I don't think paper verification is a bad thing, but I agree with Bret and Alan that we should avoid process changes that slow the system down or add costs. A paper mailing verification could come after registration, say a week? There could be different levels of verification that may still work even if mail gets lost. This would help Eduardo while he's running his website from El Yunque.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Domain-name abuse proliferates From: Eduardo Diaz <eduardodiazrivera@gmail.com> Date: Tue, September 15, 2009 10:48 am To: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> Cc: NA Discuss <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> So if I live in the middle of nothing (where I can not receive paper mail) I will not be able to register any domains? That effectively will exclude some people of doing legitimate business through the Internet. -ed On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 7:46 PM, John R. Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:

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I'm simply saying that if you are worried about preventing criminals from

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registering tons of domains as the article describes, then the policy discussion will have to be broader than what Danny's prescription allows.

Personally, I think that the registrar should send a verification code to the paper mailing address provided by the registrant, and not activate the domain until the registrant receives the code and shows (probably by web or email response) that he or she has received it.

I realize this would make the registration process considerably slower and somewhat more expensive, but I see no public interest reason why that's a bad thing.

R's, John

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