The document summarizes the Cooperation SIG meeting at APNIC's Annual General Meeting. It discusses several presenters on the topic of Whois accuracy and its challenges. Key points addressed were the evolution of Whois over the years, the need to balance privacy and accountability, law enforcement's data requirements, initiatives between RIRs and law enforcement agencies, challenges faced by investigations due to inaccurate data, and the importance of global coordination and stakeholder cooperation to improve Whois accuracy. The meeting aimed to discuss improving the Whois database through annual validation of registration data and addressing issues raised by new technologies like CGNAT deployment.

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Cooperation SIG
APNIC Annual General Meeting
28 February 2018
Dr Govind - Chair
Billy MH Cheon – Co-Chair

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Co-Chair Nominees
• Dr Rajesh Ramachandran
• Billy MH Cheon
• Bikram Shrestha
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Co-Chair Election
• Bikram Shrestha was elected as Co-Chair for 2 year term.
• On behalf of the community, thanks to Billy MH Cheon for
his contribution and service as Cooperation SIG Co-Chair.
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Agenda
Whois Accuracy : Present Status and its Challenges
• Introduction to Whois - Craig Ng , APNIC
• Proactive engagement initiatives between RIRs and LEAs –
Richard Leaning, RIPE NCC
• Contribution about importance of WHOIS Accuracy - Nabinda
Aryal, Nepal Police
• GAC, the PSWG and LEAs, - Alice Munya , GAC Rep
• Network operators use of Whois - Anurag Bhatia, HE
• Open MIC - Q&A
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Craig Ng
• Evolution of Whois over the years
• IP addresses gaining value as a true record of
custodianship of IP resources for due diligence
• Privacy vs accountability- Need balance
• Does LEA require registration data up to end-user level or
happy with data one step removed from end-user
• Contractual agreement rather than legal
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Richard Leaning
• RIPE NCC and RIPE community engaging LEAs in a
productive manner with understanding each other’s
requirements
• Expectations on WHOIS database and proactive
engagement initiatives between RIRs and LEAs
• Training, education, capacity building
• Signed MoU with Europol, Member of Interpol, following
PSWG discussions
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Nabinda Aryal
• Whois is one of the starting point of investigations
• Long delay in investigation process due to inaccurate data
and processes MLATs, ILOR,LOR etc
• CGNAT deployment added level of complexity
• Need for a global co-ordination with RIRs
• Public safety is foremost and require cooperation with all
• Seeking industry assistance, collaboration
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Alice Munya
• Creation of Public Safety Working Group(PSWG) in ICANN
to engage with LEA and improve Whois accuracy
• PSWG members are representing law enforcement
interests in the Working Group (access and accuracy of
registration data in particular)
• GAC outreach and capacity building
• Evolving next generation of registration process
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Anurag Bhatia
• Whois from operator’s and peering perspective
• Incentivising the operators, end users etc to update Whois
• To send an e-mail every year to ISPs /operators/end users
validating the Whois
• CGNATs deployed at very significant scale and it's
becoming difficult to map end user unless deploy IPv6
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Summary
• Whois database is a critical link for any kind of
investigations
• Annual contact system of upgrading the database
• Need to work together with all stakeholders
• Co-ordination across different jurisdictions/RIRs
• Training, education and capacity building
• Issue of privacy ,accountability and data protection with the
upcoming GDPR
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Cooperation SIG Panel
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