{"id":3830,"date":"2014-07-01T13:15:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T13:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prensa.lacnic.net\/news\/14junio_en\/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-go-beyond-a-few-minor-fixes-and-instead-implement-a-%e2%80%9cparadigm-shift%e2%80%9d"},"modified":"2023-08-03T18:44:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T18:44:25","slug":"its-time-to-go-beyond-a-few-minor-fixes-and-instead-implement-a-paradigm-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lacnic.net\/en\/its-time-to-go-beyond-a-few-minor-fixes-and-instead-implement-a-paradigm-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time to go beyond a few minor fixes and instead implement a \u201cparadigm shift!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Carlton Samuels, Member of the ICANN  Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the way the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services<\/em> (EWG) characterizes its recommendations in its final report, which proposes a next generation Registration Directory Service (RDS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EWG, in its 166-page final report, recommends replacing today\u2019s problematic WHOIS model, which gives anonymous users universal access to generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) registration data that is too often inaccurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, after 15-months of study, the EWG report recommends a new system that would continue to make basic data publicly available while making the rest accessible only to accredited requestors who identify themselves, state their purpose and agree to be held accountable for appropriate use of the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more than a decade, the WHOIS system has generated a deadlocked controversy within the ICANN community.  While everyone agreed that the system needed dramatic improvement, there was little agreement on how a fix might best be achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Expert Working Group was formed by CEO Fadi Chehad\u00e9 at the request of ICANN\u2019s Board to find a replacement for the current system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EWG started from the ground up by questioning fundamental assumptions about the purposes, uses, collection, maintenance and provision of registration data. The group considered each stakeholder, their needs for data accuracy, access, privacy and possible approaches to effectively meet those needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new system is designed to tackle difficult data privacy issues and degraded data quality, while striking a difficult balance between access and accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In doing its review, the EWG analyzed 2600 pages of public comments, research surveys, and feasibility studies, many of which identified the deficiencies in WHOIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its final report the EWG abandons, \u201ctoday\u2019s one-size-fits-all WHOIS in favor of purpose-driven access to validated data in hopes of improving privacy, accuracy and accountability data.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The system proposed by the group is aimed at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n