Changes

In September, 2009, Paul Stahura testified before the U.S  House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts and Competition regarding new [[gTLD]]s. He recommended that the government continue on its trajectory of non-intervention with [[ICANN]] and allow new [[gTLD]]s to be approved by the [[ICANN Board]]. He made the case that the new extensions would foster further growth and innovation on the Internet, and that stifling this was not in the government's, or the international Internet users', best interests.<ref>[http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/Stahura090923.pdf House Hearings]</ref>

In September, 2009, Paul Stahura testified before the U.S  House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts and Competition regarding new [[gTLD]]s. He recommended that the government continue on its trajectory of non-intervention with [[ICANN]] and allow new [[gTLD]]s to be approved by the [[ICANN Board]]. He made the case that the new extensions would foster further growth and innovation on the Internet, and that stifling this was not in the government's, or the international Internet users', best interests.<ref>[http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/Stahura090923.pdf House Hearings]</ref>

At [[ICANN Lisbon]] he suggested an intriguing solution to some regarding [[Whois]] information. That is, to encrypt more sensitive Whois data and only allow certain legal entities to access that through use of a specific key, the most basic of information would still be available to the general public.<ref>[http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/05/paul-stahura-of-demand-media/ Domain Tools Blog Post on Stahura]</ref>

At [[ICANN Lisbon]] he suggested an intriguing solution regarding the accessibility of [[Whois]] information. That is, to encrypt more sensitive Whois data and only allow certain legal entities to access that through use of a specific key, the most basic of information would still be available to the general public.<ref>[http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/05/paul-stahura-of-demand-media/ Domain Tools Blog Post on Stahura]</ref>

==Background==

==Background==