[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Domain Name Management

[Andrew Sullivan]

On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 11:13:53AM -0500, allison nixon wrote:
> >>Whois can be an indicator of ownership but it is not evidence.
> 
> No, it is evidence and it has been used as evidence in the past. For
> example one case years ago when some Army domains were hijacked and the
> WHOIS data was changed to the name of a hacker gang. the historical whois
> data, the date of the change, and other factors were used as evidence for
> the timeline of events. And the people constructing that timeline were not
> working for the Army and didn't own the registrar account.

Well, ok, but that doesn't mean this is domain name management,
either.  It might be some other use case (I think it probably is --
abuse prevention or something).  The management case does seem to me
to be only those who are directly interested in the normal operation
of the domain from the point of view of controlling it, and the only
question is whether the interested parties are necessarily somehow
involved in the contractual relationship with the registry and
involved registrars.  I think Volker is saying, "Yes," and I'm saying,
"Maybe not."

Best regards,

A

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