[Ncsg-discuss] GAC Again ... Accuracy Again

[farzaneh badii]

All,

In a typical letter to the GNSO council, the governments want accuracy of
domain name registrants data. I don't know if you are following this issue,
but accuracy of domain name registrants data has led to "identification"
requirements for domain name registrants in the bastion of democracy the EU
(in some jurisdictions). Accuracy for NCSG means contactibility of domain
name registrants . We have more or less managed to keep the definition like
that so far.

In a typical GAC manner, the chair of GAC has sent an email to the GNSO
council, saying that this Infermal research that was done (it doesn't
matter how much research we do ...) suggested that accurate domains were
70% less abusive. That was a piece of research. GAC should never invoke it
solely to back up its requests. But now the Chair is saying they want a)
verification of domain name contact information before adding it to DNS b)
they want this not through a PDP but through a contractual amendment!

In a world that's crumbling left and right I have the least of the
expectations from GAC. But we should either write a letter or as your
councilors we object to this request.

I have been criticizing the infermal report through blogs and conversation
with others. But it keeps giving! We have a factual concern with the claims
in the report:

The infermal study finding (70% decrease in malicious registrations when
validation occurs at account creation or before domain purchase) is
presented as if it straightforwardly supports a pre-DNS-resolution hold for
all registrations. Several questions the letter does not address: (1) What
registration contexts did the INFERMAL study examine? Consumer/retail
registration patterns are unlikely to reflect enterprise, NGO, government,
or critical infrastructure registration behaviour. (2)  A 70% reduction in
malicious registrations says nothing about the burden imposed on the 100%
of legitimate registrants who would face verification delays.

Best regards,

Farzaneh
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