RE: [gnso-rap-dt] revised WHOIS note

["James M. Bladel" <jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike & Group:

I guess I'm not clear on what is meant by "Abuse of WHOIS proxy
services."  Do you mean bad actors using fraudulent / stolen data to
open these accounts, or compromised accounts?  And shouldn't a
discussion on this topic be informed by some of the WHOIS data survey
efforts of ICANN compliance?

Thanks--

J.


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 Subject: RE: [gnso-rap-dt] revised WHOIS note
 From: "Mike Rodenbaugh" <icann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 Date: Tue, July 21, 2009 12:15 pm
 To: <gnso-rap-dt@xxxxxxxxx>
 
 
 I am generally in agreement, with one significant caveat. Abuse of
WHOIS
 proxy services is something this group should look at, particularly
when
 registrars are providing the service and do not divulge underlying
WHOIS
 info upon reasonable evidence of abuse, as clearly required by the RAA.
 This issue is not examined by any other WG, and fits nicely into the
work
 this WG is doing, without likelihood of falling into the broader WHOIS
 rathole around accuracy and access, since that WHOIS info is
technically
 accurate and is accessible.
 
 Thanks,
 Mike
 
 Mike Rodenbaugh
 Rodenbaugh Law
 548 Market Street
 San Francisco, CA 94104
 +1.415.738.8087
 www.rodenbaugh.com 
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: owner-gnso-rap-dt@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-rap-dt@xxxxxxxxx]
On
 Behalf Of Greg Aaron
 Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 12:34 PM
 To: gnso-rap-dt@xxxxxxxxx
 Subject: [gnso-rap-dt] revised WHOIS note
 
 Dear group:
 
 
 
 Below is the revised note as per today's meeting; please review it for
 accuracy. Members absent from today's meeting are free to comment (but
 please listen to today's MP3 first -- linked on page
 http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/#july). If you would like to see any
changes
 to the below, please post specifics to the list by 22:00 UTC on
Thursday the
 23rd. Lack of comment will be taken as your assent. 
 
 
 
 All best,
 
 --Greg A.
 
 
 
 
 
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 Dear Avri, Chuck, and Mike:
 
 
 
 I am writing to you on behalf of the Registration Abuse Policies
Working
 Group (RAPWG), which would like to provide you with a scope update.
 
 
 
 As you know, the RAPWG charter contains the broad mandate to "identify
which
 aspects of the subject of registration abuse are within ICANN's mission
to
 address and which are within the set of topics on which ICANN may
establish
 policies that are binding on gTLD registry operators and
ICANN-accredited
 registrars," and to "gather facts, define terms, provide the
appropriate
 focus and definition of the policy issue(s), if any, to be addressed."
 
 
 
 During the RAPWG's work, the issue of WHOIS has been raised. WHOIS is a
 topic within GNSO policy-making scope, an area around which there are
abuse
 and compliance issues, and WHOIS issues are a factor in other abuse
topics.
 We are also aware of the very long history of WHOIS discussions in the
GNSO,
 and WHOIS efforts the GNSO currently has underway. (See:
 http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/ ). 
 
 
 
 Because of the past and present GNSO efforts, the RAPWG has decided
that it
 will a) leave WHOIS off its list of registration abuses for major
 examination, research, and recommendation-making, and b) will include
 examples and background in its report when WHOIS issues are a factor in
 other abuse issues. We believe that this will allow us to make relevant
 comments while avoiding duplication of previous and current GNSO
efforts
 regarding WHOIS.
 
 
 
 The RAPWG discussed the issue in its meetings of July 6 and 20, and
came to
 unanimous consensus on the above approach in its July 20th meeting
(support:
 James Bladel, Berry Cobb, Philip Corwin, Frederick Felman, Jeremy
Hitchcock,
 George Kirikos, Mike O'Connor, Gretchen Olive, Rod Rasmussen, Mike
 Rodenbaugh, Faisal Shah, Andy Steingruebl, Martin Sutton, Greg Aaron.
 Alternate views: none. Abstentions: none.) 
 
 
 
 We believe this course is consistent with our charter. Please let us
know
 if the Council disagrees with this course, or if you have any
questions.
 
 
 
 In the meantime, the RAPWG is working on a long list of other topics,
 including examinations of cybersquatting, front-running, and
 cybercrime-related issues. A full list is in the latest "RAPWG Abuse
 Categories and Types" document at:
 https://st.icann.org/reg-abuse-wg/index.cgi?registration_abuse_policies_work
 ing_group
 
 
 
 Thank you.
 
 
 
 Respectfully submitted,
 
 
 
 --Greg Aaron
 
 Chair, RAPWG
 
 
 
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