netearth Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Hi All, This maybe help to some of the newbies out there in setting up WHMCS : registries supporting privacy protection 1. .com/.net 2. .org 3. .biz 4. .info 5. .name 6. .mn 7. .mobi 8. .cc 9. .tv 10. .bz 11. .ws 12. centralnic registries that do not allow privacy protection 1. .in 2. .us 3. .coop 4. .eu 5. .travel 6. .uk (.UK has WHOIS OPT-OUT, but the registrant name is still shown, and if you run a site that "sells" something which has OPT-OUT turned on, and it is reported to Nominet, they will remove the OPT-OUT service) Domains that require EPP: 1 .com 2 .net 3 .org 4 .info 5 .biz 6 .us 7 .in (along with any third level .in domain like .co.in) 8 .name 9 .bz 10 .mn 11 .mobi 12 .cc (not compulsory) 13 .tv (not compulsory) 14 .coop Kind regards, Chris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliez Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 why does everybody offers .mn (Mongolia)? is it too popular? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansgalaxy Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 probaby just like the .tv TLD. .tv is some small island (cant remember its name) which is country code just happens to be tv so everyone wants it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arhost Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 .tv = Tuvalu an island country of the western Pacific Ocean north of Fiji. Organized as a British protectorate in 1892, the islands became part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony in 1915 and achieved independence in 1978. Fongafale, on Funafuti Island, is the capital. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansgalaxy Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 ^ What he said. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliez Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 very interesting... but tv = Tuvalu == television mn = Mongolia == ????? edit: duh, mn == Money!!!!!!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethical Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 just an update to this list, .CA does not allow privacy protection but they just changed their whois so that personal registrations (as a canadian citizen) is protected by default. makes it harder to help your customers transfer names if you (and they) do not know if their admin contact is up to date! cheers john 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansgalaxy Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Maybe a silly question, could i provide privacy protection to clients (i have a NE1 reseller) and just change the details myself? (obviously to an address etc which can forward details) Dan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ur Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Not sure if I understand correctly, but if you are saying that you will modify contact details on a domain that does not support privacy protection to something other than what the registry requires, hiding the registrant details could violate the terms. If you are trying to modify the privacy protection on a domain that supports it, and the customer is aware and willing to do so, then, yes you could do so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansgalaxy Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I probably dont understand the idea of privacy protection fully... I know some domains support it, so is it something which u have to tell the registry if you like? I just saw a site and it basically said the details would be hidden the email would be like d5d45@domainreg.com and that would get forwarded to them so their email is hidden.. Can anyone suggest something to look at which give detailed description of Privacy on domain? Dan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netearth Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 Hi Dan, We as the registrar have to hold the correct information, as we have to lodge it with IronMountain under RDE rules. The problem with trying to do it yourself, is if the address information is incorrect, or, the regitsrant makes a complaint, how can we verify who they are? And when we send out the confirmation email for confirm WHOIS information (an ICANN rule) how do we know they actually get it (not saying we do now, just this adds another possible issue). Kind regards, Chris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansgalaxy Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I see, so if the email was a forwarder to their real email would that be wrong? so if i set up a email like domain15s51@xdnet.co.uk which redirected to their real one? Dan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netearth Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 I see, so if the email was a forwarder to their real email would that be wrong? so if i set up a email like domain15s51@xdnet.co.uk which redirected to their real one? Dan Hi Dan, Yes you could do that, remember the possible spam implications as well (if you are forwarding it, headers will show your server not the original server from recollection) so you may get blacklisted on some lists and services etc. Also remember, the address that you place as the registrant what will that be? Lastly if hte registrant contact us directly because they couldnt get hold of you for whatever reason, how do we know they are the actual owner? It is just a minefield for interpretation from ICANN's RAA. Regards, Chris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ur Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Sorry (and no offense) Chris, but I can't understand why you say "Yes you can do that". @Dan ... It's just safer not to do this on behalf of your clients... If they want to do it themselves, that's another thing. However, if someone does this as a service, knowingly to hide the identity or contact info of the registrant, you would be violating the terms of registration of most tlds where it is not allowed. As Chris pointed out, "a minefield for interpretation" or a grey area. Should something go wrong, a client could loose his/her domain, and you could also be held accountable or suffer consequence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansgalaxy Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Ok i understand, it was just i couldnt see/didnt know the difference between me doing it and the upstream registrar... Now i do 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netearth Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 Sorry (and no offense) Chris, but I can't understand why you say "Yes you can do that". Hi UR, No offense taken I said it because we wouldnt be any the wiser, its bad practice, and would take some setting up, but we take a handfull of domains to check the whois manually. The automated email goes out to everyone to confirm WHOIS is correct once a year. Its best to leave the privacy protection to the registrar. Kind regards, Chris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
othellotech Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Its best to leave the privacy protection to the registrar. It's *best* to leave "privacy protection" out of domain registration completely, and IMHO should never have been allowed for people to obfuscate their details for a public database ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansgalaxy Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Personally i agree, i really think that you should be able to easily contact anyone with a domain or website... pet hate if i want to contact someone about their site and you simply cant. Dan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightbeing creations Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Thanks for the useful list. Why isn't this highlighted when configuring domains in WHMCS? I've only just found out after 18months of using WHMCS and now need to go back in and adjust settings plus re-visit .uk domains that should have privacy but don't. Surely it would make sense to explain this in the WHMCS documentation? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernix Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I am curious as to how accurate this information is since it was posted in 2008. I also would like to say I LOVE the whois privacy. I am sick of being spammed by dirt bags mining the whois registry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkaprol Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Adamsnames which is the registrar of the following ccTLDs is upgraded their registry system and switched to EPP 1.0 . .tc .vg .gd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubensk Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Just to add to the list: .br also supports EPP, but it works very differently from a gTLD. An WHMCS module is being developed and its initial version is available at https://github/registrobr/whmcs-registrobr-epp .br doesn't support privacy protect, and if the registrar puts his information into WHOIS, the registrar is legally liable for anything the customer does with the domain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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