Editing Domain privacy (section)

==Implications==
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) broadly requires the [[mail]]ing [[Address (geography)|address]], [[phone number]], and [[e-mail address]] of those owning or administrating a [[domain name]] to be made publicly available through the [[WHOIS]] and Registration Data Directory Services (RDDS) for RDAP. However, that policy enables [[Spamming|spammers]], direct marketers, [[Identity theft|identity thieves]], or other attackers to use the directory to acquire personal information about those people. Although ICANN has been working to change WHOIS to enable greater privacy, there is a lack of consensus among major stakeholders as to what type of change should be made.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Privacy Conundrum in Domain Registration|url=http://www.actnowdomains.com/the-privacy-conundrum-in-domain-registration.htm|publisher=Act Now Domains|access-date=26 March 2013|archive-date=7 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307052709/http://www.actnowdomains.com/the-privacy-conundrum-in-domain-registration.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, with the offer of private registration from many registrars, some of the risk has been mitigated. In addition, successor RDAP moved most contact information of domain name towards RDDS.

Researchers in the industry have worked on improving the design of the domain name system, in order to reduce the likelihood of attackers compromising the infrastructure. They have done so by allowing for varying options and adjusting the guidelines of how they operate.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Khormali |first=Aminollah |last2=Park |first2=Jeman |last3=Alasmary |first3=Hisham |last4=Anwar |first4=Afsah |last5=Saad |first5=Muhammad |last6=Mohaisen |first6=David |date=2021-02-11 |title=Domain name system security and privacy: A contemporary survey |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389128620313001 |journal=Computer Networks |volume=185 |pages=107699 |doi=10.1016/j.comnet.2020.107699 |issn=1389-1286|arxiv=2006.15277 }}</ref>