RAA Progress Report and WHOIS Validation Workshop

1. Update on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) Negotiations

   Purpose

   The first part of this session will include an overview by members of the RAA negotiation teams of the progress made during the RAA negotiations that have taken place since the ICANN Dakar Meeting.

   Additional Information

   For more information on the amendment topics explored during these negotiations, please see:

   • Status Report on the RAA Negotiations published on 1 March 2011, posted at: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-01mar12-en.htm
   • RAA Negotiations Community Wiki, that has meeting reports and additional details with regard to the RAA negotiations, available at: https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations+Between+ICANN+and+Registrars+to+Amend+the+Registrar+Accreditation+Agreement

2. Exploring the Technical Issues Relating to Online Identity/WHOIS Verification

   The goal of this workshop is to have panelists describe aspects of existing online identity (with special interest in contact information) verification models, both inside and outside the DNS industry, and discuss (i) technical methods by which such models are implemented and maintained and (ii) management experiences associated with the models. The session will NOT focus on whether WHOIS verification should be pursued as an objective or the policy implications of implementing such a regime in the ICANN context.

   Format

   • 90 Minute Panel  discussion
   • Introduction from moderators
   • 10-15 Minute Speaking Segments
   • (1 or 2 slides requested on models to be discussed)
   • Q&A at end of session

   Co-Moderators

   Gray Chynoweth, Chair, Registrar Stakeholder Group and Kurt Pritz, SVP, ICANN Stakeholder Relations

   Speakers

   • Eric Brown - Experiences with information verification models the .us Registry (Neustar)
   • Benedict Addis – Experiences with information verification models used at Facebook and Nomiet (now at SOCA, fomerly at HP)
   • Xiaodong Lee – Experiences with information verification models at .CN (now at ICANN, formerly Deputy Dir. Gen. and CTO of CNNIC)
   • Rod Rasmussen - Experiences with information verification models in the e-commerce industry and the use of reputational systems in verification across industries
   • Rob Hall – Experiences with information verificaiton from the perspective of a domain name registrar (Momentous)
   • John Curran - RIR's current information validation practices (NRO Chair)
   • Andrew Naumann - Information verification models in the payments industry (Dir. of Prod. Mgmt, Fraud Solutions, Cyber Source a Visa Company) (via telephone from Seattle)
   • Mike Stewart - Information verification models at the .ca Registry (Gen. Counsel, CIRA)

   Areas of Collateral Interest

   • Costs associated with implementation of the model
   • Impact of international information
   • How different types of information (phone/email/identity/address) are verified
   • Impact of privacy laws on technical methods of collecting/storing/sharing information that has been verified
   • Effectiveness of the verification regime at achieving its goals
   • Verifying corporate identities
   • Dealing with user error, stale information and fraud

Potential Steps for Verification of Whois Data | DRAFT for Discussion Purposes [PDF, 40 KB]