[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] international law enforcement association resolution regarding domain registration data
theo geurts
gtheo at xs4all.nl
Thu Apr 27 16:33:43 UTC 2017
Paul, et al,
The collection is not the issue.
Article 6(1)(b) Directive provides that personal data may only be
collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not
further processed in a way incompatible with those purposes (articles 7
and 9 Wbp). Processing of personal data is allowed to a limited number
of legitimate grounds, specified in Article 7 Directive (Article 8 Wbp).
Regardless if you buy socks online in the EU or a domain name, everyone
collects data to fulfill a contract.
Putting identifiable personal data in a public database aka WHOIS is way
beyond the contract as we have zero means of protecting that data as it
is up for grabs without zero restrictions.
The entire GDPR, or directives or Privacy Shield or WBP has a baseline
of an adequate level of data protection. Now we can argue here all day,
but having a zero level of data protection is NO data protection. So all
arguements about consent, purpose suddenly do not apply.
This changes when we discuss gated access and an adequate level of data
protection.
We had several EU Data Commissioners weigh in during ICANN 58 regarding
the above, I am personally not going to argue with those guys.
When we look at the fulfillment of the contract and purpose. What
exactly does one need to register a domain name? Thin WHOIS Registries
have a very successful track record in years and number of domain names
that only a set of name servers is required, the domain name and the
registration period.
Thanks,
Theo
On 27-4-2017 17:05, Paul Keating wrote:
> Ayden,
>
> Im sorry but you are mistaken in your predicate. The rule requires
> that you have a purpose. In order to obtain consent the purpose must
> be clearly stated (otherwise the consent is not valid). No data
> processor can use the data outside of the scope of the declared
> purpose and consent.
>
> Data controllers may collect and process personal data when any of the
> following conditions are met:
>
>
> For collecting personal data:
>
> Pursuant to the Wbp, a data controller may only collect personal data
> if he has a purpose for this.
>
> The purpose must be:
>
> * specified
> * explicit, and
> * legitimate.
>
> A data controller may not collect data if he has not clearly specified
> the purpose.
>
>
> For processing personal data:
>
> * the data subject has unambiguously given his prior consent thereto
> * the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to
> which the data subject is party
> * the processing is necessary in order to comply with a legal
> obligation to which the data controller is subject
> * the transfer is necessary in order to protect the vital interests
> of the data subject
> * the transfer is necessary or legally required in order to protect
> an important public interest, oe
> * the processing is necessary for upholding the legitimate interests
> of the data controller or of a third party to whom the data is
> supplied, except where the interests or fundamental rights and
> freedoms of the data subject, in particular the right to
> protection of individual privacy, prevail.
>
> In addition, personal data may not be further processed in a way
> incompatible with the purposes for which the data were originally
> collected. Whether further processing is incompatible depends on
> different circumstances, such as:
>
> * the relationship between the purpose of the intended processing
> and the purposes for which the data originally was obtained
> * the nature of the data concerned
> * the consequences of the intended processing for the data subject
> * the manner in which the data have been obtained, and
> * the extent to which appropriate guarantees have been put in place
> with respect to the data subject.
>
> Also, personal data may only be processed, where, given the purposes
> for which they are collected or subsequently processed, they are
> adequate, relevant and not excessive.
>
> Finally, the Wbp sets out strict rules in relation to sensitive data.
> The main rule is that such data may not be processed, unless the data
> subject has given his explicit consent to it. However, there are
> exemptions to this rule which may apply in certain circumstances.
>
>
> From: <gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org
> <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org>> on behalf of Ayden
> Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>>
> Reply-To: Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com
> <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>>
> Date: Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 2:47 PM
> To: Michele Blacknight <michele at blacknight.com
> <mailto:michele at blacknight.com>>
> Cc: RDS PDP WG <gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
> <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org>>
> Subject: Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] international law enforcement
> association resolution regarding domain registration data
>
> Hi Michele,
>
> My understanding of the General Data Protection Regulation is that
> a data controller must only process data in accordance with six
> general principles, one of which is the purpose limitation. Data
> can only processed to satisfy necessary, proportionate, legitimate
> aims (with very few exceptions for public interest, scientific,
> historical, or statistical purposes). That a purpose is merely
> desirable may not satisfy these aims. Consent is a freely given,
> specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data
> subject’s wishes, but they cannot be asked to consent to something
> which is unlawful to collect in the place.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ayden Férdeline
> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline>
>
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] international law enforcement
>> association resolution regarding domain registration data
>> Local Time: 27 April 2017 1:18 PM
>> UTC Time: 27 April 2017 12:18
>> From: michele at blacknight.com <mailto:michele at blacknight.com>
>> To: Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com
>> <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>>
>> RDS PDP WG <gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
>> <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org>>
>>
>>
>> Ayden
>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the consent meant to be tied
>> to a specific set of purposes?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Michele
>>
>> Mr Michele Neylon
>> Blacknight Hosting & Domains
>> http://www.blacknight.host/
>> http://www.mneylon.social
>> Sent from mobile so typos and brevity are normal
>>
>> On 27 Apr 2017, at 12:45, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com
>> <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> re: the repeated suggestion of “opt in registration for public
>>> WHOIS”. It bears repeating what was said to us by the Data
>>> Protection Commissioners in Copenhagen; consent is not a waiver
>>> for disproportionate or unlawful processing. You cannot ask a
>>> data subject to consent to something which is unlawful.
>>>
>>> Ayden Férdeline
>>> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>> Subject: Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] international law enforcement
>>>> association resolution regarding domain registration data
>>>> Local Time: 27 April 2017 12:36 PM
>>>> UTC Time: 27 April 2017 11:36
>>>> From: Paul at law.es <mailto:Paul at law.es>
>>>> To: Michele Neylon - Blacknight <michele at blacknight.com
>>>> <mailto:michele at blacknight.com>>, Greg Shatan
>>>> <gregshatanipc at gmail.com <mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com>>,
>>>> Volker Greimann <vgreimann at key-systems.net
>>>> <mailto:vgreimann at key-systems.net>>
>>>> RDS PDP WG <gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
>>>> <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org>>
>>>>
>>>> "Privacy laws in one part of the world are a factor we need to
>>>> be aware of, among other factors. “
>>>>
>>>> This seems to be the entire driving force behind considering a
>>>> more restrictive (gated) access to WHOIS. If there are other
>>>> reasons please let me know.
>>>>
>>>> Also, I have yet to see any legal authority that precludes:
>>>>
>>>> Opt in registration for public WHOIS
>>>> For those not desiring a public WHOIS record, then the ability
>>>> to use a recognized privacy service so as to “anchor" the
>>>> registration of the domain
>>>>
>>>> If one does exist can someone point me to the link?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A balancing of needs is important here. Seems to me that the
>>>> competing interests here are not simply privacy vs. public
>>>> access. There are the private interests of those who regularly
>>>> use the current WHOIS data set for any variety of purposes
>>>> including:
>>>>
>>>> Security research and prevention
>>>> Law enforcement
>>>> Highjacking recovery
>>>> Private transactions (confirmation of current and historical
>>>> ownership)
>>>> Lending and financing transactions (confirmation of ownership
>>>> to support security interests)
>>>> Providing WHOIS and other data services to others
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From: *<gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org
>>>> <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org>> on behalf of
>>>> Michele Blacknight <michele at blacknight.com
>>>> <mailto:michele at blacknight.com>>
>>>> *Date: *Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 9:21 AM
>>>> *To: *Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com>>, Volker Greimann
>>>> <vgreimann at key-systems.net <mailto:vgreimann at key-systems.net>>
>>>> *Cc: *RDS PDP WG <gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
>>>> <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org>>
>>>> *Subject: *Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] international law enforcement
>>>> association resolution regarding domain registration data
>>>>
>>>> Greg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As a business owner I need to make sure that I’m not
>>>> exposing myself or the company to unnecessary risk.
>>>>
>>>> While big corporations might be comfortable spending large
>>>> amounts of money on “creative” tax arrangements that isn’t
>>>> really an option for smaller companies like ourselves.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Michele
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Mr Michele Neylon
>>>>
>>>> Blacknight Solutions
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From: *<gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org
>>>> <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org>> on behalf of
>>>> Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com>>
>>>> *Date: *Wednesday 26 April 2017 at 23:38
>>>> *To: *Volker Greimann <vgreimann at key-systems.net
>>>> <mailto:vgreimann at key-systems.net>>
>>>> *Cc: *RDS PDP WG <gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
>>>> <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org>>
>>>> *Subject: *Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] international law
>>>> enforcement association resolution regarding domain
>>>> registration data
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We also need to be very clear about the limits of the legal
>>>> requirements of applicable law, and the various options
>>>> available for dealing with the law. There's no need to
>>>> overcomply. Indeed it would be quite unreasonable to do so.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just as paying the lowest calculable income tax is
>>>> perfectly legitimate, so is complying with the law in the
>>>> least disruptive way possible.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Greg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Greg Shatan
>>>> *C: 917-816-6428
>>>> S: gsshatan
>>>> Phone-to-Skype: 646-845-9428
>>>> gregshatanipc at gmail.com <mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Volker Greimann
>>>> <vgreimann at key-systems.net
>>>> <mailto:vgreimann at key-systems.net>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I wish it were so simple. "Doing harm" is not necessary
>>>> to be in violation with applicable law. Just like
>>>> jaywalking, speeding on an empty road or crossing a red
>>>> light carries a fine regardless of whether harm was
>>>> done, privacy law too does not care about an actual harm.
>>>>
>>>> We need to be very clear about the legal requirements
>>>> when we define the limits of what can be done with the
>>>> data we collect, and by whom.
>>>>
>>>> Volker
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 26.04.2017 um 18:43 schrieb John Horton:
>>>>
>>>> Greg, well said. And Tim, well said. And I'll
>>>> strongly +1 Michael Hammer as well. I agree with
>>>> the "do no harm" philosophy -- I'm not convinced
>>>> that some of the proposed changes (e.g., those
>>>> outlined in the EWG report) wouldn't cause more
>>>> harm than the existing, admittedly imperfect,
>>>> system. As I've said before, the importance of
>>>> tools like Reverse Whois isn't only direct -- it's
>>>> derivative as well. (If you enjoy the benefits of
>>>> those of us who fight payment fraud, online abuse
>>>> and other sorts of malfeasance, you have reverse
>>>> Whois among other tools to thank.) Privacy laws in
>>>> one part of the world are a factor we need to be
>>>> aware of, among other factors.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 9:07 AM nathalie coupet via
>>>> gnso-rds-pdp-wg <gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
>>>> <mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nathalie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, April 26, 2017 12:02 PM, Victoria
>>>> Sheckler <vsheckler at riaa.com
>>>> <mailto:vsheckler at riaa.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 26, 2017, at 8:56 AM, Greg Shatan
>>>> <gregshatanipc at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for weighing in, Tim. Since this is
>>>> a multi_stakeholder_ process, everyone is
>>>> assumed to come in with a point of view, so
>>>> don't be shy. At the same time, if
>>>> stakeholders cling dogmatically to their
>>>> points of view the multistakeholder model
>>>> doesn't work.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As for being out on a limb:
>>>>
>>>> * We haven't decided what data will be
>>>> "private" and for which registrants
>>>> (e.g., based on geography or entity status)
>>>> * We haven't decided there will be
>>>> "gated" access and what that might
>>>> mean, both for policy and practicality
>>>> * The question shouldn't be whether we
>>>> will be "allowing third parties access
>>>> to harvest, repackage and republish
>>>> that data," but how we should allow
>>>> this in a way that balances various
>>>> concerns. Eliminating reverse Whois and
>>>> other such services is not a goal of
>>>> this Working Group.
>>>>
>>>> Our job should be to provide the greatest
>>>> possible access to the best possible data,
>>>> consistent with minimizing risk under
>>>> reasonable interpretations of applicable
>>>> law. We need to deal with existing and
>>>> incoming privacy laws (and with other laws)
>>>> as well, but not in a worshipful manner;
>>>> instead it should be in a solution-oriented
>>>> manner. This is not, after all, the
>>>> Privacy Working Group. I'll +1 Michael
>>>> Hammer: Rather than starting from a model
>>>> of justifying everything and anything from
>>>> a privacy perspective, I would suggest that
>>>> it would be much more appropriate, other
>>>> than technical changes such as moving
>>>> towards using JSON, to require
>>>> justification and consensus for any changes
>>>> from the existing model(s) of WHOIS.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Finally, while our purpose is not to
>>>> maintain anyone's economic interest,
>>>> economic interests may well be aligned with
>>>> policy interests. Assuming that economic
>>>> interests are at odds with policy interests
>>>> is just as dangerous as assuming that
>>>> policy interests are served by maximizing
>>>> economic interests.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Greg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Greg Shatan
>>>> *C: 917-816-6428 <tel:%28917%29%20816-6428>
>>>> S: gsshatan
>>>> Phone-to-Skype: 646-845-9428
>>>> <tel:%28646%29%20845-9428>
>>>> gregshatanipc at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Dotzero
>>>> <dotzero at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:dotzero at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Adding to what Tim and Allison wrote.
>>>>
>>>> As a starting point, I've had an
>>>> account with DomainTools in the past
>>>> and will likely have one in the future,
>>>> although I don't currently have one.
>>>>
>>>> There are other organizations and
>>>> individuals which consume/aggregate
>>>> whois data so I don't think that for
>>>> the purposes of this discussion the
>>>> focus should be on just DomainTools. I
>>>> know researchers and academics who use
>>>> this data to analyze all sorts of
>>>> things. As has been pointed out, there
>>>> are all sorts of folks staking out
>>>> positions because of their economic
>>>> (and other) interests without
>>>> necessarily being transparent about
>>>> those interests.
>>>>
>>>> It should be remembered that the
>>>> Internet is an agglomeration of many
>>>> networks and resources, some public and
>>>> some private. At the same time, it is
>>>> simply a bunch of technical standards
>>>> that people and organizations have
>>>> agreed to use to interact with each
>>>> other. In many cases, the ultimate
>>>> solution to abuse is to drop route. To
>>>> the extent that good and granular
>>>> information is not readily available,
>>>> regular (innocent) users may suffer as
>>>> owners and administrators of resources
>>>> act to protect those resources and
>>>> their legitimate users from abuse and
>>>> maliciousness. The reality is that most
>>>> users of the internet utilize a
>>>> relatively small subset of all the
>>>> resources out there. For some, a
>>>> service like Facebook IS the Internet.
>>>>
>>>> It may also incite a tendency towards
>>>> returning to a model of walled gardens.
>>>> At various points I have heard
>>>> discussions about the balkanization of
>>>> the internet, with things like separate
>>>> roots, etc. People should think very
>>>> carefully about what they are asking
>>>> for because they may not be happy with
>>>> it if they actually get it.
>>>>
>>>> Rather than starting from a model of
>>>> justifying everything and anything from
>>>> a privacy perspective, I would suggest
>>>> that it would be much more appropriate,
>>>> other than technical changes such as
>>>> moving towards using JSON, to require
>>>> justification and consensus for any
>>>> changes from the existing model(s) of
>>>> WHOIS.
>>>>
>>>> Michael Hammer
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:27 AM,
>>>> allison nixon <elsakoo at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:elsakoo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your email Tim.
>>>>
>>>> Full disclosure(because I believe
>>>> in being transparent about this
>>>> sort of thing), we do business with
>>>> Domaintools and use their tools to
>>>> consume whois data.
>>>>
>>>> "i'll close by saying I think
>>>> Allison's point about economic
>>>> value has merit. yes, the point of
>>>> the WG is not to protect anyone's
>>>> economic interest. I agree 100%
>>>> with that statement and will
>>>> disagree with anyone who thinks the
>>>> future of DomainTools or other
>>>> commercial service should have one
>>>> iota of impact on this discussion."
>>>>
>>>> I will however disagree vehemently
>>>> with you on this point. It is
>>>> obvious that many of the arguments
>>>> to cut off anonymous querying to
>>>> WHOIS data are economically
>>>> motivated. Financial concerns are
>>>> cited numerous times in approved
>>>> documents. I also believe the
>>>> "vetting" process is likely to
>>>> become a new revenue stream for
>>>> someone as well. A revenue stream
>>>> with HIGHLY questionable privacy
>>>> value-add.
>>>>
>>>> Every dollar of income for the
>>>> Domaintools company and others like
>>>> it come from their clients, who see
>>>> a multiplier of value from it. That
>>>> means for every dollar spent on the
>>>> entire whois aggregator industry
>>>> means that a much larger amount of
>>>> money is saved through prevented
>>>> harms like fraud, abuse, and even
>>>> fake medications which kill people.
>>>>
>>>> I think it is extremely important
>>>> to identify what critical systems
>>>> rely on whois (either directly or
>>>> downstream), and determine if we
>>>> are ready to give up the utility of
>>>> these systems.
>>>>
>>>> We also need to identify the value
>>>> of the ability to anonymously query
>>>> whois and what that loss of privacy
>>>> will mean as well. While I
>>>> obviously do not make many queries
>>>> anonymously(although our vendor has
>>>> their own privacy policy), I
>>>> understand this is important
>>>> especially to those researching
>>>> more dangerous actors. Why would
>>>> $_COUNTRY dissidents want to query
>>>> domains when their opponents would
>>>> surely be hacking into the audit
>>>> logs for this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 25, 2017 11:41 PM, "Chen,
>>>> Tim" <tim at domaintools.com
>>>> <mailto:tim at domaintools.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "And I hope more stakeholders
>>>> in this multi-stakeholder
>>>> process will come forward with
>>>> their own perspectives, as they
>>>> will differ from mine."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> happy to do so. DomainTools is
>>>> clearly a stakeholder in this
>>>> debate. and we have a fair
>>>> amount of experience around the
>>>> challenges, benefits and risks
>>>> of whois data aggregation at
>>>> scale.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> from the beginning of this
>>>> EWG/RDS idea we've stood down
>>>> bc i didn't believe our opinion
>>>> would be seen as
>>>> objective-enough given our line
>>>> of business. but it is
>>>> apparent to me having followed
>>>> this debate for many weeks now,
>>>> that this is a working group of
>>>> individuals who all bring their
>>>> own biases into the debate.
>>>> whether they care to admit
>>>> that to themselves or not. so
>>>> we might as well wade in too.
>>>> bc I think our experience is
>>>> very relevant to the discussion.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i'll do my best to be as
>>>> objective as I can, as a domain
>>>> registrant myself and as an
>>>> informed industry participant.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> since our experience is working
>>>> with security minded
>>>> organizations, that is the
>>>> context with which I will comment.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> since this is an ICANN working
>>>> group, I start with the ICANN
>>>> mission statement around the
>>>> security and stability of the
>>>> DNS. I find myself wanting to
>>>> fit this debate to that as the
>>>> north star. i do not see the
>>>> RDS as purpose driven to fit
>>>> the GDPR or any region-specific
>>>> legal resolution. but I do see
>>>> those as important inputs to
>>>> our discussion.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> from a security perspective, my
>>>> experience is that the benefits
>>>> of the current Whois model,
>>>> taken with this lens, far
>>>> outweigh the costs. again, I
>>>> can only speak from my
>>>> experience here at DomainTools,
>>>> and obviously under the current
>>>> Whois regime. This is not to
>>>> say it cannot be improved. From
>>>> a data accuracy perspective
>>>> alone there is enormous room
>>>> for improvement as I think we
>>>> can all agree. every day I see
>>>> the tangible benefits to
>>>> security interests, which for
>>>> the most part are "doing good",
>>>> from the work that we do. when
>>>> I compare that to the
>>>> complaints that we get bc "my
>>>> PII is visible in your data",
>>>> it's not even close by my value
>>>> barometer (which my differ from
>>>> others'). this is relevant bc
>>>> any future solution will be
>>>> imperfect as I have mentioned
>>>> before. as Allison and others
>>>> point out we need to measure
>>>> the harm done by any new system
>>>> that may seek to solve one
>>>> problem (privacy?) and
>>>> inadvertently create many more.
>>>> since this group is fond of
>>>> analogies I'll contribute one
>>>> from the medical oath (not sure
>>>> if this is just U.S.) "first,
>>>> do no harm".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i'll close by saying I think
>>>> Allison's point about economic
>>>> value has merit. yes, the
>>>> point of the WG is not to
>>>> protect anyone's economic
>>>> interest. I agree 100% with
>>>> that statement and will
>>>> disagree with anyone who thinks
>>>> the future of DomainTools or
>>>> other commercial service should
>>>> have one iota of impact on this
>>>> discussion. but I also think
>>>> "it's too expensive" or "it's
>>>> too hard" are weak and
>>>> dangerous excuses when dealing
>>>> with an issue like this which
>>>> has enormous and far reaching
>>>> consequences for the very
>>>> mission of ICANN around the
>>>> security and stability of our
>>>> internet.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 3:50
>>>> PM, allison nixon
>>>> <elsakoo at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:elsakoo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the
>>>> documentation in your
>>>> earlier email. While I
>>>> understand that's how
>>>> things are supposed to work
>>>> in theory, it's not
>>>> implemented very widely,
>>>> and unless there is
>>>> enforcement, then it's
>>>> unlikely to be useful at all.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "as a given, we put
>>>> ourselves in a certain
>>>> position in terms of the
>>>> actions we can and cannot
>>>> recommend. We can make
>>>> similar statements focused
>>>> on registry operators,
>>>> registrars, or any other
>>>> stakeholder in this space.
>>>> If we all approach this
>>>> WG's task with the goal of
>>>> not changing anything,
>>>> we're all just wasting our
>>>> time."
>>>>
>>>> There are things that
>>>> people would be willing to
>>>> change about WHOIS. Changes
>>>> purely relating to the data
>>>> format would not be as
>>>> controversial. Changing to
>>>> that RDAP json format would
>>>> probably be an agreeable
>>>> point to most here.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There are two different
>>>> major points of contention
>>>> here. The first is the data
>>>> format, second is the
>>>> creation of a new monopoly
>>>> and ceding power to it. By
>>>> monopoly I mean- who are
>>>> the gatekeepers of "gated"
>>>> access? Will it avoid all
>>>> of the problems that
>>>> monopolies are historically
>>>> prone to? Who will pay
>>>> them? It seems like a
>>>> massive leap of faith to
>>>> commit to this without
>>>> knowing who we are making
>>>> the commitment to.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "I do not believe it is
>>>> this WG's responsibility to
>>>> protect anyone's
>>>>
>>>> commercial services if
>>>> those things are basically
>>>> in response to
>>>> deficiencies in the
>>>> existing Whois protocol. "
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From my understanding of
>>>> past ICANN working groups,
>>>> registrars have fought
>>>> against issues that would
>>>> have increased their costs.
>>>> And the destruction of
>>>> useful WHOIS results(or
>>>> becoming beholden to some
>>>> new monopoly) stand to
>>>> incur far more costs for
>>>> far larger industries. So
>>>> this shouldn't surprise
>>>> you. If those economic
>>>> concerns are not valid then
>>>> I question why the economic
>>>> concerns of registrars are
>>>> valid.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If entire industries are
>>>> built around a feature you
>>>> would consider a
>>>> "deficiency", then your
>>>> opinion may solely be your
>>>> own. And I hope more
>>>> stakeholders in this
>>>> multi-stakeholder process
>>>> will come forward with
>>>> their own perspectives, as
>>>> they will differ from mine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Not trying to hamstring
>>>> the WG. Just asking if
>>>> this is not something that
>>>> has already been solved.."
>>>>
>>>> Hi Paul,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It's an interesting
>>>> thought. This document was
>>>> recommended to me as one
>>>> that was approved in the
>>>> past by the working group
>>>> that outlined what the
>>>> resulting system might look
>>>> like. I'm still learning
>>>> and reading about these
>>>> working groups and what
>>>> they do, and this document
>>>> is massive.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.icann.org/en/syste
>>>> m/files/files/final-report-06j
>>>> un14-en.pdf
>>>> <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/final-report-06jun14-en.pdf>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In the document, it says:
>>>> /"Central to the remit of
>>>> the EWG is the question of
>>>> how to design a system that
>>>> increases the accuracy of
>>>> the data collected while
>>>> also offering protections
>>>> for those
>>>> Registrants seeking to
>>>> guard and maintain their
>>>> privacy."/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> One of the things I notice
>>>> is that any talk about
>>>> actually increasing
>>>> accuracy of whois info- via
>>>> enforcement- is vigorously
>>>> opposed in this group, and
>>>> it's merely assumed that
>>>> people will supply better
>>>> quality data under the new
>>>> system.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Throughout the document it
>>>> talks about use-cases and
>>>> features (whois history,
>>>> reverse query, etc), which
>>>> are indeed identical to the
>>>> features of the whois
>>>> aggregators of current day.
>>>> Such a system would replace
>>>> them. Will the service
>>>> quality be as good?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On page 63 it gets into
>>>> thoughts on who would be
>>>> "accredited" to access the
>>>> gated whois data. Every
>>>> proposed scenario seems to
>>>> recognize the resulting
>>>> system will need to handle
>>>> a large query volume from a
>>>> large number of people, and
>>>> one proposes accrediting
>>>> bodies which may accredit
>>>> organizations which may
>>>> accredit individuals. It
>>>> even proposes an abuse
>>>> handling system which is
>>>> also reminiscent in
>>>> structure to how abuse is
>>>> handled currently in our
>>>> domain name system. Many of
>>>> these proposed schemes
>>>> appear to mimic the ways
>>>> that the hosting industry
>>>> and registrar industry
>>>> operate, so we can expect
>>>> that the patterns of abuse
>>>> will be equally frequent,
>>>> especially if higher
>>>> quality data is supplied.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The proposed scenarios all
>>>> paint a picture of "gated"
>>>> access with very wide
>>>> gates, while simultaneously
>>>> representing to domain
>>>> purchasers that their data
>>>> is safe and privacy
>>>> protected. And this is
>>>> supposed to *reduce* the
>>>> total number of privacy
>>>> violations? This doesn't
>>>> even appeal to me as a
>>>> consumer of this data.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Whoever sets up this system
>>>> also stands to inherit a
>>>> lot of money from the
>>>> soon-to-be-defunct whois
>>>> aggregation industry. They
>>>> would certainly win our
>>>> contract, because we would
>>>> have no choice. All domain
>>>> reputation services,
>>>> anti-spam, security
>>>> research, etc, efforts will
>>>> all need to pay up.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> After being supplied with
>>>> the above document, I also
>>>> saw a copy of a rebuttal
>>>> written by a company that
>>>> monitors abusive domains. I
>>>> strongly agree with the
>>>> sentiments in this document
>>>> and I do not see evidence
>>>> that those concerns have
>>>> received fair
>>>> consideration. While I do
>>>> not see this new gatekeeper
>>>> as an existential threat, I
>>>> do see it as a likely
>>>> degradation in the utility
>>>> i do see from whois. To be
>>>> clear, we do not do any
>>>> business with this company.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/
>>>> input-to-ewg/attachments/20130
>>>> 823/410038bb/LegitScriptCommen
>>>> tsonICANNEWGWhoisReplacementSt
>>>> ructure-0001.pdf
>>>> <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/input-to-ewg/attachments/20130823/410038bb/LegitScriptCommentsonICANNEWGWhoisReplacementStructure-0001.pdf>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I also found John
>>>> Bambenek's point in a later
>>>> thread to be interesting-
>>>> concentrating WHOIS
>>>> knowledge solely to one
>>>> organization allows the
>>>> country it resides in to
>>>> use it to support its
>>>> intelligence apparatus, for
>>>> example monitoring when its
>>>> espionage domains are
>>>> queried for, and targeting
>>>> researchers that query them
>>>> (since anonymous querying
>>>> will be revoked). Nation
>>>> states already use domains
>>>> in operations so this
>>>> monopoly is a perfect
>>>> strategic data reserve. The
>>>> fact that this system is
>>>> pushed by privacy advocates
>>>> is indeed ironic.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> None of those concerns
>>>> appear to have been
>>>> addressed by this group in
>>>> any serious capacity.
>>>> Before the addition of new
>>>> members, I don't think many
>>>> people had the backgrounds
>>>> or skillsets to even
>>>> understand why they are a
>>>> concern. But I think this
>>>> is a discussion worth
>>>> having at this point in
>>>> time for this group.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at
>>>> 1:50 PM, Andrew Sullivan
>>>> <ajs at anvilwalrusden.com
>>>> <mailto:ajs at anvilwalrusden.com>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at
>>>> 07:25:47PM +0200, Paul
>>>> Keating wrote:
>>>> > Andrew,
>>>> >
>>>> > Thank you. That was
>>>> helpful.
>>>> >
>>>> > ""Given this
>>>> registrant, what other
>>>> > domains are
>>>> registered?" is a
>>>> solved problem, and has
>>>> been since the
>>>> > early 2000s.2
>>>> >
>>>> > This is also
>>>> traceable via
>>>> alternative means such
>>>> as consistencies in
>>>> > various WHOIS fields
>>>> such as email, address,
>>>> name, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Well, sort of. The
>>>> email, address, and
>>>> name fields are _user_
>>>> supplied. So they come
>>>> from the other party to
>>>> the transaction. The
>>>> ROID is assigned by the
>>>> registry itself. So
>>>> once you have a match,
>>>> you know that you are
>>>> looking at the same
>>>> object, only the same
>>>> object, and all the
>>>> same object(s).
>>>>
>>>> Email addresses in
>>>> particular are
>>>> guaranteed unique in
>>>> the world at
>>>> any given time (though
>>>> not guaranteed as
>>>> unique identifiers over
>>>> time), so they may be
>>>> useful for these
>>>> purposes. Take it from
>>>> someone
>>>> named "Andrew
>>>> Sullivan", however,
>>>> that names are pretty
>>>> useless as
>>>> context-free identifiers :)
>>>>
>>>> > In reality finding
>>>> out answers to
>>>> questions such as
>>>> > yours (above)
>>>> requires investigation
>>>> using a plethora of data.
>>>>
>>>> To be clear, finding
>>>> out the answer to what
>>>> I (meant to) pose(d)
>>>> requires no plethora of
>>>> data: it requires a
>>>> single query and access to
>>>> the right repository
>>>> (the registry). In
>>>> some theoretical
>>>> system, the
>>>> correct underlying
>>>> database query would be
>>>> something like this:
>>>>
>>>> SELECT domain_roid,
>>>> domain_name FROM
>>>> domains WHERE
>>>> registrant_roid = ?;
>>>>
>>>> and you put the correct
>>>> ROID in where the
>>>> question mark is, and off
>>>> you go. That will give
>>>> you the list of all the
>>>> domain names, and
>>>> their relevant ROIDs,
>>>> registered by a given
>>>> registrant contact. At
>>>> least one registry with
>>>> which I am familiar
>>>> once had a WHOIS feature
>>>> that allowed something
>>>> close to the above,
>>>> only it would stop after
>>>> some number of domains
>>>> so as not to return too
>>>> much data. I think the
>>>> default was therefore
>>>> LIMIT 50, but I also
>>>> think the feature was
>>>> eventually eliminated
>>>> about the time that the
>>>> ICANN community rejected
>>>> IRIS as an answer to
>>>> "the whois problem".
>>>>
>>>> What the above will of
>>>> course not do is help
>>>> you in the event Bob The
>>>> Scammer has created
>>>> dozens of different
>>>> contacts for himself by
>>>> (say)
>>>> registering names
>>>> through many different
>>>> registrars. I do not
>>>> believe
>>>> that any registry is
>>>> going to support such a
>>>> use at least without
>>>> access controls,
>>>> because it can be
>>>> expensive to answer
>>>> such things.
>>>> So, what you understood
>>>> me to be asking, I
>>>> think, is the question I
>>>> did _not_ ask: given
>>>> this human being or
>>>> organization, what other
>>>> domains are
>>>> registered?" That does
>>>> require a lot of
>>>> different data,
>>>> and it requires
>>>> cross-organizational
>>>> searches, and it
>>>> requires sussing
>>>> out when someone has
>>>> lied also. Such
>>>> research is, I agree,
>>>> completely
>>>> outside the scope of
>>>> what any technical
>>>> system will ever be able to
>>>> offer reliably.
>>>>
>>>> > An entire
>>>> > industry exists for
>>>> this purpose and I
>>>> don1t think we should be
>>>> > considering replacing
>>>> what has already been
>>>> existing in the cyber
>>>> security
>>>> > marketplace.
>>>>
>>>> I do not believe it is
>>>> this WG's
>>>> responsibility to
>>>> protect anyone's
>>>> commercial services if
>>>> those things are
>>>> basically in response to
>>>> deficiencies in the
>>>> existing Whois
>>>> protocol. In this
>>>> case, however,
>>>> that's not the problem.
>>>> Linking data in
>>>> multiple databases to a
>>>> given
>>>> real-world human being
>>>> is hard even in systems
>>>> without competition and
>>>> multiple points of
>>>> access. It's always
>>>> going to require
>>>> researchers
>>>> for the domain name system.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A
>>>>
>>>> --
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