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[Philipp Schafft <lion AT lion.leolix.org>]

Good morning,

On Mon, 2015-11-23 at 16:31 -0700, Jeff Taylor wrote:
> It's certainly worth discussing...  The wiki page I linked

http://wiki.opennicproject.org/WHOIS_Policy


> to has been 
> posted for several years, but I don't recall much discussion about it 
> before.  And that was part of the reason behind my original email, but I 
> forgot to ask about it -- What fields SHOULD we be displaying?  What 
> fields should never be shown?  The info in there now is less than what 
> is required and publically displayed by ICANN, but that doesn't mean it 
> *should* be displayed.  Also are there any fields missing that might be 
> useful?

I think it's the typical conflict of interests problem. Here is a small
list of causes and positions. Just throwing them in to early seed the
discussion:
      * A aggressive privacy fundamentalist will visit your datacenter
        with torch and pitchfork burning all your servers and maybe
        more.
      * A network manager would love to see all the technical
        informations like the NS records as well as some way to get in
        contact *easily* and *swift* in case there is a problem (e.g.
        abuse).
      * A company owner want full company names and complete addresses.
      * A lawyer want all that at the same time. Also all data must be
        verified and audited several times a year.
      * A normal user is likely happy if he got a name (realname,
        nickname, don't care) and an email address that can be used to
        somehow get in contact with the owner.
      * A OpenNIC (or peers)'s technician just wants direct LDAP access.
      * OpenNIC is unsure what they want and will vote on if they going
        to vote for something or not.
      * Some advanced user would like to place several comments in the
        record e.g. about usage and advanced problem reporting
        information.
      * The individual TLD Operators may want something that matches
        their individual policies.
      * ...

Truth to be told: I don't think there is that universal set of
attributes that will work for everybody. So maybe there must be a
parameter that allows people to reduce stuff to a minimum. And that
minimum may still be more than what some people like. In that case the
given TLD may just not what they're looking for.

PS: If you spot some humour or sarcasm above feel free to keep it.

-- 
Philipp.
 (Rah of PH2)

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