[Rt4-whois] Fwd: [CG-CORE] ENC: [council] Research team announced for Whois Misuse study

[Omar Kaminski]

FYI

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.