Oh no, not this again

10 Sep 2015 at 07:21, Kieren McCarthy

 

The issue of what to do about Whois – the registration data for domain names – has reared its ugly head yet again, as it has over and over for the past 15 years.

 

In the latest twist, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has sent a terse note to domain overseer ICANN over its latest effort to review the Whois service and written a blog post for good measure, complaining that the organization "can't seem to wrap its head around why privacy matters when it comes to domain registration services."

 

Meanwhile, ICANN's chair, Steve Crocker, continues to badger the working group looking at the organization's accountability, insisting that the formal review of Whois that was part of its agreement with the US government should not be added to its bylaws.

 

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