Re: [gnso-thickwhois-dt] weekly status report

["Mike O'Connor" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>]

it looks to me like we've got a couple of topics in the existing list that will 
give the WG some space to work on these issues.  but i thought i'd take a try 
at a hack job to get at the "authoritative" issue

here are the two existing questions that seem bear on this discussion and 
provide a place for the WG to do work...

Impact on privacy and data protection, including consideration of possible 
cross border transfers of registrant data: how would ‘thick’ Whois affect 
privacy and data protection, also taking into account the involvement of 
different jurisdictions with different laws and legislation with regard to data 
privacy?
  
Database synchronization between the Registry and Registrars: what would be the 
impact on the registry and registrar WHOIS and EPP systems for those registries 
currently operating a thin registry, both in the migration phase to ‘thick’ 
WHOIS as well as ongoing operations?

how about adding one like this?  (feel free to chop my attempt into small 
pieces and spit it out if it's wide of the mark)

Other implications of migrating the "authoritative" repository for registrant 
data from Registrars to the Registry 

does that added question/clause capture the sense of the thread?

m

On Sep 24, 2012, at 12:23 PM, Marika Konings <marika.konings@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> All, it might be worth noting that several of these issues such as impact on 
> data privacy and protection and registrar port 43 Whois requirements have 
> already been identified in the charter as areas that will need to be further 
> explored in the context of this PDP. If there are any further issues that you 
> think are missing from the list on page 2 and 3 of the draft charter, please 
> feel free to suggest wording for inclusion in the charter.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Marika
> 
> From: <Drazek>, Keith <kdrazek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday 24 September 2012 19:12
> To: "Gnso-thickwhois-dt@xxxxxxxxx" <Gnso-thickwhois-dt@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [gnso-thickwhois-dt] weekly status report
> 
> Hi Volker,
>  
> Thanks for the insight. It sounds like there could be multiple models of 
> Whois Data authority, which seems appropriate.
>  
> Another question around the “authoritative” issue concerns privacy laws and 
> anticipated cross-border transfers of data.
>  
> For a TLD that has always had Thick Whois, the rules were established (and 
> presumably accepted by the registrants in their registration agreement with 
> the registrar) from their initial launch date. The registrants in those TLDs 
> gave their consent for the data transfer upon registration of their domain 
> name(s).
>  
> However, transferring personal Whois data for 100+ million registrations from 
> scores of international jurisdictions to a single entity could raise 
> additional privacy concerns. The question of which entity in which 
> jurisdiction has “authority” over the Whois data may need to be considered by 
> the WG and should not necessarily be presumed to be the registry in every 
> case, dependent upon national laws and the range of service offerings across 
> various registries.
>  
> Thanks, Keith
>  
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> From: Volker Greimann [mailto:vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 1:05 PM
> To: Drazek, Keith
> Cc: Gnso-thickwhois-dt@xxxxxxxxx PDP DT
> Subject: Re: [gnso-thickwhois-dt] weekly status report
>  
> Hi Keith,
> 
> I see your point, but I do not believe it to be as much of an issue as you 
> make of it. The registry in any thick whois TLD is the central repository of 
> all whois data, regardly of where it was registered. The registrar is 
> responsible to provide the data to the registry. Verification can be assumed 
> and performed by either. In the new RAA, registrars will most likely assume 
> some of the responsibility, but the launch of .XXX has show this can also be 
> performed on a registry level. In fact, some ccTLDs such as .US also perform 
> routine validations on the registration requirements.
> 
> On the other hand, we have now seen cases where a "thick registry" has made 
> modifications to the registration based on court orders or other events, 
> which were not always notified to the registrar, i.e. left the registrar 
> database out of synch with the registrar database, yet these changes were 
> authoritative as far as the ownership of the domain is concerned. Whereas 
> registrars must always update the registry to effect a change of data in a 
> thick TLD. In other words, as the registry database is the last word on the 
> data, it should be the authoritative source.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Volker
> 
> 
>> Tim raises an important point, including the question of whether registries 
>> or registrars are authoritative for Whois data.
>>  
>> I have concerns about a registry being authoritative for Whois data when it 
>> has no direct connection to the registrant. As discussed on our last call, 
>> the registry receives Whois data from the Registrar, not from the 
>> registrant. As such, the registry has no way of independently 
>> confirming/verifying/validating that the data is accurate. I think this 
>> distinction becomes more of an issue if there’s a future requirement for 
>> validation or verification of registrant Whois data, as requested by the GAC.
>>  
>> Ultimately, having a Thick Whois database at the registry level only 
>> centralizes the data…it doesn’t make it any more accurate, validated, 
>> verified, etc. since registries simply accept what is submitted by the 
>> registrars.
>>  
>> I understand that some of the existing thick registries may already be 
>> authoritative for their TLD’s Whois data, so perhaps we can benefit from 
>> their experience.
>>  
>> This issue may or may not fit into the draft charter, but it’s probably 
>> worth discussing further on our next call.
>>  
>> Thanks, Keith
>>  
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>> Keith Drazek
>> Director of Policy
>> kdrazek@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 
>> m: +1-571-377-9182
>> 21345 Ridgetop Circle Dulles, VA 20166
>> 
>> VerisignInc.com
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>>  
>> From:owner-gnso-thickwhois-dt@xxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:owner-gnso-thickwhois-dt@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Ruiz
>> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 12:27 PM
>> To: Mike O'Connor; Gnso-thickwhois-dt@xxxxxxxxx PDP DT
>> Subject: RE: [gnso-thickwhois-dt] weekly status report
>>  
>> Thanks Mikey,
>>  
>> Sorry I haven't been able to make the calls, one thing or another has come 
>> up. I think the current draft and changes look good but I do have one 
>> comment/concern.
>>  
>> It seems to assumes if all regitries are thick that registrars will still be 
>> required to maintain a set of WHOIS data themselves. However, if the 
>> registries are all thick and authoritative for WHOIS data then I see no 
>> reason why a registrar should continue to be required to maintain a 
>> duplicate set of the data, especially since it will also be escrowed by the 
>> registry. I would think a number of registrars would find it useful and cost 
>> effective to simply use a registry's authoritative data instead of trying to 
>> maintain it themselves. And I can easily see an effort by registrars to 
>> change the RAA and/or policies to reflect that.
>> So I don't think the PDP group should assume that both registrars and 
>> registries will continue to maintain the data. It may be good to note that 
>> possibility. Or alternatively, that may be a question they want to consider. 
>> I don't think it would necessarily be out of scope since it is tightly 
>> associated with whether all registries are thick or not, but others may have 
>> a different opinion.
>> Best,
>> Tim  
>>  
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: [gnso-thickwhois-dt] weekly status report
>>> From: "Mike O'Connor" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Sat, September 22, 2012 10:03 am
>>> To: "Gnso-thickwhois-dt@xxxxxxxxx PDP DT"
>>> <Gnso-thickwhois-dt@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> 
>>> hi all,
>>> 
>>> here's the status report for this week. i *think* we're wringing out the 
>>> last issues in the draft. so this would be a good time to take a look at 
>>> the latest version. what seems to be working well is to run your ideas 
>>> through the list so then we can work through them on the call. here's a 
>>> link to the draft i pushed out after the last call.
>>> 
>>> http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-thickwhois-dt/doc3QzSkLIUIQ.doc
>>> 
>>> and here's the status report. i'm hoping we can get to a draft we can push 
>>> out for a consensus call by the end of the meeting on Thursday. 
>>> 
>>> thanks,
>>> 
>>> mikey
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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