RE: [gnso-stability-thickwhois] Escrow & Stability

["Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I would like to understand a little bit more about the so-called risks.  .biz 
and .info have been thick for over a decade without any incident from an escrow 
or stability standpoint.  .org has been thick for about 8 or 9 years with no 
incident.  .us and a number of other cctlds have been thick for quite some 
time...again no incident.

We need to engage a little more in some fact based decision making and not 
cater to the philosophical fears that have never arisen.



Best regards,

Jeffrey J. Neuman

Sent from iPad.  Please excuse any typos.


 -----Original Message-----
From:   Alan Greenberg [mailto:alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent:   Monday, January 28, 2013 06:44 PM Eastern Standard Time
To:     gnso-stability-thickwhois@xxxxxxxxx
Subject:        Re: [gnso-stability-thickwhois] Escrow & Stability

I am at a bit of a loss as to how we are going to proceed.

On the questions of benefits of having two repositories and two 
escrows, all parties agree that it would be good, but NCUC, NPOC and 
Verisign feel that there are risks or problems associated with both 
registrars and registries housing data that outweigh the benefits. 
NPOC's position is that if things are run well, extra copies are not 
needed. It is not clear how to ensure that things are run well.

On the question of whether registrar escrow is needed IF we have all 
thick registries, all parties that answered think that registrar 
escrow should be kept, but some of the answers seem to imply "we 
don't want thick so therefore registrar escrow still needed".

I am attaching an extract of the comment template for our questions 
with my short-hand summaries in column D. Feel free to add your own.

Alan

At 15/01/2013 09:56 AM, Alan Greenberg wrote:

>I am afraid that I have had to focus on other issues until now, but 
>given that stakeholder input is just now arriving, this is probably 
>a good time to start work in earnest.
>
>The members of this sub-group are:
>.        Alan Greenberg (ALAC)
>.        Carolyn Hoover (RySG)
>.        Tim Ruiz (RrSG)
>.        Jeff Neuman (RySG)
>.        Christopher E George (IPC)
>.        Frederic Guillemaut (RrSG)
>
>As I understand it, we are looking at two issues:
>
>- Stability, with a focus on the implications and requirements of 
>having multiple repositories of Whois data.
>- Data Escrow document what is done and investigate if any changes 
>are required or recommended.
>
>I suggest the following for our work-plan:
>
>1. Discussion and enhancement (if applicable) of topics to be 
>addressed - on list.
>2. Individual review of stakeholder input.
>3. Schedule a call to to discuss issues.
>4. Draft summary/report
>
>Comments?
>
>Alan