[Ietf-not43] -02 requirements draft

[Leslie Daigle]

Howdy,

> Ted Hardie wrote:
>> The requirement provides functionality: "Tell me all the domains administered
>> by Example DNS /Tell me all the domains owned by Joe Example".  There are
>> clear reasons to want this functionality.
> 
> Would you mind describing why one might want this functionality?

The "administered by" example would be useful if you were trying
to find another path to reach someone when their basic network
was down.

As for the "all domains owned by Joe Example", we've heard this 
requirement from both IPR and law enforcement communities.  

For example, in the notes from one of VeriSign's discussion forums
on the topic, with the law enforcement & ipr communities (August, 2001;
see http://uwho.verisignlabs.com for the minutes):



> Steven Metalitz, Smith & Metalitz, DNSO IPC · 
[...]
> From the perspective of IP
> community, he highlighted two important areas: 1) the universal Whois
> should be a one-stop shopping portal for accessing information
> provided by as many Registrars as possible and 2) Whois should be
> robustly searchable along a range of data elements instead of only
> through a look-up info based on a domain name, e.g., Whois should be
> searchable also for all domain names registered by the same
> Registrar. Generally, Whois needs to be public, free to use, without
> substantial restrictions and should provide information in real time.

Leslie.

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