[gnso-acc-sgb] Re: [gnso-whois-wg] F-Secure Responds To Criticism of .bank

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Palmer and all sgb members,

  I fully agree to the point that "consumers need protection from
identity theft and other fraud and abuse."  And the biggest perps
exposing consumers to identity theft and other fraud and abuse
recently has been the financial/banking industry and some
government agencies/departments.  Most of these exposures
are due to poor or no adequate security processes and procedures,
as the articles and blog I posted points out.

  Indeed as of the last report card from the GAO, many USG
departments received failing or nearly failing grades.  Ergo making
several of them not adequate competent to determine which
banks or financial institutions will make for good or reasonable
third party accessors. See: http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/repandtest.html
for more details ect...

Palmer Hamilton wrote:

> I think the concept of a new gTLD may be worth exploration; however, I
> think the challenges before our Working Group are ample at present
> without taking on the question of adding an entirely new gTLD.  Further,
> realistically, it could be years before such a gTLD could be established
> and domains transferred to it.  In the meantime, consumers need
> protection from identity theft and other fraud and abuse.
>
> The question before us is how do we provide that protection for
> consumers while simultaneously addressing the privacy issues.  I have
> been trying to meld into the bank proposal some of the thoughts that Dan
> Krimm gave a week or so ago.  It is my hope to possibly submit a revised
> proposal in the next week or so.  Hopefully, Dan's suggestions will
> provide at least some comfort for those most concerned about the latter
> half of the equation.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gnso-whois-wg@xxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-gnso-whois-wg@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Williams
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 4:30 AM
> To: gnso-whois-wg
> Subject: [gnso-whois-wg] F-Secure Responds To Criticism of .bank
>
> All WG members,
>
> "F-Secure recently offered a solution
> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3798 to the problem
> of bank-account phishing, and the discussion here
>  http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/07/2247244&tid=172
> of a .bank TLD  generated some criticism. In their latest blog
>  http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/archive-052007.html#00001195
> entry F-Secure has responded point-by-point."
>
> =================================================
>
>   It is clear that many on sub group B regarding access when discussing
> access and phishing clearly don't understand that the phishing problem,
> which is growing especially in the banking sector, is mainly a technical
>
> security problem which as I posted in regards to in an earlier post,
> rather than one of policy.  In regards to Whois, it seems nearly foolish
>
> to believe that the banking/financial industry as a whole should be
> given full access to Whois data unless or until they have taken
> significant security steps to clear up their own security holes, which
> are many.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Jeffrey A. Williams
> Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 134k members/stakeholders strong!)
> "Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" -
>    Abraham Lincoln
>
> "Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is very
> often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt
>
> "If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B;
> liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by
> P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."
> United States v. Carroll Towing  (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947]
> ===============================================================
> Updated 1/26/04
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Regards,

--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 134k members/stakeholders strong!)
"Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" -
   Abraham Lincoln

"Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is
very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt

"If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B;
liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by
P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."
United States v. Carroll Towing  (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947]
===============================================================
Updated 1/26/04
CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security
IDNS. div. of Information Network Eng.  INEG. INC.
ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402
E-Mail jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 Registered Email addr with the USPS
Contact Number: 214-244-4827