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ronjor
October 31st, 2007, 06:37 PM
{QUOTE-> The nonprofit organization that manages the Internet's domain-name system has voted to punt on a proposed change to the global WHOIS database of Web site name registrants. The changes would have given Web site owners the ability to shield their identities online and, indirectly, cut spammers off from an easy-to-mine database of legitimate e-mail addresses. <-QUOTE}Brian Krebs (http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/10/net_governance_body_punts_on_w.html)