Associated domain check (urgent)

[Remmy Nweke]

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On Sat, Aug 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg at tapani.tarvainen.info>
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> Agreed.
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> On Sat, Aug 02, 2025 at 11:07:06AM +0600, Hakikur Rahman (email at HAKIK.ORG)
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> > "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."- Farzaneh
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> > +1 I endorse this statement- Hakikur
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> > ---- On Sat, 02 Aug 2025 10:26:59 +0600 farzaneh badii <
> farzaneh.badii at GMAIL.COM> wrote ---
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> > Hi PC and NCSG
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > Best regards,
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> > Farzaneh
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> --
> Tapani Tarvainen
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