Fwd: [council] Options for WHOIS purpose

[KathrynKL at AOL.COM]

Overall, I do not have a problem with Bruce's concerns and strategies -- but
I not happy at all with the wording of the resolution that he drafted on the
fly.  I think Rick Weingarten was right to worry....
Regards, Kathy
p.s. working on some wording changes...
>
> I know this is coming late, i.e. after the Council meeting today
> in Marrakesh, but just to provide you with some background on
> Bruce's thinking.
>
> --- Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au> wrote:
>
> >Subject: [council] Options for WHOIS purpose
> >Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:55:40 +1000
> >From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au>
> >To: "Council GNSO" <council at gnso.icann.org>
> >
> >Hello All,
> >
> >In light of the extensive feedback we have received this week,
> >I believe
> >we have the following options:
> >
> >(1) Revise definition of purpose
> >
> >(2) Keep current definition, but expand on what that
> >definition means
> >
> >(3) Leave definition as is for now, until the task force
> >completes its
> >work on recommending any changes to WHOIS (e.g changes to what
> >is made
> >public, and how data that is not public can be accessed by
> >legitimate
> >users).  Then re-evaluate the definition.
> >
> >
> >Lets discuss this further in the Council meeting tomorrow.
> >
> >In any case, I recommend that the task force continue its
> >current work
> >program.  Any work on purpose should be done at the Council
> >level.
> >
> >Note that in cases where the task force decides to remove
> >certain data
> >elements from public access, the mechanism to access those
> >elements may
> >or may not be called part of the WHOIS service in future, and
> >may or may
> >not use the current port-43 protocol.  E.g We may end up with
> >a revised
> >"WHOIS service", and a separate "Dealing with bad people"
> >service, or
> >maybe a "Standard WHOIS service" and "Advanced WHOIS service".
> >  Rather
> >than worrying about what it is called for now, or worrying
> >about the
> >technical protocols, lets focus on the functional aspects.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Bruce Tonkin
> >
> >

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