> Doing a whois on a .com.au domain name ( using aunic.net for example )
> displays the creation date.
> since .com.au domain names are registered for 2 years, it is easy to add 2
> years to find the expiry date...

I covered this in my email.....when I said

> "extrapolated based on the
> original domain name registration date"

I guess I should have refrained from using 5 syllable words if I expected
everyone to be able to keep up.




> Which means that removing the expiry date is really
> not sufficient to
> prevent misuse of the data.

I've been recommending for yonks that the creation date not be visible.
From my email to this list of 3 March 2002:

> A relatively effective solution appears to be to change the AUNIC site so
that two of the database fields:
>
> * the domain name creation date
> * the first Organisation-Postal field, which has the street address
>
> are not visible to manual or automated enquiries.

auDA has of course nicely resolved this issue in its whois policy -
http://www.auda.org.au/docs/auda-whois-final.pdf




> Correct me if I am wrong.

Oh, I think you're absolutely right.

Maybe 'off the pace' a bit :)

But right, on this one.




Regards, Mark

Mark Hughes
Effective Business Applications Pty Ltd
effectivebusiness§pplications.com.au
www.pplications.com.au
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