by Scott Pinzon on April 13, 2010
What’s wrong with Whois? Perhaps nothing. Perhaps a lot. We lack the data to answer with certainty. The Whois service has drawn a lot of thought and debate from the ICANN community for ten years. In fact, the global look-up service has been the subject of so many points of view and so many policy [...]
by Stacy Burnette on October 31, 2008
Whois has been a complex issue within ICANN, and continues to receive attention at the policy level. While this important policy work goes on, ICANN still has the clear responsibility to enforce existing Whois provisions in the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), and to better understand the real world status of Whois accuracy and Whois related services (e.g. privacy and proxy registration services).
So, what is ICANN doing for Whois compliance? Here is a recent survey of activities: