<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><div><div>Hi guys</div><div>All gTLDs. This is the same activity we have done 2x in 2015 for the WHOIS ARS project. The message is targeted to registries / RSP as that is where we have had rate limit issues in the past. But yes it would be helpful for the registrars to whitelist these as well. For what its worth, I believe ICANN had previously requested Registrars whitelist these to support other WHOIS projects in the recent past, but I could be wrong. </div><div><br></div><div><div id="MAC_OUTLOOK_SIGNATURE"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Best,</span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Russ</span></font></font></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:12pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> theo geurts <<a href="mailto:gtheo@xs4all.nl">gtheo@xs4all.nl</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Monday, January 18, 2016 at 1:19 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "Don M. Blumenthal" <<a href="mailto:dmb@donblumenthal.com">dmb@donblumenthal.com</a>>, Michele Neylon - Blacknight <<a href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com">michele@blacknight.com</a>>, Russ Weinstein <<a href="mailto:russ.weinstein@icann.org">russ.weinstein@icann.org</a>>, Brian Mountford via gtld-tech <<a href="mailto:gtld-tech@icann.org">gtld-tech@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [gtld-tech] WHOIS Data Collection Phase 2 Cycle 2 of WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System (ARS)<br></div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
Good point Don !<br><br>
Still need to know if we need to whitelist those IP addresses, no pressure Russ ;)<br><br>
Thanks <br><br>
Theo <br><br><div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18-1-2016 21:51, Don M. Blumenthal wrote:<br></div><blockquote cite="mid:83241c84-8da6-445b-9314-5d48882008a9@getmailbird.com" type="cite"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma">Let us not forget .jobs in the list of thin registries.</font><div><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma">Don<br></font><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma"><div><br></div><div class="mb_sig">----------
<div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Tahoma; font-size:
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margin-top:20px; margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;"><p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">On 1/18/2016 4:27:59 AM, Michele Neylon - Blacknight
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com"><michele@blacknight.com></a> wrote:</p><div><div><div>Russ</div><div><br></div><div>Will this also impact thin registries ie. .com and .net, as this would have an impact on registrars? </div><div>The wording of the email wasn’t very clear on this point.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Michele</div><div><br></div><div><div id=""><div>--</div><div>Mr Michele Neylon</div><div>Blacknight Solutions</div><div>Hosting, Colocation & Domains</div><div><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.blacknight.host/">http://www.blacknight.host/</a></div><div><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blog.blacknight.com/">http://blog.blacknight.com/</a></div><div><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ceo.hosting/">http://ceo.hosting/</a></div><div>Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072</div><div>Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090</div><div>-------------------------------</div><div>Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty</div><div>Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845</div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:12pt;
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1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org"></a><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org">gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Russ Weinstein <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:russ.weinstein@icann.org">russ.weinstein@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Friday 15 January 2016 at 19:01<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:gtld-tech@icann.org"></a><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gtld-tech@icann.org">gtld-tech@icann.org</a>" <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:gtld-tech@icann.org">gtld-tech@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[gtld-tech] WHOIS Data Collection Phase 2 Cycle 2 of WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System (ARS)<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5;
MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode:
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sans-serif;"><div><div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear Colleagues,</span></div></div></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break:
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12px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><div link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" lang="EN-US"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Between 20 January and 17 February 2016, ICANN will be initiating a large volume of WHOIS queries of gTLD registrations as part of its WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System (ARS) project utilizing the following IP addresses
to perform the WHOIS queries:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:black">IP Addresses: 192.0.32.230/31 and 192.0.47.230/31<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">A gTLD can expect to receive query rates of 10 queries per minute; we have accounted for RSP’s with multiple gTLD’s and will attempt to limit the queries to 10 per minute across a RSP.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We kindly request and appreciate your cooperation in allowing these queries to be processed and ask that you please whitelist the IP addresses provided above.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">As a reminder, the WHOIS ARS project was established to perform periodic studies to assess the accuracy of the contact information in the WHOIS data, with a goal of identifying opportunities to improve the accuracy
of this data over time. The project was established to implement a series of improvements recommended by the WHOIS Review Team and approved by the Board (8 November 2012) on the manner in which ICANN carries out its responsibilities regarding WHOIS.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This collection of data will support the next cycle in the WHOIS ARS, Phase 2 Cycle 2, which aims to assess syntax and operability accuracy of the contact information in a gTLD WHOIS record. Accuracy will be determined
with respect to the requirements of the WHOIS record’s applicable version of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement. ICANN will pull a sample of approximately 200,000 WHOIS records across the entire gTLD name space, and will then perform accuracy testing on
a subsample of those records. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We published a report (<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://whois.icann.org/en/file/whois-ars-phase-2-cycle-1-report-syntax-and-operability-accuracy">https://whois.icann.org/en/file/whois-ars-phase-2-cycle-1-report-syntax-and-operability-accuracy</a>)
for Phase 2 Cycle 1 on 23 December 2015 and plan to publish a report of the findings of Phase 2 Cycle 2 in June 2016. More information about the project can be found on whois.icann.org:
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://whois.icann.org/en/whoisars">https://whois.icann.org/en/whoisars</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you for your cooperation,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">ICANN’s GDD Operations Team<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></div></blockquote></span></blockquote></div></blockquote><br></div></div></span></body></html>