[ispcp] ENC: [council] Research team announced for Whois Misuse study

Tue Apr 5 17:18:13 UTC 2011

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De: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] Em
nome de Liz Gasster
Enviada em: terça-feira, 5 de abril de 2011 13:19
Para: council at gnso.icann.org
Assunto: [council] Research team announced for Whois Misuse study

All, the following has been posted at:  http://blog.icann.org/ 

Thanks, Liz

Cylab at Carnegie Mellon University selected to conduct study of Whois
Misuse

By Liz Gasster

I am delighted to report that ICANN has engaged the Carnegie Mellon
University (CMU) of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, CyLab to conduct a set of Whois
Misuse Studies. 

Working under the direction of principal investigator Dr. Nicolas Christin,
this highly regarded cybercrime lab expects to spend approximately one year
analyzing the extent, nature, and impact of harmful actions taken using
Whois contact information. To accomplish this, the CMU team will survey gTLD
domain Registrants about Whois misuse incidents they have experienced and
use experiments to measure how well anti-harvesting measures reduce Whois
misuse. Registries, Registrars, other cybercrime researchers, and law
enforcement organizations will also be surveyed about reported cases of
misuse.

These complementary studies are expected to provide the Generic Names
Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council with the empirical data needed to
assess community concerns about misused Whois contact information and inform
any resulting policy changes. ICANN looks forward to working with CMU to
apply their cybercrime expertise and experience to this challenging topic.

To learn more about Whois Misuse Studies or additional studies currently
being considered by the GNSO, visit
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/index.html
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/index.html. 

To learn more about Dr. Christin and his work at the CMU CyLab, visit
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/nicolasc
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/nicolasc.

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