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    Thanks Russ, <br>
    <br>
    I didn't receive a whitelist request back in 2015, so I guess you
    guys just went for it and we Registrars just allow a lot of requests
    ;)  Just whitelisted the IP addresses, so good to go there. <br>
    <br>
    On a more serious note, I would be very cautious to use EU
    registrant data  to call and to email. There might be a chance that
    EU Registrar - Registrant  registration agreements do not cover the
    pilot purposes. <br>
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    Thanks, <br>
    <br>
    Theo <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19-1-2016 18:09, Russ Weinstein
      wrote:<br>
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          <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>
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            style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> theo geurts &lt;<a
            moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:gtheo@xs4all.nl"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gtheo@xs4all.nl">gtheo@xs4all.nl</a></a>&gt;<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" &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:dmb@donblumenthal.com">dmb@donblumenthal.com</a>&gt;,
          Michele Neylon - Blacknight &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com">michele@blacknight.com</a>&gt;,
          Russ Weinstein &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:russ.weinstein@icann.org">russ.weinstein@icann.org</a>&gt;,
          Brian Mountford via gtld-tech &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:gtld-tech@icann.org">gtld-tech@icann.org</a>&gt;<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>
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            Good point Don !<br>
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            Still need to know if we need to whitelist those IP
            addresses, no pressure Russ ;)<br>
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            Thanks <br>
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            Theo <br>
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            <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18-1-2016 21:51, Don M.
              Blumenthal wrote:<br>
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              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>
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              <div><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma">Don<br>
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                      <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Tahoma;
                        font-size: 10pt;">Don M. Blumenthal</p>
                      <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Tahoma;
                        font-size: 10pt;">DMB Associates, LLC</p>
                      <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Tahoma;
                        font-size: 10pt;">dmb@donblumenthal</p>
                      <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Tahoma;
                        font-size: 10pt;">Mobile: +1 202.431.0874</p>
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                        font-size: 10pt;">Skype: donblumenthal   </p>
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                  <p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">On
                    1/18/2016 4:27:59 AM, Michele Neylon - Blacknight
                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                      href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com">&lt;michele@blacknight.com&gt;</a>
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                      <div>Russ</div>
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                      <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>
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                      <div>Regards</div>
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                      <div>Michele</div>
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                          <div>--</div>
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                        style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>&lt;<a
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                        href="mailto:gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org">gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org</a></a>&gt;
                      on behalf of Russ Weinstein &lt;<a
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                        href="mailto:russ.weinstein@icann.org"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:russ.weinstein@icann.org">russ.weinstein@icann.org</a></a>&gt;<br>
                      <span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Friday
                      15 January 2016 at 19:01<br>
                      <span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a
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                        href="mailto:gtld-tech@icann.org"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gtld-tech@icann.org">gtld-tech@icann.org</a></a>"
                      &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:gtld-tech@icann.org">gtld-tech@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
                      <span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[gtld-tech]
                      WHOIS Data Collection ­ Phase 2 Cycle 2 of WHOIS
                      Accuracy Reporting System (ARS)<br>
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                                          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>
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                                          style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                          style="color:black">IP
                                          Addresses: 192.0.32.230/31 and
                                          192.0.47.230/31<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                          style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                          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>
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                                          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>
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                                          style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                          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>
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                                          style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                          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"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" 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></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>
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                                          style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                          style="color:black">Thank you
                                          for your cooperation,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                          style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                          style="color:black">ICANN’s
                                          GDD Operations Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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