Hi, On May 14, 2013, at 11:02 AM, David Farmer <farmer@xxxxxxx> wrote: > The third goal you refer to focuses on the need for "accurate registration information ... in order to meet a variety of operational requirements." I believe this to be a valid technical concerns of the IETF, it is difficult to imagine how a global Internet can technically function without this. So, I think it is important for it to remain in the draft. I would also point out that the third goal makes no statement on whether the registration data is publicly available or not. > However, issues of privacy, law enforcement access, and a myriad of other extremely important issues related to the Internet Numbers Registry System are outside the technical and operational scope of the IETF. The whole point of the draft is to document the issues that are properly the concern of the IETF towards the Internet Numbers Registry System and to pass the rest of it to the multi-stakeholder environment of ICANN and the RIRs to hash it out. Exactly. Section 4 notes that provision of "public WHOIS" has been a technical consideration and that "it may be necessary for the Internet community to examine these and related technical and operational considerations and how best to meet them." Regards, -drc