[gnso-res-sga] gnso-whois-wga

["Peter Stevenson- Fabulous.com" <peter.stevenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

 

I have recently come on as an observer and I am trying to get up to speed
with all that has been happening in this work group.

 

Below is just comments on certain issues that have been raised at different
times and I do apologize if they have been covered already.

 

OPoC Accreditation

-          I agree with Ross (I think it was Ross from the last
tele-conference) and see this as an extremely hard thing to do.

 

Verification of OpoC by the Registrar

-          The Registrar would need to confirm that the OPoC is:

o        accredited 

o        as well confirmation from them that they are in fact the OPoC for
each and every domain name they are listed on

 

EG: domain name is registered by Party A and Party B is placed in as the
OPoC.  The registrar would need to verify that the OPoC is accredited and
that they are in fact the    OpoC for the particular domain name.

 

-          This verification would be required for all new and existing
domain names where the registrant and OPoC differs (no small task)

 

Registrar set as default OPoC

 

-          I know this was mentioned and from a registrar's point of view we
would not want this to happen.

-          The registrar would in some cases receive large increases in
correspondence (both legal and non-legal) thus creating costs associated
with processing

 

 

Privacy Protection

-          I know there are several concerns here about this not only from
individuals but also in trying to meet specific country privacy policies.

-          As there must be many different country privacy policies out
there, should this even be taken into consideration as there is no way that
all privacy policies will be able to be adhered to

 

What could be shown:

 

This probably goes into another wg but thought I would say it any way.

 

Registrant (I believe this is what is being looked at)

-          Name

-          City

-          Country 

 

Condition

-          This must be the actual registrant and cannot be a proxy or
privacy protection service

 

OPoC

-          Same as registrant

-          Appointed OPoC

-          Proxy / Protection Service

 

One reason to actually show the Registrant and not a proxy service is what
happens when (I say here when and not if) a Registrar goes off the rails
(Shuts its doors) and no-one can actually get access to the registrant
details. Proving ownership of those domain names then becomes extremely hard
if access to the Registrar's records is unable to be obtained and the whois
shows a proxy service which was run by that registrar. As far as I am aware
this has not happened but in this day and age it is possible. 

 

 

I am not sure if any of this is of help.

 

Thanks,

 

 

Peter Stevenson

Fabulous.com <http://www.fabulous.com/> 

peter.stevenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx

 

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