Comments on: Private Domain Names

By: KY

KY — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 02:37:25 +0000

let the flood gate be opened. :X

By: Jacky

Jacky — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 06:18:14 +0000

Paul, thanks a lot for the information (the links).

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 01:01:37 +0000

Or… you can just fill in your fake personal details

By: Paul Tan

Paul Tan — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:51:12 +0000

there has been calls for new privacy standards to be enforced in whois lookups, but nothing is solid yet.

cira has a new proposed whois policy here

http://www.cira.ca/en/Whois/whois_privacy-policy.html

cdt also has something here

http://www.cdt.org/dns/030904cdt.shtml

By: minishorts

minishorts — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:54:26 +0000

Paul: true. no permission was needed to do a whois lookup. I can do the same for many.

and jacky, in kinder words, i hope you understand that minishorts.net is not a mere domain name, as paul has wanted to implicate. it is synonymous with who i am. you are free to do a whois lookup, but you are not free to employ the whois lookup results of minishorts.net as an example here.

By: Paul Tan

Paul Tan — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:37:25 +0000

minishorts, you don’t have to request permission from anyone to perform a whois lookup. it’s public domain information. you were not being used as an example, your domain name was. there are no ‘implications’ of a whois lookup.

By: minishorts

minishorts — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:35:47 +0000

which part of my comment did you not understand?

anyone (not only you) who has been on the internet for a considerable amount of time would understand the implications of a whois look-up, and like i said. phone numbers are cheap, you can get my number off any irresponsible friend, and i leave name cards everywhere. i’m not too concerned about that.

masking out my details does not discount the fact that you have failed to request my permission prior to using me as an example. the number may or may not be real, so is the name. all you have done is to presume and assume and then, gleefully taken my name, of all names, as an example. why not use wendy cheng? or kenny sia? I assure you, it would be equally WRONG. we’re human beings and we’re not to be used as examples at will, mr jacky.

what i’m furious at is the fact that you being supposedly a matured man of a family have no sense to think before you post someone up as an example. for your information, i am a real person and i do not appreciate being dragged up to be cited as an example for the sake of your ‘information-providing’ services. this is nothing but a cheap thrill.

By: Furkids in Hong Kong

Furkids in Hong Kong — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:49:23 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up, I never knew there was such a thing as a ‘private’ domain name.

Thank you!

By: wong

wong — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:51:12 +0000

Heh… Just notice about phone number Why doon’t you tried o nyour own with and without privacy protestion ealier Oh yea, I tried both Godaddy and namecheap. Godaddy sound very secure for me, namecheap somewhat secure as well, but then, namecheap server faster :S

By: Jacky

Jacky — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:05:24 +0000

cyber-red, it may not be right after all; but her numbers are all over the Internet already in the whois databases.

minishorts, sincerely apologize for not thinking with my right mind when I did the posting. I have masked out the contact details. Please consider getting privacy service for your domain name so that it is fully protected.