18 Nov
2005
18 Nov
'05
4:27 p.m.
Florian, Florian Weimer wrote:
If DNS operators really cared about the availability of their data, they would allow the general public to mirror it. However, some of them seem to think that such a precaution against disaster would negatively impact their current business model.
of course, I can't speak for every DNS operator, but DENIC denying the transfer of the .de zone has no other reason than data protection, ie. making the harvesting of contact data of some 9 million plus domain name holders by just piping the zone through the whois impossible. Best regards, Carsten