February 2012 - Rt4-whois - lists.icann.org

Re: [Rt4-whois] Huffington Post article
by James M. Bladel Feb. 17, 2012

Feb. 17, 2012

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Re: [Rt4-whois] Interesting article re registrant data verification [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
by James M. Bladel Feb. 17, 2012

Feb. 17, 2012

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Team call with ICANN Staff & with ICANN Board
by Denise Michel Feb. 17, 2012

Feb. 17, 2012

Dear Team Members, I have a good news and bad news. Unfortunately, we won't be able to go forward with the Staff conference call tomorrow. However, we have four options for call slots early next week, so hopefully more Team members will be able to participate. ICANN's General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Stakeholder Relations will be on the call. Again, our focus will be on clarifying the Team's recommendations and discussing potential implementation paths. Alice will follow-up with a doodle poll. We also have some times held on the Board's schedule for the week for Feb. 27 to enable the Team to present the draft report (per your request). Alice also will follow-up with a doodle poll for this call. Regards, Denise Denise Michel ICANN Advisor to the President & CEO denise.michel(a)icann.org +1.408.429.3072 mobile +1.310.578.8632 direct On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org>wrote: > Dear Team Members, > > We'd appreciate it if the remaining Team members completed this doodle > poll today: > http://www.doodle.com/pcbnha3isb75p7sd. > > As I noted, Staff needs clarification from the Team on several critical > items as we work through the potential implementation challenges. > > In particular, Staff has several questions regarding the Data Accuracy > Recommendations (including WDRP), and the Data Access Recommendations > (relating to both Privacy & Proxy Services). Although we'd like to resolve > questions relating to each Recommendation, these will require the most > discussion/attention on the call. > > Thanks for helping to get this on our collective schedules. > > Regards, > Denise > > > > Denise Michel > ICANN > Advisor to the President & CEO > denise.michel(a)icann.org > +1.408.429.3072 mobile > +1.310.578.8632 direct > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Alice Jansen <alice.jansen(a)icann.org> > Date: Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:50 PM > Subject: Urgent ACTION REQUIRED - DOODLE POLL: Draft Report Recommendations > To: Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org>, "rt4-whois(a)icann.org" < > rt4-whois(a)icann.org> > > > Dear Review Team Members, > > With reference to Denise's request (see below), please find enclosed a > doodle poll link which will enable us to determine the most convenient slot > for this WHOIS RT-ICANN Staff call. > http://www.doodle.com/pcbnha3isb75p7sd > > We would like to schedule the call this week. Hence we would be very > grateful if you could please complete the doodle poll by *Monday, 13 > February – end of your business day*. > > Many thanks in advance. > > Kind regards > > Alice > -- > From: Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org> > Reply-To: Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org> > Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:10:51 -0800 > To: "rt4-whois(a)icann.org" <rt4-whois(a)icann.org> > Subject: [Rt4-whois] Draft Report Recommendations > > Dear Team Members, > > I've had a cross-functional Staff team review the draft report > recommendations. We have a number of items for which clarification is > needed, and have identified some implementation challenges that require > more consideration. > > At this point it would be valuable if a few Staff could have an informal > conference call with the Team or, if you prefer, a sub-set of the Team > (perhaps members who held the pen on recommendations?), and discuss the > recommendations. This would enable Staff to have a clear understanding of > the Team's intent, and give the Team insight into the potential > implementation challenges with which we're grappling. > > If this is amendable, I'll have Alice follow-up on call details. It would > be most helpful if we could schedule this next week. > > Regards, > Denise > > Denise Michel > ICANN > Advisor to the President & CEO > denise.michel(a)icann.org > +1.408.429.3072 mobile > +1.310.578.8632 direct > >

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Interesting article re registrant data verification [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
by Nettlefold, Peter Feb. 17, 2012

Feb. 17, 2012

Hello all, For those of you who may not have seen it, I wanted to pass on this article on WHOIS data verification. This is something we've discussed previously, but as I recall we had trouble getting past high level comments, and discussion of implementation problems. Given the assertions in this article, I wanted to ask if any team members have any comments or views? Does anyone know if what is suggested is technically possible - i.e. basic scripting tests? http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120216_most_abusive_domain_registrations_ar… Kind regards, Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. This message has been content scanned by the Axway MailGate. MailGate uses policy enforcement to scan for known viruses, spam, undesirable content and malicious code. For more information on Axway products please visit www.axway.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Huffington Post article
by Emily Taylor Feb. 16, 2012

Feb. 16, 2012

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/john-carr/whois-reading-the-whois-r_b_12727… -- * * 76 Temple Road, Oxford OX4 2EZ UK t: +44 (0)1865 582 811 • m: +44 (0)7540 049 322 emily(a)emilytaylor.eu *www.etlaw.co.uk* Emily Taylor Consultancy Limited is a company registered in England and Wales No. 7630471. VAT No. 114487713.

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Two issues on Whois usage
by Lutz Donnerhacke Feb. 15, 2012

Feb. 15, 2012

Hi, I'd like to point you to two documents which implicitly refer to WHOIS. http://www.isc.org/files/imce/ghostdomain_camera.pdf Problem description: An attacker registers a domain, set up out large TTL values, starts the phishing attack and removes the domain. The caching effect of the large TTL values results in real world usage of the domain name, while the registry does not have any data in the WHOIS. Other kinds of this attack involves domain transfers or rapid contact data changes. Obvious solutions (might be wrong): - Hold historic data in the WHOIS servers, allow browsing the histroy. This requires a subtantial protocol change as well as various contact and policy changes. - Limit the change rate. This was sucessfully tried to prevent domain tasting. And - of course - it will not solve the problem ;-) http://www.online-und-recht.de/urteile/Kein-urheberrechtlicher-Internet-Aus… Problem description (an a rough translation): Fighting against online intellectual property misuse typically involve requests to the access provider to map (IP address, timestamp) pairs to subscriber contract details. In the cited case the court denied the right to obtain this information, because the IP address was statically assigned. So the IP address is not longer part of the call/traffic data record (access allowed), but part of the master data record (access denied). In order to have "easy access" to the master data record, WHOIS came into the discussion in various law blogs. Obvious solutions (might be wrong): - IP WHOIS is considered to be a valid ressouce for law enforement as well as private and civil law activities. ICANN needs to be liable for all those kinds of law. - IP WHOIS is shut down in order to prevent the bypass of lawful access restrictions. Thank you for reading.

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quick summary of GAC-WRT Meeting
by Kathy Kleiman Feb. 14, 2012

Feb. 14, 2012

Hi All, Quick summary of the GAC-Whois Review Team meeting. Peter did a great presentation, and Emily's slides worked very well, but it was a very quiet call (no questions) and sparsely attended (by GAC). So perhaps another meeting with GAC, at a different time, would be good. Or perhaps we wait for the Public Forum and GAC meetings in Costa Rica... Good night from DC! Kathy --

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Reminder - Call with GAC
by Alice Jansen Feb. 14, 2012

Feb. 14, 2012

Dear Review Team Members, Your conference call with the GAC is scheduled for: **Tuesday, 14 February 2012** 05:00 UTC London – Tues 05:00 Berlin – Tues 06:00 Vienna – Tues 06:00 Washington – Tues 00:00 Des Moines – Tues 00:00 Atlanta – Tues 00:00 Los Angeles – Mon 21:00 Honolulu – Mon 19:00 Sydney – Tues 16:00 Moscow – Tues 09:00 Lahore – Tues 10:00 Sao Paolo – Tues 03:00 Please check your local time at: http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=WHOIS+RT-GAC&iso=20120… PASSWORD: 27318 followed by # Adobe room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/whois-review/ Dial-in numbers: Please find below a table which encapsulates dial-in numbers for your countries of residence. Should you be traveling, please refer to the full list which is available at: http://www.adigo.com/icann/ Australia 1 800 009 820 1 800 036 775 Sydney T +61 290372962 Melbourne T +61 399996500 Brisbane T +61 731777546 Austria L - 0 800 295 858 M - 0 800 295 138 T - +43 720 882 638 Belgium L - 0800 79210 M – 0800 79218 T - +32 78 480 286 Brazil L - 0800 891 1597 M - 0800 891 1598 T - +55 613 717 2040 Canada 1 800 550 6865 T - +1 213 233 3193 France 0800 90 25 56 T - +33 170618347 Germany L - 0800 1016 120 G - M 0800 1016 124 Russia 8 10 8002 535 3011 T - +7 499 650 7835 United Kingdom 0800 032 6646 T - +44 207 099 0867 United States 1 800 550 6865 T - +1 213 233 3193 T – local toll number ; M – mobile preferred number ; L – landline preferred number Please do not hesitate to contact me should you require a dial-out for this call. Thank you, Very best regards Alice Alice E. Jansen -------------------------- ICANN Assistant, Organizational & Affirmation Reviews alice.jansen(a)icann.org<mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org> Direct Dial: +32.2.234.78.64 Mobile: +32.4.73.31.76.56 Office Fax: +32.2.234.78.48 Skype: alice_jansen_icann -------------------------- 6, Rond Point Schuman B-1040 Brussels, Belgium -- Alice Jansen Assistant, Organizational Reviews 6 Rond Point Schuman, Bt.5 B-1040 Brussels Belgium Direct dial: +32 2 234 78 64 Mobile: +32 4 73 31 76 56 Skype: alice_jansen_icann

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Call tomorrow
by Emily Taylor Feb. 13, 2012

Feb. 13, 2012

Dear Heather My apologies for tomorrow's call. Unfortunately, it is very early in UK, and I am travelling to the States that day. The Review Team's Vice Chair, Kathy Kleiman, and the GAC's own Peter Nettlefold will lead the call very ably, and I look forward to our continued interactions with the GAC in Costa Rica. Kind regards Emily -- * * 76 Temple Road, Oxford OX4 2EZ UK t: +44 (0)1865 582 811 • m: +44 (0)7540 049 322 emily(a)emilytaylor.eu *www.etlaw.co.uk* Emily Taylor Consultancy Limited is a company registered in England and Wales No. 7630471. VAT No. 114487713.

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Urgent ACTION REQUIRED - DOODLE POLL: Team call with ICANN Staff
by Denise Michel Feb. 13, 2012

Feb. 13, 2012

Dear Team Members, We'd appreciate it if the remaining Team members completed this doodle poll today: http://www.doodle.com/pcbnha3isb75p7sd. As I noted, Staff needs clarification from the Team on several critical items as we work through the potential implementation challenges. In particular, Staff has several questions regarding the Data Accuracy Recommendations (including WDRP), and the Data Access Recommendations (relating to both Privacy & Proxy Services). Although we'd like to resolve questions relating to each Recommendation, these will require the most discussion/attention on the call. Thanks for helping to get this on our collective schedules. Regards, Denise Denise Michel ICANN Advisor to the President & CEO denise.michel(a)icann.org +1.408.429.3072 mobile +1.310.578.8632 direct ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alice Jansen <alice.jansen(a)icann.org> Date: Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:50 PM Subject: Urgent ACTION REQUIRED - DOODLE POLL: Draft Report Recommendations To: Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org>, "rt4-whois(a)icann.org" < rt4-whois(a)icann.org> Dear Review Team Members, With reference to Denise's request (see below), please find enclosed a doodle poll link which will enable us to determine the most convenient slot for this WHOIS RT-ICANN Staff call. http://www.doodle.com/pcbnha3isb75p7sd We would like to schedule the call this week. Hence we would be very grateful if you could please complete the doodle poll by *Monday, 13 February – end of your business day*. Many thanks in advance. Kind regards Alice -- From: Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org> Reply-To: Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:10:51 -0800 To: "rt4-whois(a)icann.org" <rt4-whois(a)icann.org> Subject: [Rt4-whois] Draft Report Recommendations Dear Team Members, I've had a cross-functional Staff team review the draft report recommendations. We have a number of items for which clarification is needed, and have identified some implementation challenges that require more consideration. At this point it would be valuable if a few Staff could have an informal conference call with the Team or, if you prefer, a sub-set of the Team (perhaps members who held the pen on recommendations?), and discuss the recommendations. This would enable Staff to have a clear understanding of the Team's intent, and give the Team insight into the potential implementation challenges with which we're grappling. If this is amendable, I'll have Alice follow-up on call details. It would be most helpful if we could schedule this next week. Regards, Denise Denise Michel ICANN Advisor to the President & CEO denise.michel(a)icann.org +1.408.429.3072 mobile +1.310.578.8632 direct

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