified the contact of the host because it is not currently serving any domain names or networks in our database. [Not because there was anything "false" about it. It is still served up by Tonic]
Dean Robb: Most excellent. Now, what would you have done if it was Dirtbag.com that had provided the false information?
I have to question why people intentionally supply false information. Perhaps to avoid harassment from radical and misguided people? I have to presume in this case that Mr. Robb considers himself the sole judge of appropriateness of the entity. Given that youwant.to was perfectly legit, except for some cruftiness, I don't think we can really trust his judgement on such matters. This brings up an issue with whois databases that is relevant to nanog: Who should have access to whois contact information and its misuse. Perhaps we need to have a way to authenticate and limit who can get phone numbers and email addresses from the whois database, in order to prevent the kind of harassment and abuse apparently exercised by Mr. Robb. --Dean ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Plain Aviation, Inc dean@av8.com LAN/WAN/UNIX/NT/TCPIP http://www.av8.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++