Re: privacy is a feature (Re: [Asrg] desirable characteristics of source tracking)

[Clifton Royston <cliftonr@lava.net>]

On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 11:33:26PM +0100, Hadmut Danisch wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 05:14:25PM -0500, Keith Moore wrote:
> > > How do you know that "Hadmut Danisch" is not a pseudonym?
> > > Quite easy: Do a whois query on danisch.de. Once my relay is
> > > covered with a RMX or a signature, you know (at least with a certain 
> > > level of reliability) that the mail from hadmut@danisch.de has
> > > anything to do with that guy mentioned in the whois entry.
> > 
> > it doesn't tell you a thing.  you can use a pseydonym to get a domain
> > name.
> 
> No, you can't. Domain providers/resellers are required to put the
> real name of the owner in the whois database. And imprints must 
> not contain pseudonyms. At least in Germany
> and as far as I know in Europe.

  Perhaps the requirements don't work quite as you think?  Or perhaps
they only apply to the .de TLD?

  Joker.com is located in Germany and has been a popular registrar for
domains in .com and .org for quite a few years.  There is evidently no
problem with pseudonyms and/or false addresses being used to register
domain names there; or if so, then my officemate is apparently from the
Andromedan galaxy and is named rather differently than I think.

  -- Clifton

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     Clifton Royston  --  LavaNet Systems Architect --  cliftonr@lava.net

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