There’s a new law on data protection in Russia, and under its provisions, information for web site owners should not be accessible online. The .ru WHOIS database has almost three years to fulfill the law requirements (until January 1, 2010), but Ru-Center, (largest registrar for .ru), says they have discussed the issue with RIPN (the technical contact for .ru) may be ready to implement it in the coming months.
You can read unofficial translation of the law here (PDF), or the original – here (in Russian, html).
Below is a paragraph and a link to the Russian newspaper Vedomosti, where the first publication about the new law, and its relation to the WHOIS was published:
 Владельцев сайтов засекретят
Представитель ICANN в СНГ Вени Марковски уточнил “Ведомостям”, что принципы работы базы WhoIs должна рассмотреть 30 июля входящая в ICANN организация поддержки доменных имен GNSO, в работе которой принимают участие представители разных стран. По его словам, России нужно активнее работать в рамках GNSO. Далее |
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Kim 05.02.07 at 7:51 am
That is just incredibly stupid, and here’s why:
– if a registrar sells an .ru domain and pulls what RegisterFly did, what protection do registrants have?
– The original purpose of WHOIS was to be able to identify and contact domain owners, for legal or technical purposes. No way will I trust ecommerce sites operating on .ru domains in particular at this point.
– This is a huge leap backwards. I understand the desire to protect oneself from spam, harassment, and so forth, but for those things one can simply pay an attorney or other third party to serve as the contact point for the domain.
Don’t break the internet please.
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