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class=468535413-05052010>If you have any suggestions regarding the study outline
pls. refer to Liz directly and cc to the list.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=de><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=de><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Wolf-Ulrich</FONT></SPAN> </P>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Von:</B> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>Im Auftrag von </B>Liz
Gasster<BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Freitag, 30. April 2010 18:58<BR><B>An:</B> GNSO
Council <BR><B>Betreff:</B> [council] Draft Terms of Reference for WHOIS
Proxy/Privacy Services "abuse" study<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">All, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The attached draft defines a
<B>WHOIS Privacy and Proxy Abuse Study</B> which methodically analyzes a
representative sample of gTLD domains associated with a variety of
illegal/harmful Internet activities. By measuring how often these alleged and
confirmed “bad actors” use Privacy/Proxy registrations, compared to the
overall frequency of Privacy/Proxy registrations, this study will attempt to
prove or disprove the following hypothesis:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">A significant percentage of
the domain names used to conduct illegal or harmful Internet activities are
registered via Privacy or Proxy services to obscure the perpetrator’s
identity.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">This draft is based on input
proposals, refined to address several key challenges, including methods needed
to study short-lived vs. long-lived activities, enumeration of useful input
sources, and filtering of false positive reports. <STRONG>Suggestions are
welcome; in particular, please consider the review questions posed on page
8</STRONG>. The next step will be to issue an RFP to determine study cost and
feasibility by soliciting bids from researchers to conduct this
study.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Please note that a separate
study is still being drafted to measure delays associated with Privacy/Proxy
Reveal. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: red">Please provide
all input by COB 14 May.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> We
will finalize the RFP based on the input we receive.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Thanks,
Liz<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B>Liz Gasster<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B>Senior Policy Counselor<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B>ICANN<o:p></o:p></B></P>
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