[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Krebs On Security article RE whois and GDRP

[Sam Lanfranco]

While it is clear that part of the problem is the low cost of entry for 
access via some bargain basement registrars,
I fear that any attempt at a "price floor"  would be viewed as "price 
fixing" and would run afoul of a lot of national laws.

Sam L

On 2/16/2018 1:48 PM, allison nixon wrote:
> You know what else might work? price floors. Every time some 
> low-reputation registrar has a sale, the Internet gets inundated.
>
> I don't know the last time I have had to deal with abuse originating 
> from an expensive TLD. it's always the cheap TLDs.
>
> If we mandate price floors, then the rate of domains registered solely 
> for exploitative purposes drops like a rock, and our need for 
> ownership info is much less, and few would be pushing youall to 
> collect the info, and the abuse issue becomes almost an entirely moot 
> point.
>

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