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Re: Good Domain List one step closer to reality (actually two steps)

2004-08-13 23:26:55
--On Freitag, August 13, 2004 14:37:43 -0700 "Mark C. Langston" <mark(_at_)bitshift(_dot_)org> wrote:
On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 02:33:59PM -0700, Jonathan Gardner wrote:

Accreditation will also expedite abuse tracking. Right now, you don't
have  to give real, personal information to get a domain name. But with
an  accreditation service that functions properly, you would have to
give real  information.


Actually, one does have to give real information to get a domain name.
So sayeth ICANN, so implementeth the registries.  WHOIS data must be
current and factual.

That's the theory. In the real world you just have to provide the money, everything else you can lie about. Just go to one of those ionline registrars, enter som,e fake datat into the web form, use valid crdeit card dat to pay and you will have a working domain (for some TLDs even in realtime).

For an SSL certificate you have to provide legal documentation that is verified. You also get identified by a human being who will compare your face to the photo on your identity card or passport, compare the names and record all of this on a paper form that gets sent to the CA and will be filed there.

This makes a large difference and is the basis for the trust people put in SSL certificates.

Ralf Döblitz


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