Not really. CNRP based names are non-hierarchical. Contexts are parameters that are sent along with the Common-name (read as "unstructured string"). One such context is locale (us/ga/atlanta).
I assume you area also going to attempt to opt out of the services at Yahoo, MSN, AOL, USWest and Ameritech? The reason I ask is that, if your info is in that database (and just because you have a.com doesn't mean you actually are in it) then its also appearing in those other services as well.
I.e. NSI is simply repackaging data that already appears in services all over the net and they don't give you an opt out method either.
The information in the database mentioned in the article is not from the registration database. Read the first paragraph again, NSI isn't licensing the database _to_ infoUSA, its licensing the data _from_ infoUSA. infoUSA is an aggregator of data about companies. They get it from public sources like the yellow pages, SEC filings and by calling the company directly.
NSI is _not_ selling the data to infoUSA and its not getting the data from registrants. Its using already public information the same way that 411 and the other yellow pages services do.
The service is no different from the services that infoUSA already sells their info to: Yahoo, MSN, AOL, etc.
The information in that database is available from several companies and is compiled from public sources. infoUSA and Dun and Bradstreet are just two. That information isn't part of the Internic database and isn't discovered during the registration process.
You can purchase the same information for pennies per company. Its compiled from the yellow pages, SEC filings, and by even calling the companies directly.
Send me private email. I might be able to do something for you. We are under a tremendous load due to growth. Plus its really hard finding good help to do front line customer support these days.
1) that information is available from several companies: infoUSA and Dun and Bradstreet are just two. You can purchase the same information for anywhere from $30 to several thousands of dollars. NSI did _not_ get this information from companies during the registration process. They got it from the same place that any of the other yellow page services get it.
2) NSI has never sold the database to spammers. Until recently it was very easy to suck our database based on retrieving the zone file and diffing it.
That information is available in databases from infoUSA and Dun and Bradstreet. It is regularly used in marketing and direct mail sales. You can buy subsets of the data for anywhere from $70 to several thousands of dollars...
Actually, we don't sell it. That spam (snail mail and otherwise) is a result of the whois and zone files being publicly available. There are companies out there who are attempting to sell CDs with all of the whois data on it.
(no comment on the proprietary whois stuff)
What if you "accept" only the refund part?
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You can't accept 'parts' of an agreement without the permission of the other party. Usually this means both of you initialing (in hand writting with a blue or black pen) the part that is struck.
KC (K. Claffy) was showing some of these pictures at an IETF last year and they were amazing then. One of the more interesting things was how pervasive (invasive?) Verio's networks were becoming.
She has also been giving reports at the IETF for several years on web cache performance at the IETF meetings. Finally someone is actually looking at real performance numbers on these networks....
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Not really. CNRP based names are non-hierarchical.
Contexts are parameters that are sent along with
the Common-name (read as "unstructured string").
One such context is locale (us/ga/atlanta).
I assume you area also going to attempt to opt out of the services at Yahoo, MSN, AOL, USWest and Ameritech? The reason I ask is that, if your info is in that database (and just because you have a .com doesn't mean you actually are in it) then its also appearing in those other services as well.
I.e. NSI is simply repackaging data that already appears in services all over the net and they don't give you an opt out method either.
The information in the database mentioned in the article is not from the registration database. Read the first paragraph again, NSI isn't licensing the database _to_ infoUSA, its licensing the data _from_ infoUSA. infoUSA is an aggregator of data about companies. They get it from public sources like the yellow pages, SEC filings and by calling the company directly.
NSI is _not_ selling the data to infoUSA and its not getting the data from registrants. Its using already public information the same way that 411 and the other yellow pages services do.
The service is no different from the services that infoUSA already sells their info to: Yahoo, MSN, AOL, etc.
The information in that database is available from several companies and is compiled from public sources. infoUSA and Dun and Bradstreet are just two. That information isn't part of the Internic database and isn't discovered during the registration process.
You can purchase the same information for pennies per company. Its compiled from the yellow pages, SEC filings, and by even calling the companies directly.
Send me private email. I might be able to do something for you. We are under a tremendous load due to growth. Plus its really hard finding good help to do front line customer support these days.
1) that information is available from several companies: infoUSA and Dun and Bradstreet are just two. You can purchase the same information for anywhere from $30 to several thousands of dollars.
NSI did _not_ get this information from companies during the registration process. They got it from the same place that any of the other yellow page services get it.
2) NSI has never sold the database to spammers. Until recently it was very easy to suck our database based on retrieving the zone file and diffing it.
That information is available in databases from infoUSA and Dun and Bradstreet. It is regularly used in marketing and direct mail sales. You can buy subsets of the data for anywhere from $70 to several thousands of dollars...
Actually, we don't sell it. That spam (snail mail and otherwise) is a result of the whois and zone files being publicly available. There are companies out there who are attempting to sell CDs with all of the whois data on it.
(no comment on the proprietary whois stuff)
You can't accept 'parts' of an agreement without the permission of the other party. Usually this means both of you initialing (in hand writting with a blue or black pen) the part that is struck.
KC (K. Claffy) was showing some of these pictures at an IETF last year and they were amazing then. One of the more interesting things was how pervasive (invasive?) Verio's networks were becoming.
She has also been giving reports at the IETF for several years on web cache performance at the IETF meetings. Finally someone is actually looking at real performance numbers on these networks....