Hello, VeriSign has submitted an application to ICANN for an Anti-Abuse policy for com/net domain names: http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/#2011008 We oppose that application, as it does not provide any due process to domain name registrants. VeriSign would become the judge, jury and executioner, able to suspend or delete domain names that are allegedly "abusive". VeriSign even recognizes that legitimate domain names will be affected. To attempt to mitigate these "false positives", VeriSign proposes that legitimate registrants would only be able to protest *after* VeriSign has already taken action. Such action would have already damaged the innocent registrants and their users. This is counter to the domain name registrants' rights to due process. Instead, VeriSign should be compelled to prove the alleged abuse in an appropriate legal forum (e.g. a court), where the registrants can face their accuser, before being allowed to suspend or delete a domain name. If ICANN is going to permit this policy to go forward without due process changes, VeriSign should be required to carry liability insurance in the amount of $100 million for each act of suspension/deletion. This would allow registrants to recover financially in the event that VeriSign is found guilty of suspending/deleting a domain name that was not in fact "abusive." Sincerely, George Kirikos http://www.leap.com/