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Date: 
Wed 18 Jan 2006
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Whois Task Force

[SAC003]: Whois Recommendation of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (Version 1) [PDF, 37K]

File Date: 
Fri 01 Nov 2002

[SAC003]: Whois Recommendation of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (Version 1)

Date: 
Sun 01 Dec 2002

[.pdf version]
Whois Recommendation of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee

SAC 003.1
Document 003 Version 1
December 1, 2002

Table Of Contents

ICANN GNSO WHOIS Workshop, Los Angeles, CA: Is the WHOIS service a source for email addresses for spammers? [PDF, 2,830K]

File Date: 
Sun 28 Oct 2007

[SAC027]: SSAC Comment to GNSO regarding WHOIS studies [PDF, 33K]

File Date: 
Thu 07 Feb 2008

[SAC023]: Is the WHOIS Service a Source for email Addresses for Spammers? [PDF, 961K]

File Date: 
Tue 23 Oct 2007

[SAC003]: WHOIS Recommendation [PDF, 37K]

File Date: 
Sun 01 Dec 2002

[SAC003]: WHOIS Recommendation

Date: 
Sun 01 Dec 2002

Version 2 - 7 February 2003

[.pdf version]
Document 003 Version 2
February 7, 2003

Table Of Contents

No More WDPRS Follow-Ups?

I have not received a 45-day WDPRS follow-up since 20-Jan-2008, even though I have filed WDPRS reports almost daily for the past several months. Has ICANN discontinued WDPRS follow-ups?

I have emailed the webmaster a few times about this matter, but as with all emails to the webmaster on any subject, I have never received a reply.

Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA - WZZI / WZZU / WLNI / WLEQ
http://members.cox.net/dalehcook/starcity.shtml

Unavailable Whois Servers

Some Whois servers are frequently unavailable. The one that I have the most issues with is whois.paycenter.com.cn, maintained by Xin Net Technology Corporation in Beijing, China, which has about 750,000 registrations. Unfortunately, many are for "pharmacy" spammers and other spammers who use false email addresses when providing Whois data to the registrar. When trying to establish whether a spammer has falsified such information the paycenter.com Whois server is frequently unavailable. Is there a complaint process for unavailable Whois servers?

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