[AusNOG] APNIC WHOIS

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I would say you are fine.

On the APNIC whois page:

"The APNIC Whois Database is a publicly searchable database detailing 
address usage within the Asia Pacific region. The results of any search 
are provided purely for operational purposes (such as finding the 
authoritative contact for a troublesome machine) and are not to be used 
for commercial or marketing purposes." [1]

On the privacy page:

"Some of the personal information you provide may be publicly registered 
in the APNIC Whois Database. This is limited to contact details relating 
to the allocation of specific public Internet resources.

Please note that in relation to these network contact details, the APNIC 
Whois Database allows organizations to register "role objects" in place 
of personal details." [2]

It sounds a little odd that they would think the whois data is private. 
I wonder if they have fake whois data on their domains.

[1]: http://www.apnic.net/apnic-info/whois_search2/using-whois
[2]: http://www.apnic.net/apnic-info/privacy [Section 2.1]


On 20/07/2010 1:58 PM, Karl Kloppenborg wrote:
> Hey Noggers,
>
> this is probably just another silly question, but I am having a dispute
> with someone over them claiming that whois information is private
> information about their company and thus I can't post it anywhere I want.
> Ie, post the whois with a comment on a public domain / forum.
>
> I claim that this is indeed public information and can be used by anyone?
>
> However I thought before I make a total idiot out of myself I would ask
> you just incase I am wrong and the details are infact "Confidential"
>
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> Cheers!
> Karl Kloppenborg*
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