[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Dangers of public whois
Greg Shatan
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Fri Feb 10 19:11:57 UTC 2017
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On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 2:05 PM, sam at lanfranco.net <sam at lanfranco.net>
wrote:
> Greg,
>
> Both real property and corporate information can sit behind proxy shields
> (numbered companies, lawyers, and nominal owners). Probably same for IP.
>
> The middle ground here might be proxy services (costed in) , as the
> default, and opt-out (with little or no reduction in costs) as an option.
> Within the law the "owner" should set the transparency level, not those who
> would like data access.
>
> Some owners want high disclosure, as part of their business plan. (Name a
> sports stadium). Some do not. Try to identify the largest produce farm in
> California
>
> The RDS task is now convergence, based on its flow of diversity of
> opinions, interests, and evidence. How do we get there from here, and how
> much longer should that take?
>
> Sam L
>
> Sent from Wisdom Pond
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Dangers of public whois
> From: Greg Shatan
> To: sam at lanfranco.net
> CC: Volker Greimann ,RDS PDP WG
>
>
> Sam:
>
> To answer your question, here are some areas of "fat" disclosure that
> quickly come to mind:
>
> -- Real property ownership
> -- Intellectual property ownership (registration)
> -- Corporate contact information
>
> Development is only one of many goals that need to be kept in mind, and
> I'm not even sure it's an "official" one for ICANN. Consumer trust and
> safety are clearly enhanced by public WHOIS/RDS access. I believe that
> security, stability and resiliency are as well.
>
> If you have no purpose for access to WHOIS/RDS access, it's easy to say
> that "Anything other than a minimalist "thin" will be a source of endless
> pain, and for no gain." First, we've already had thick access for a very
> long time, and I can certainly say there is plenty of "gain" from a lot of
> different purposes. If there was no "pain," we probably wouldn't be having
> this conversation, but there are a number of ways to deal with that "pain"
> -- and we have to be as careful and fact-based about what the pain is as we
> are about the purposes for collection and disclosure are.
>
> Greg Shatan
>
>
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> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 12:34 PM, sam at lanfranco.net <sam at lanfranco.net>
> wrote:
>
>> This difference of opinion is the crucial fork in the road here. Name one
>> other sector, industry, or activity where "fat" disclosure takes place, or
>> where "thin" disclosure harmed development. Anything other than a
>> minimalist "thin" will be a source of endless pain, and for no gain.
>>
>> Sam L.
>>
>> Sent from my Huawei Mobile
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Dangers of public whois
>> From: Volker Greimann
>> To: gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
>> CC:
>>
>>
>> This illustrates the basic difference of opinion:
>>
>> Proposal: By not allowing the flow of WHOIS data for anything but
>> purposes backed by legal rights to that information or required for the
>> technical operation of the internet
>>
>> 1) We will strengthen the rights to private data against anyone desiring
>> to abuse that data by claiming to have some ephemeral purpose to access
>> that data
>>
>> 2) The internet economy will likely not be affected
>>
>> 3) By defining restrictive access requirements, we will still enable
>> legitimate cases where access to such data is needed
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Volker
>>
>> Am 10.02.2017 um 17:11 schrieb nathalie coupet via gnso-rds-pdp-wg:
>>
>> Proposal: By allowing the flow of WHOIS data to enable as many legitimate
>> activites as possible througout the root and main branches of the tree:
>> 1) we will strengthen the Internet by providing peripheral purposes that
>> protect the medium (consumer protection, research,...)
>> 2) we will protect the Internet economy as much as possible
>> 3) by increasing granularity, we can tackle edge cases at the edge.
>>
>> Nathalie
>>
>>
>> On Friday, February 10, 2017 11:01 AM, Victoria Sheckler
>> <vsheckler at riaa.com> <vsheckler at riaa.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> We need to find balance and a constructive way to propose solutions, not
>> this endless back and forth of edge cases.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org [mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounce
>> s at icann.org] On Behalf Of benny at nordreg.se
>> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 4:44 AM
>> To: Volker Greimann <vgreimann at key-systems.net>
>> Cc: gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
>> Subject: Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Dangers of public whois
>>
>> +1 to Volker
>>
>> Spot on, we cant let the criminals endanger all innocents life by default
>> expose data as we do today
>>
>> --
>> Med vänliga hälsningar / Kind Regards / Med vennlig hilsen
>>
>> Benny Samuelsen
>> Registry Manager - Domainexpert
>>
>> Nordreg AB - ICANN accredited registrar
>> IANA-ID: 638
>> Phone: +46.42197080 <+46%2042%2019%2070%2080>
>> Direct: +47.32260201 <+47%2032%2026%2002%2001>
>> Mobile: +47.40410200 <+47%20404%2010%20200>
>>
>> > On 10 Feb 2017, at 10:41, Volker Greimann <vgreimann at key-systems.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> 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
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 12:16 PM, benny at nordreg.se <benny at nordreg.se>
>> wrote:
>> >> 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
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>
>> >> On 9 Feb 2017, at 18:10, nathalie coupet <nathaliecoupet at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> 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.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Med vänliga hälsningar / Kind Regards / Med vennlig hilsen
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Benny Samuelsen
>> >>> Registry Manager - Domainexpert
>> >>>
>> >>> Nordreg AB - ICANN accredited registrar
>> >>> IANA-ID: 638
>> >>>
>> >>> Phone: +46.42197080 <+46%2042%2019%2070%2080>
>> >>> Direct: +47.32260201 <+47%2032%2026%2002%2001>
>> >>> Mobile: +47.40410200 <+47%20404%2010%20200>
>> >>>
>> >>> 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
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> 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
>> >>> To: gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
>> >>> 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-wh
>> >>> ois-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.
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>>
>> >>> Bei weiteren Fragen stehen wir Ihnen gerne zur Verfügung.
>> >>>
>> >>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
>> >>>
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