Re: [ga] VeriSign & Korean IDN.com issues

[Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here is a breakdown of the issues required to be addressed by the RAA-wg;
   
  
Purpose of Register Accreditation Policy and Agreement   
   What is the primary purpose of the Registration Accreditation Agreement? Is it a compliance tool? If so how can it be strengthened to protect registrants? 

  
Rating of Registrars   
   How should ICANN and/or the registrar constituency encourage a system that rates registrars according to customer service and performance and should this be available to registrants? 

  
Affiliated Registrars / Group ownership   
   Affiliated registrars have common ownership or control. What is the best mechanism for ICANN to hold affiliated registrars accountable for an affiliate?s actions?

  
Additional compliance enforcement tools   
   Stronger compliance tools need to be included in any reform to the RAA. What are those tools? Do they encompass liquidated damages? Should registrars be able to be suspended more readily? Are there other options? What are the mechanisms that allow such options to be enforced quickly?

  
Transfer policy   
   What elements of the transfer policy need to be reformed? Should registrants have an alternative to their current registrar for the issuing of authcodes and the unlocking of them? Should ICANN or another entity be able to do this?

  
Registrar operator skill testing   
   How is it possible to assess registrar skills and to train registrars to a common standard of performance upon which registrants can rely? 
    
Accreditation by purchase   
   It is possible for companies to ?avoid? accreditation application process by buying a registrar. How can abuse of this loophole be stopped?

  
Proxy registrations   
   There needs to be an examination of proxy registrations in light of difficulties faced in registrar data recovery. What is the balance between privacy and disclosure?

  
Reseller liability under RAA   
   What tools are needed to ensure better accountability by resellers to registrants? 

  
Registrar data escrow   
   What data needs to be escrowed? If implementation needs to move faster, greater resource allocation is required. What level of resourcing is necessary?

  
Clarification of ICANN's responsibilities and the options available to registrants   Clearly this puts the those matters squarely within the purview of the GA.
   
  Eric
  as chair
  

Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:  ICANN Public Participation Manager Kieren McCarthy has
reported that ICANN is investigating the Korean IDN
issues and will report soon.

His brief message is at
http://public.icann.org/forums/public-forum#comment-322





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