http://www.circleid.com/ Latest Whois related postings on CircleID en Copyright 2008, unless where otherwise noted. 2008-09-06T10:31:00-08:00 130 45 http://www.circleid.com/images/logo_rss.gif http://www.circleid.com/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_not_an_internet_enforcement_agency/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_not_an_internet_enforcement_agency/ More...]]> 2008-07-24T10:35:00-08:00 internetdomain_namesdomain_registriesinternet_governancelawwhois http://www.circleid.com/posts/86103_cira_backdoor_whois_police/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/86103_cira_backdoor_whois_police/ glowingly about the new CIRA whois policy, which took effect today and which I described as striking the right balance between access and privacy. The policy was to have provided new privacy protection to individual registrants -- hundreds of thousands of Canadians -- by removing the public disclosure of their personal contact information... Apparently I spoke too soon. More...]]> 2008-06-10T14:45:00-08:00 internetdomain_namesdomain_registriesprivacytop_level_domainswhois http://www.circleid.com/posts/canadian_domain_whois_law_enforcement/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/canadian_domain_whois_law_enforcement/ More...]]> 2008-05-27T10:05:00-08:00 internetdomain_namesdomain_registriesprivacytop_level_domainswhois http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_spam_offenders_knujon_report/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_spam_offenders_knujon_report/ earlier reports which suggested domain names registered by most spam sites where linked to a handful of domain registrars. From the ICANN Annoucement: "ICANN has sent enforcement notices and notices of concern to certain registrars, including those reported this week as being the registrars for the majority of websites advertised in spam emails... More...]]> 2008-05-26T07:16:00-08:00 internetdomain_namesspamwhois http://www.circleid.com/posts/85210_cira_whois_policy_privacy_access/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/85210_cira_whois_policy_privacy_access/ CIRA whois policy that is scheduled to take effect on June 10, 2008. The whois issue has attracted little public attention, yet it has been the subject of heated debate within the domain name community for many years. It revolves around the whois database, a publicly accessible, searchable list of domain name registrant information (as in "who is" the registrant of a particular domain name). More...]]> 2008-05-02T09:54:00-08:00 internetcybersquattingdnsdomain_namespolicy_regulationprivacyspamwhois http://www.circleid.com/posts/google_domain_whois_search/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/google_domain_whois_search/ More...]]> 2008-04-21T08:58:00-08:00 internetdnsdomain_nameswhois http://www.circleid.com/posts/canadas_privatize_whois_data/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/canadas_privatize_whois_data/ More...]]> 2008-04-21T07:39:00-08:00 internetdnsdomain_namesprivacywhois http://www.circleid.com/posts/84374_open_letter_yahoo_postmaster/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/84374_open_letter_yahoo_postmaster/ More...]]> 2008-04-03T07:30:00-08:00 internetdnssecurityspamwhois http://www.circleid.com/posts/83410_anti_phishing_consumer_protection_act/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/83410_anti_phishing_consumer_protection_act/ More...]]> 2008-03-04T10:06:00-08:00 internetdnsdomain_namesprivacysecurityspamwhois http://www.circleid.com/posts/831125_ica_position_paper_anti_phishing_legislation/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/831125_ica_position_paper_anti_phishing_legislation/ ICA) has posted a position paper and analysis of S. 2661, introduced on 2/25/08 in the US Senate. While we are firmly opposed to phishing and other criminal activities that may utilize domain names we are very concerned about the provisions of the proposal that appear to provide trademark owners with a means to avoid both UDRP and ACPA actions and alternatively bring private claims against domain names with a lower burden of proof and the potential for far higher monetary damages, without even requiring an allegation that the DN was in any way being utilized in a phishing scheme... More...]]> 2008-03-01T13:14:00-08:00 internetcybersquattingdnsdomain_namesdomain_registrieslawpolicy_regulationprivacysecuritywhois http://www.circleid.com/posts/82810_domain_pulse_2008_europe/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/82810_domain_pulse_2008_europe/ More...]]> 2008-02-08T10:05:00-08:00 internetcybersquattingdnsdomain_namesinternet_governancepolicy_regulationsecuritytop_level_domainswhois http://www.circleid.com/posts/811611_david_ritz_court_spam/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/811611_david_ritz_court_spam/ conclusions of law." Read them while you go donate to David's legal defense fund... More...]]> 2008-01-16T12:17:00-08:00 internetdnsspamwhois http://www.circleid.com/posts/811510_oversee_receives_150_million_investment/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/811510_oversee_receives_150_million_investment/ More...]]> 2008-01-15T10:09:00-08:00 internetdnsdomain_namestop_level_domainswhois http://www.circleid.com/posts/81097_domain_front_running_registrars/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/81097_domain_front_running_registrars/ a post on the DomainState forum, NSI has issued a statement which essentially admits that it engages in a form of domain front running. No one has challenged domain Front Running by registrars in the courts, likely because the practice is new and since the loss of a single domain would not typically generate a level of damages to support litigation. But litigation over this arguably fraudulent domain practice by registrars is both viable and likely inevitable... More...]]> 2008-01-09T07:35:00-08:00 internetcybersquattingdnsdomain_namespolicy_regulationwhois http://www.circleid.com/posts/81082_network_solutions_front_running/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/81082_network_solutions_front_running/ a post on the DomainState forum today, a number news and blogs have criticized Network Solutions for front running domain names that customers try to register. (See for instance today's report on DomainNameNews). Jonathon Nevett, Vice President of Policy at Network Solutions, has offered the following in response to the news break... More...]]> 2008-01-08T14:30:00-08:00 internetcybersquattingdnsdomain_namessecuritywhois