Call for Topics - Potential Policy Topics for Monthly Topic Dive
Dear CPWG Members, On behalf of the CPWG Co-Chairs, we are conducting a call for topics for future Topic Dive Discussions for CPWG consideration. The April dive topic is still open, and we have received registration data - Whois: Past, Present, Future as a possible topic for consideration. Topics listed on this thread may be considered for a CPWG Topic Dive call at a later date. To listen to prior CPWG Topic Dives, please visit the ALAC Briefing Sessions Page [icann-community.atlassian.net]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/WoDx...>. Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>
Dear CPWG Co-Chairs and Members, Thank you for initiating the call for topics. I propose the following for consideration in future Topic Dive discussions: 1. DNS Abuse Mitigation: Consumer Protections and Registry/Registrar Accountability Rationale: DNS abuse (e.g., phishing, malware, botnets) remains a critical threat to consumer trust in the domain ecosystem. With ICANN’s recent focus on contractual compliance and the proposed amendments to Registry/Registrar Agreements, this dive could explore: - Effectiveness of current abuse mitigation frameworks. - Gaps in consumer redress mechanisms. - Balancing accountability with operational feasibility for registries/registrars. - Potential policy updates to strengthen consumer safeguards. Relevance: Directly aligns with CPWG’s mission to advocate for end-user protections and inform At-Large input on ICANN’s contractual reforms. ------------------------------ 2. Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs): Consumer Awareness and Challenges Rationale: Following the Latin Script Diacritics PDP, this topic could address broader IDN-related issues, such as: - Risks of homograph attacks and consumer confusion. - Accessibility barriers for non-Latin script users. - Policy gaps in IDN implementation (e.g., variant management, universal acceptance). Relevance: Supports CPWG’s ongoing work on inclusive DNS policies and ensures consumer perspectives shape IDN governance. ------------------------------ 3. Privacy/Proxy Services (EPPS): Balancing Anonymity and Accountability Rationale: With the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPPS) on privacy/proxy services ongoing, a dive could clarify: - Consumer needs for anonymity vs. law enforcement/rights-holder concerns. - Implications of proposed accreditation models for end-users. - Risks of over/under-regulation to global accessibility. ------------------------------ I am happy to collaborate on framing these topics or identifying speakers. The April WHOIS topic is timely, and I support its inclusion as well. Thank you for considering these suggestions. Chubasco “Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.” On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM ICANN At-Large Staff via CPWG <cpwg@icann.org> wrote:
Dear CPWG Members,
On behalf of the CPWG Co-Chairs, we are conducting a call for topics for future Topic Dive Discussions for CPWG consideration. The April dive topic is still open, and we have received registration data - Whois: Past, Present, Future as a possible topic for consideration.
Topics listed on this thread may be considered for a CPWG Topic Dive call at a later date.
To listen to prior CPWG Topic Dives, please visit the ALAC Briefing Sessions Page [icann-community.atlassian.net] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/WoDx...> .
Thank you.
Kind Regards,
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Dear All, +1 to all the three topics in the trace. In addition: #4. Resilience in Multi-Stakeholder Model of Governance #5. Trust [Zero - Trust] #6. <DNS, IP Address> mapping in Holistic Context Gopal T V 0 9840121302 https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/57545 https://www.facebook.com/gopal.tadepalli ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dr. T V Gopal Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering & Director, Centre for Applied Research in Indic Technologies [CARIT] College of Engineering, Guindy Campus Anna University Chennai - 600 025, INDIA Ph : (Off) 22351723 Extn. 3340 (Res) 24454753 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ________________________________ From: Chubasco Diranga via CPWG <cpwg@icann.org> Sent: 03 April 2025 03:45 To: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org> Cc: CPWG <cpwg@icann.org> Subject: [CPWG] Re: Call for Topics - Potential Policy Topics for Monthly Topic Dive Dear CPWG Co-Chairs and Members, Thank you for initiating the call for topics. I propose the following for consideration in future Topic Dive discussions: 1. DNS Abuse Mitigation: Consumer Protections and Registry/Registrar Accountability Rationale: DNS abuse (e.g., phishing, malware, botnets) remains a critical threat to consumer trust in the domain ecosystem. With ICANN’s recent focus on contractual compliance and the proposed amendments to Registry/Registrar Agreements, this dive could explore: * Effectiveness of current abuse mitigation frameworks. * Gaps in consumer redress mechanisms. * Balancing accountability with operational feasibility for registries/registrars. * Potential policy updates to strengthen consumer safeguards. Relevance: Directly aligns with CPWG’s mission to advocate for end-user protections and inform At-Large input on ICANN’s contractual reforms. ________________________________ 2. Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs): Consumer Awareness and Challenges Rationale: Following the Latin Script Diacritics PDP, this topic could address broader IDN-related issues, such as: * Risks of homograph attacks and consumer confusion. * Accessibility barriers for non-Latin script users. * Policy gaps in IDN implementation (e.g., variant management, universal acceptance). Relevance: Supports CPWG’s ongoing work on inclusive DNS policies and ensures consumer perspectives shape IDN governance. ________________________________ 3. Privacy/Proxy Services (EPPS): Balancing Anonymity and Accountability Rationale: With the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPPS) on privacy/proxy services ongoing, a dive could clarify: * Consumer needs for anonymity vs. law enforcement/rights-holder concerns. * Implications of proposed accreditation models for end-users. * Risks of over/under-regulation to global accessibility. ________________________________ I am happy to collaborate on framing these topics or identifying speakers. The April WHOIS topic is timely, and I support its inclusion as well. Thank you for considering these suggestions. Chubasco “Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.” On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM ICANN At-Large Staff via CPWG <cpwg@icann.org<mailto:cpwg@icann.org>> wrote: Dear CPWG Members, On behalf of the CPWG Co-Chairs, we are conducting a call for topics for future Topic Dive Discussions for CPWG consideration. The April dive topic is still open, and we have received registration data - Whois: Past, Present, Future as a possible topic for consideration. Topics listed on this thread may be considered for a CPWG Topic Dive call at a later date. To listen to prior CPWG Topic Dives, please visit the ALAC Briefing Sessions Page [icann-community.atlassian.net]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/WoDx...>. Thank you. 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On 03/04/2025 01:21, gopal via CPWG wrote:
Dear All,
#6. <DNS, IP Address> mapping in Holistic Context--
Not exactly sure what this means. I've already mapped the gTLD websites down to individual web hosting providers and by country and gTLDs. Currently, 1.59% of gTLD web hosting providers are pending classification and many of those are websites by ISP customers using their broadband connections to host websites. The resolution for the US web hosting provider market is 99.35%. It is an expensive and time-consuming process to identify and group web hosting providers because some of the connections are often non-intuitive. I haven't published this data yet and don't know how to price it. Hong Kong has over 5 million gTLD websites and many are not hosted on officially allocated Hong Kong IP addresses. The IP addresses have been leased via brokers. China hosts many of its websites on US flagged IP addresses due to the shortage of IPv4 addresses. The hosting geography of some countries follows linguistic patterns in that they host externally in countries that use the same languages. Some countries have well developed web hosting industries and no ICANN accredited registrars. (It gets back to the argument about ICANN's registrar model being a great idea for the 1990s.) As of this morning, approximately 7,646 distinct web hosting providers (as distinct from domain hosters) account for 98.41% of the gTLD Web. At a domain hosting level, some large registrars provide DNS service for thousands of web hosting providers who do not run their own DNS. Some countries have minimal gTLD website footprints. The local web hosting infrastructure just isn't there. Some small countries are almost completely reliant on ISPs (often the main telcos) hosting and have very small local web hosting industries. Their web hosting industry is often using web hosters in other countries. Cloud hosting is much more complex than claiming that the main Cloud hosting providers account for n % of the market. The gTLD webscape, at an IP level, is complex. Throw in content delivery networks (CDNs) and it gets even more complex. Some countries are regional superpowers (Turkey, South Africa, Singapore etc) in terms of web hosting. Othre have less than 100 websites hosted. There is also an important overlap with DNS Abuse and the naive expectation that all parties in the chain of hosting for a website can be reliably identified with WHOIS checks. To put it diplomatically, abject mangling of WHOIS for domain names has made the Web less safe. While there were some good reasons (spammers, customers being poached etc) for redacting some data, some registrars took the opportunity to redact everything. RDAP may not fix that problem. Many IP addresses have no abuse e-mail contact listed. At an IPv4 level, addresses are leased and brokered regularly to such an extent that a business has grown up around it. Regards...jmcc -- ********************************************************** John McCormac * e-mail: jmcc@hosterstats.com MC2 * web: http://www.hosterstats.com/ 22 Viewmount * Domain Registrations Statistics Waterford * Domnomics - the business of domain names Ireland * https://amzn.to/2OPtEIO IE * Skype: hosterstats.com ********************************************************** -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com
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Chubasco Diranga -
gopal -
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John McCormac