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Advisory Committee request for comments
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ICANN
At-Large Advisory Committee Request for Comments on the WHOIS Database

Update

Comments on the WHOIS Task Force's Final Report on Accuracy and Bulk Access

Date: 
20 February 2003

Interim At-Large Advisory Committee
Comments on the WHOIS Task Force's Final Report on Accuracy and
Bulk Access

Introduction

AT-LARGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADVICE TO GNSO WHOIS TASK FORCES

Date: 
26 March 2004

I. WHOIS Task Force 1 Restricting Access to
WHOIS Data For Marketing Purposes

II. WHOIS Task Force 2 Review of Data Collected and Displayed
III. WHOIS Task Force 3 Improving Accuracy of Collected
Data


Note: Unless we specifically speak about registrars, our remarks apply
to registrar and to thick registry WHOIS systems alike.

I. Restricting Access to WHOIS Data for Marketing
Purposes

Policy proposal

Comments submitted to WHOIS Task Force #3 by Thomas Roessler, on behalf of the ALAC

Date: 
3 July 2004

ALAC submits the following comments for the task force's consideration.
The comments are focused on the "best practices" section contained
in the Preliminary Report.

The comments are also focused on those recommendations that would directly
affect individual Internet users and, in particular, registrants.

Best practice #5:

Policy Development Process Relating to Registry Services

Public comments have been requested on a committee report which proposes to change the process for introducing new registry services. To share your views, send an email to the GSNO email list and the At-Large forum for posting.

Verisign Registry Re-direction of Queries for Non-existant Domain Names

At Large Advisory Committee Statement on SiteFinder's Suspension

The ALAC welcomes ICANN's decision to remind Verisign of its
obligations to run its registries for the public good, and
VeriSign's compliance with ICANN's demand to shut down SiteFinder.

VeriSign Site Finder Request For Comments

Date: 
17 September 2003

ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee request for comments
Verisign Registry Re-direction of Queries for Non-existant Domain Names

en espanol

Please share your views on Verisign Registry's new service which redirects
domain lookups for misspelled or
nonexistent domain names to its own site.

On 16 September, the ALAC submitted the following statement to ICANN's Board
of Directors:

Declaración del ALAC sobre la resolución de nombres de dominio no existentes

Declaración del ALAC sobre la resolución de nombres de dominio no existentes

(Esta es nuestra declaración final sobre el asunto)

El Comité Consultivo At-Large desea llevar a la atención del ICANN los asuntos relativos al sorpresivo desarrollo que Verisign ha hecho del sitio de búsqueda para .com y .net.

Internationalized Domain Names (IDN)

ICANN At-Large
Advisory Committee request for comments
Internationalized Domain Names
(IDN)

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