ICANN has just published a report on the above-mentioned subject. It is at http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-01oct09-en.htm It reports statistical data only. I personally consider it misses the point. Rough figures are meaningless if they are not used in context. There was no evaluation of use of proxy services by spammers, scammers and other cybercriminals. Neither was there any measurement of the use of privacy services by individuals trying to protect against the previously mentioned criminals. /. also has a topic on the subject: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/03/2218220/ICANN-Studies-Secretive-Domai... The comments to the Slashdot article are especially interesting. -- Patrick Vande Walle Blog: http://patrick.vande-walle.eu Twitter: http://twitter.vande-walle.eu facebook: http://facebook.vande-walle.eu