Whois information would still be easy to obtain on a limited basis.

Nearly all domain name ownership data has been redacted from public Whois in the wake of privacy regulations such as GDPR. But one top level domain name remains an outlier: .us.

All Whois info for .us domains remains available on the web, much to some people's surprise.

The U.S. government is considering changing this, although not to the extreme of other top level domains.

GoDaddy Registry, which manages the .us namespace, has proposed a system to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for reducing access to Whois.

The proposal is to create a gateway system and place the Whois information behind this gateway. Whois information for .us domains would no longer be freely and anonymously available on the web.

The proposal seems like it could appease trademark and law enforcement interests while cutting down on