United States Government Publishing Office
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GAOREPORTS
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2010-08-12
U.S. Government Printing Office
2005-11-04
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GA 1.13:GAO-06-165
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-165
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2010-08-12
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GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-165
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REPORT
GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-165
GAO-06-165
Computer crimes
Computer fraud
Data integrity
Identity verification
Information technology
Internal controls
Internet
Registries
Websites
Policies and procedures
Other Written Product
A41038
Internet Management: Prevalence of False Contact Information for Registered Domain Names
Individuals or organizations seeking to register the names of
their Web sites may provide inaccurate contact information to
registrars in order to hide their identities or to prevent
members of the public from contacting them. Contact information
is made publicly available on the Internet through a service
known as Whois. Data accuracy in the Whois service can help law
enforcement officials to investigate intellectual property misuse
and online fraud, or identify the source of spam e-mail, and can
help Internet operators to resolve technical network issues. GAO
was asked, among other things, to (1) determine the prevalence of
patently false or incomplete contact data in the Whois service
for the .com, .org, and .net domains; (2) determine the extent to
which patently false data are corrected within 1 month of being
reported to ICANN; and (3) describe steps the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and ICANN have taken to ensure the accuracy
of contact data in the Whois database.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-165/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-165.htm
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-165/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-165.pdf
GAO-06-165
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-165
Other Written Product
GAO-06-165; Internet Management: Prevalence of False Contact Information for Registered Domain Names;
Computer crimes
Computer fraud
Data integrity
Identity verification
Information technology
Internal controls
Internet
Registries
Websites
Policies and procedures