RE: [gnso-dow123] Emailing: 2100-9588_22-5986553.htm

["Steve Metalitz" <metalitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The GAO Report also states, on page 40, "We did not determine the
effectiveness of these tools [IRIS or Trust Factor, f/k/a/ FraudIt] in
reducing inaccuracies in the Whois service."  

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KathrynKL@xxxxxxx wrote:

> The answer seems to be right in front of us:

And the GAO report seems to agree with you Kathy....

"Based on information collected from federal officials and one
registrar, we identified the following two technologies and tools
intended to help reduce false contact information in the Whois database:

(1) The Internet Registry Information Service (IRIS) protocol14 was
originally designed to address privacy concerns associated with making
Whois contact information publicly available.

* IRIS includes authentication mechanisms that allow for "tiered" access
to Whois data. Under IRIS, only limited Whois information-such as the
name and contact information for the registrar-would be available to the
general public (the "bottom" tier of users). A second "top" tier
implementing stricter access controls could provide more specific
registrant information to a limited number of users, such as law
enforcement officials conducting online fraud investigations.
* According to agency officials, implementing the IRIS protocol could
encourage more registrants to submit accurate data into the Whois
database.
* ICANN is investigating proposals to implement a tiered access system. 
However, according to the American Intellectual Property Law
Association,15 a number of issues would need to be addressed before
implementing the system, including o defining criteria for users to
access o establishing an authority to determine those criteria, and o
determining the cost to implement"