Hi all - First, thank you all for some great sessions to kick this work off in Mumbai. I thought we already made a lot of progress in our first working session.
In advance of Monday’s call, I wanted to float a slightly modified version of the Strawman that Reg (very helpfully!) provided below. I provide a clean version, as well as a screenshot of Redlines so we can all see exactly what I’m proposing we change.
Summary of proposed tweaks:
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The actual obligation to mitigate DNS Abuse in the RAA is found in 3.18.2, rather than the broader 3.18, which includes other unrelated provisions. Tightening that subsection reference should make
it clearer where an Associated Domain Check comes into play.
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I tried to harmonize the language from Reg’s version with the terms and definitions set forth in the RAA already. So rather than “domains,” it’s “Registered Name” (again, simply to match the RAA defined terms).
3.18.2 also references “mitigation action(s)” so I incorporated that verbiage rather than the more generic “action."
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3.18.2 already requires that Registrars take mitigation action(s) when they have actionable evidence of DNS Abuse. If the Associated Domain Check is fruitful and the Registrar finds such actionable evidence of
abuse, it is similarly obligated to take mitigation action(s). So, I suggest striking the “and take action against those domains where appropriate” as redundant.
REDLINE:
CLEAN:
When a registrar takes mitigation action(s) on a Registered Name under Section 3.18.2 of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement, the registrar shall promptly review other reasonably associated Registered Name(s) to determine
whether such Registered Name(s) may be involved in DNS Abuse using information reasonably available to the registrar at the time of review.
Looking forward to the call on Monday. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Brian
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From: Reg Levy via Gnso-dnsabuse-pdp <gnso-dnsabuse-pdp@icann.org>
Date: Monday, March 9, 2026 at 6:19 AM
To: anil Jain via Gnso-dnsabuse-pdp <gnso-dnsabuse-pdp@icann.org>
Subject: [Gnso-dnsabuse-pdp] Straw Proposal
All—
As noted in the chat in the session today, this is the straw proposal a number of us have been working on for the last few days and we’d love additional input:
When a registrar takes action under Section 3.18 of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement, the registrar shall promptly review other domains that are reasonably associated with that domain when there are clear indicators that other domains registered by the
same customer may be involved in the same abusive activity, using information reasonably available to the registrar at the time of review, and take action against those domains where appropriate.
Servus,
Reg
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