[NCSG-PC] Associated domain check (urgent)

[Johan Helsingius]

+1

	Julf

On 04/08/2025 11:27, Michaela Nakayama Shapiro wrote:
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> +1! Thank you for flagging this.
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> Best,
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> Michaela
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> *From: *NCSG-PC <ncsg-pc-bounces at lists.ncsg.is> on behalf of farzaneh 
> badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Saturday, 2 August 2025 at 05:27
> *To: *ncsg-pc <ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>, NCSG List <NCSG- 
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> *Subject: *[NCSG-PC] Associated domain check (urgent)
> 
> Hi PC and NCSG
> 
> I know this is late but I want to make a last minute proposal to remove 
> our support for associated domain check investigation as a possible dns 
> abuse mitigation.
> 
> I wanted to flag my concern regarding the proposal to include associated 
> domain checks as part of DNS abuse mitigation measures.I want to remove 
> this support from the small team report but we are late. But weigh in on 
> this any way and I see what I can do with the report. Of course if you 
> dont share my concern then we go with supporting the investigation on this.
> 
> At NCSG, we have consistently emphasized the importance of due process 
> in DNS abuse mitigation—both at the point of registration and during 
> enforcement. Introducing associated domain checks risks enabling overly 
> broad or arbitrary enforcement, particularly without robust safeguards 
> to ensure that registrants are informed, given an opportunity to 
> respond, and protected from collateral harm.
> 
> Such measures could inadvertently result in disproportionate blocking, 
> targeting legitimate registrants through bulk association-based 
> criteria, and undermining the principles of fairness, transparency, and 
> accountability that we have been advocating for.
> 
> I recommend that we do not support adding associated domain checks 
> unless and until there are clear, transparent, and consistently applied 
> due process mechanisms in place.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Farzaneh
>