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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=011203417-25032010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks Liz. Very helpful.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=011203417-25032010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Liz Gasster
[mailto:liz.gasster@icann.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 25, 2010 1:22
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Gomes, Chuck; GNSO Council List<BR><B>Cc:</B> Steve
Sheng<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [council] Initial staff report on GNSO-requested
WHOIS studies attached for your review and discussion<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Chuck and all, please see my
responses below. Please let me know if you have any more questions or
would like more information. Thanks, Liz<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> Gomes, Chuck
[mailto:cgomes@verisign.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:45
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Liz Gasster; GNSO Council List<BR><B>Cc:</B> Steve
Sheng<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [council] Initial staff report on GNSO-requested
WHOIS studies attached for your review and discussion<BR><B>Importance:</B>
High<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Liz,</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">After
reviewing the report, I have a few comments. Please note the possible
time sensitive action item under 3 below.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">"<B>3.
Staff Analysis of WHOIS Misuse Studies </B></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The
following points from the analysis make me wonder whether these studies are
worth the investment:</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Referring
to the recommended proposal, ". . </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">even
that proposal did not address key challenges that could diminish the WHOIS
policy contributions afforded by this study – notably, determining the
"significance" of misuse and proving a causal relationship between misuse
reduction and WHOIS anti-harvesting measures. If ICANN and GNSO elect to
pursue this study, these concerns should be discussed with the bidder before
a contract is awarded. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">"</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">". .
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">it
is not clear that researchers can quantitatively measure or qualitatively
assess whether measured misuse is "significant." The ToR suggested surveying
registrants about incident impact (severity), but no bidder elaborated on
this study goal or indicated how "significance" might be assessed. Simply
counting harmful acts without putting them into some kind of perspective
cannot prove the study's hypothesis and may thus do little to inform policy.
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">"</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Is it
possible to ask the bidders, or possibly just the preferred one, to elaborate
on "</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">how
"significance" might be assessed</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">"?
And could this be asked prior to our 1 April Council meeting? This could
be critical information in making a decision regarding whether to purse these
studies or not. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">If we
are unable to prove or disprove the hypothesis, it might not make sense to
spend $149,000.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>LG – The Council should understand that the issue of how
significance might be assessed is one that remains even after several bidders
and numerous subject matter experts pored through this study for months, and
so far no one has yet found a good answer for. Based on my work to-date,
my view is ICANN and the bidder would probably need to invest more than a day
or two discussing these concerns and proposed methods to arrive at workable
solutions for what (after months of discussion) are still unresolved
challenges. I believe that if the Council wants to pursue this study and
recognizing this concern, the next step would be for staff to ask the bidder
to address this concern before awarding a contract. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">"</SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">4.
Staff Analysis of WHOIS Registrant Identification Study </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">"</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Based
on Staff analysis, it seems like this study might be worth doing. The
challenge it appears would be to choose between the two top bidders and their
different methodologies.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>LG – We would not look to the Council to choose between the
bidders or methodologies, that is something staff would work out once the
decision is made to pursue this study. My point in making that statement
was simply to say that there were credible options presented by two bidders,
which is useful in confirming the feasibility of such a study.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">"</SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">5.
Preliminary staff Analysis of WHOIS Abuse and Reveal Studies</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">"</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">It
appears that it is too early to make any decisions on these studies, but we
may need to at least decide whether we think any funds should be set aside in
the FY11 budget for further work and possibly doing one of them.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>LG – Agree that it is too early. Information on
the proxy and privacy “abuse” study might be available in July or August (I
have not released an RFP yet). We are still not sure about the viability
of a privacy/proxy “reveal” study. If the Council thinks it is likely to
find the proxy/privacy abuse study to also be of a high priority, then asking
for a set aside for that study might make sense. Given current budget
constraints and the cost of the first two studies, it may also make sense to
look to the FY 2012 budget.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Chuck</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">
owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Liz Gasster<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:47
PM<BR><B>To:</B> GNSO Council List<BR><B>Cc:</B> Steve
Sheng<BR><B>Subject:</B> [council] Initial staff report on GNSO-requested
WHOIS studies attached for your review and discussion</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Attached please find staff’s initial report on WHOIS
studies as requested by the Council on 4 March 2009. I will provide an
overview of this report at the Council’s upcoming 1 April meeting, and I
look forward to your comments and input. My report will also be posted
here shortly. <A
href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?whois_discussion">https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?whois_discussion#</A>
I will also be posting my presentation slides by the end of this
week. I’d also like to make the following points:<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoListParagraph style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in">1.<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">
</SPAN>I want to recognize that this effort has been underway for quite some
time, and while I have provided many updates along the way, I understand
that the background and context may be new to Council members who joined the
GNSO following the discussions that led to initiation of this work. I
would be glad to add additional background or detail as requested.
There was a significant body of work that the Council and community engaged
in that led up to the decision in March 2009 to pursue costs and feasibility
for the specific study areas selected. There were also other studies
initially proposed by members of the community and by the GAC. Those
described in my report were selected by the Council for staff to pursue.
<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in">2.<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">
</SPAN>The Policy staff is also releasing a first draft later this month of
an additional “study” that was requested by the GNSO Council in May
2009. This “study” is more accurately described as a compilation or
synthesis of WHOIS Service Requirements, that includes known
deficiencies in the current service and “any possible requirements that may
be needed to support various policy initiatives that have been suggested in
the past”. As requested in the resolution initiating this work, when Staff
releases the report, we will be consulting with the SSAC, ALAC, GAC, the
ccNSO and the GNSO on this draft, and an updated synthesis will be prepared
following those consultations. Steve Sheng is the primary author of this
upcoming report. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in">3.<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">
</SPAN>Regarding both reports, staff has tried to be responsive to the
expectations of the GNSO in initiating the requests. If more work is
needed or you have something further in mind, please let us know. We
consider both to be working documents that can be updated or refined upon
community review. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d">4.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">
</SPAN>There are many important details to consider, but ultimately the
Council will want to consider whether to recommend funding for WHOIS studies
in the FY 2011 budget. WHOIS studies have been noted as a potential
future expense for some time, but the analysis I’ve just completed provides
much-needed detail on specific costs to anticipate for the WHOIS Misuse and
WHOIS Registrant Identification studies. <SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>At the time this work was initiated, there were differing
views about whether / which studies should be undertaken. Hopefully
the information provided will be useful to the Council in considering next
steps. I might also suggest that this information be provided to the
GAC given its extensive previous recommendations for further study of
WHOIS. Staff can forward the report or the Council may certainly do
so.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Again, we look forward to your comments and input!
<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Thanks, Liz<SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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