[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Dangers of public whois
Chris Pelling
chris at netearth.net
Fri Feb 10 10:05:16 UTC 2017
+1 to points made here by Volker.
Kind regards,
Chris
From: "Volker Greimann" <vgreimann at key-systems.net>
To: "gnso-rds-pdp-wg" <gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org>
Sent: Friday, 10 February, 2017 09:41:48
Subject: Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Dangers of public whois
Pivoting off domain whois is my #1 valued resource in cybercrime investigations.
Judging from the amount of abuse and spam out there, it is also the #1 valued resource of spammers, cyber criminals, nigerian princes, domain slammers ,etc etc.
And that leads to the question: Is it really worth giving up the private data of all registrants to whoever wants it just to catch a few bad guys?
And to answer that: I'd rather see a few criminals uncaught if that means the innocent majority will be that much less at risk to be victimized.
Best,
Volker
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On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 12:16 PM, benny at nordreg.se < benny at nordreg.se > wrote:
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Dnsservers, domainstatus, various dates, Registrar
None of these data are personal data imo
The only info you see in Whois are the contact ID the user have at the registrar/ registry
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On 9 Feb 2017, at 18:10, nathalie coupet < nathaliecoupet at yahoo.com > wrote:
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Benny,
All personal info on personal domains are hidden by default. What are the info that remain available for public view - after personal information have been hidden by default - which still enable technical operability?
Nathalie
On Thursday, February 9, 2017 11:46 AM, " benny at nordreg.se " < benny at nordreg.se > wrote:
Maybe not but there are nothing who prevent us from trying to protect people from there mistakes and stupidity and still be able to have certain level of technical operability with whois data.
A good example are .se which have a whois policy where all personal info on personal domains are hidden by default. The registrant need to opt out of the privacy actively by making a decision. That might be the way we should think instead of what to do to hide data.
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On 09/02/2017, 17:38, " gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org on behalf of Greg Aaron" < gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org on behalf of gca at icginc.com > wrote:
Is ICANN (or anyone else) responsible for protecting Spicer from himself? A lot of the articles about this subject point out that Spicer was neglectful and occasionally incompetent.
Here are some facts to consider:
* Privacy protection was available and Spicer didn’t obtain it. That was his choice.
* Spicer agreed to have his data published in WHOIS. So that was either OK with him, or he didn't read the terms of service in his domain registration agreement. Either way, it was his choice.
* Spicer tweeted out his own Twitter password. He's responsible for that.
* Spicer himself published his email address in many, many public places over the years. A simple Google search will tell you what his email address was.
* Those data breaches that Volker mentions have nothing to do with domain registration data. They did not reveal domain registration data. Domain registration data didn't allow hackers to penetrate Dropbox, LinkedIn, and MySpace, and the other places where Spicer's credentials were lost over the years. Bad corporate security allowed those breaches to happen.
* Spicer has a very different risk profile than the average person. He's been a prominent PR and political operative for many years (and is now working for the most scrutinized entity in the world). A key tenet of risk assessment is that exceptional cases may not justify making rules that affect everyone.
All best,
--Greg
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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 Volker Greimann
Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2017 4:28 AM
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Subject: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Dangers of public whois
As we tend to get lost in the thick and nitty gritty from time to time, this recent article should remind us what we are working for:
mashable.com/2017/02/07/sean-spicer-who-is
also here:
http://domainnamewire.com/2017/02/08/sean-spicer-brings-attention-whois-privacy/
While it could not have hit a nicer guy, he completely and accurately followed policy and look where it lead. Hi private address and telephone number as well as email address known to the world, other domains he registered for himself and his family published, etc. As his email address was compromised in no less than three leaks (plus one honorable mention on Wikileaks), and he recently tweeted his password, it may even be possible to dig deeper.
I hope this helps remind folks that getting private data out of the public view is a good thing.
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Volker A. Greimann
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