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Dear All,

For Law Enforcement officers and Revenue Authorities and Network Operators who rely on Whois Lookups etc which is a core aspect of criminal investigation and enforcement, this is a Heads up to say that a Survey was launched today: http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13sep12-en.htm. [I recommend that you take the time to complete this Survey so it reflects Pacific needs]

For those who are interested in Whois Policies etc, we can continue the dialogue and discussions offline or in a separate mailing list. For now, I would recommend that Pacific Law Enforcement and CERTs engage in filling in the Survey as the results will be used to impact the architecture etc.

There are currently 4 Studies underway that were commissioned by the GNSO namely:-

Whois Misuse Study; Whois Proxy and Privacy Abuse; Whois Registrant Identification and Whois Proxy & Privacy Relay and Reveal Study

Just recently I reported a phishing incident which I traced to eNom Inc a Registrant in the UK who had sold the "site" to appearing to be from Manila. There are people who abuse Proxy Servers and there are many resellers who are exploited for dubious means etc.

Best Regards,