Malicious Conduct – Registrar Duty to Investigate

ISSUE:    A.1

Malicious conduct – registrar duty to investigate

Priority:
 

RAA Final Report (High Priority Item)

 
Issue/Request

Registrars to take reasonable steps to investigate and respond to any reports (including reports from law enforcement and governmental and quasi-governmental agencies) of illegal, criminal or malicious conduct in connection with the use of domain names.

Source: 
LEA Code of Conduct

Notes

Additional information regarding requests:

LEA:
Registrars should provide complainants with a well-defined, auditable way to track abuse complaints (e.g. a ticketing or similar tracking system)

RAA-DT
1) Incorporate a provision in the RAA establishing a duty of registrars to investigate and report to ICANN on actions the registrar has taken in response to reports received from a credible third-party demonstrating illegal malicious conduct involving domain names
2) Adopt a Registrar Code of Conduct (RAA 3.7.1) that incorporates provisions to achieve similar results

Source: 


Original request from LEA to the RAA-DT


RAA-DT Final Report

Discussion Points

Description

Date Discussed

New GTLD Registry Agreement language (See Section 2.8) generally acceptable; continued discussion needed re: authentication, definitions (“quasi-governmental,” “credible third-party”), tracking.

18 Nov 2011

Proposed Text

Open

Status/Outcome

Under Discussion

Explanation

Open

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