[wg-review] confusion?

[Jefsey Morfin <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>]

Please can someone explain how this has an impact on the DNS?
Jefsey

On 00:57 04/02/01, Joanna Lane said:
>Sandy Harris wrote:-
>How do you make the process genuinely representative, given that anyone with
>some
>resources and an agenda can create bogus domains and/or users at will?>
>
>It is crucial not only to the credibility of DNSO, but also @Large and
>ICANN, that member identity and record keeping rules are put on the agenda
>as a priority. Membership of this WG has been granted on a trust basis, but
>it doesn't scale. In the long term, it is essential for membership identity
>to be verified at local level on a country by country basis ("country" in
>the context of this post also means jurisdiction, region or  territory).
>This is backed up by the Financial Action Task Force Report, published Feb1.
>
>The FATF, an inter-governmental body, includes 29 countries and 2 observer
>organizations and notes the increased opportunities on the internet for
>money laundering using identity fraud, (of individuals and corporations)
>without a face to face meeting, noting how the internet allows for anonymous
>registration of accounts and trading through international companies where
>few, if any records are kept, located in countries which may not only be
>difficult to identify, but also have refused to co-operate with
>international guidelines.
>
>In issuing its report, the FATF said countries could take several measures
>to counter money laundering. They include:
>
>1) Requiring internet service providers to maintain accurate and thorough
>subscriber information
>2) Require the establishment of log files, showing access and telephone
>number identity
>3) Ensure that information is made available internationally .
>
>It was recognised from the outset of the FATF that countries have diverse
>legal and financial systems and so all cannot take identical measures. The
>Recommendations are therefore the principles for action in this field, for
>countries to implement according to their particular circumstances and
>constitutional frameworks allowing countries a measure of flexibility rather
>than prescribing every detail. The measures are not particularly complex or
>difficult, provided there is the political will to act. Nor do they
>compromise the freedom to engage in legitimate transactions or threaten
>economic development.
>
>FATF countries are clearly committed to accept the discipline of being
>subjected to multilateral surveillance and peer review. All member countries
>have their implementation of the Forty Recommendations monitored through a
>two-pronged approach: an annual self-assessment exercise and the more
>detailed mutual evaluation process under which each member country is
>subject to an on-site examination. In addition, the FATF carries out
>cross-country reviews of measures taken to implement particular
>Recommendations.
>
>The twenty-nine FATF member countries and governments are: Argentina;
>Australia; Austria; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; Denmark; Finland; France;
>Germany; Greece; Hong Kong, China; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Japan;
>Luxembourg; Mexico; the Kingdom of the Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway;
>Portugal; Singapore; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; the United Kingdom;
>and the United States.
>
>The two international organisations are: the European Commission and the
>Gulf Co-operation Council.
>
>The report is available in English, French, Chinese, German, Japanese,
>Portuguese, Spanish and Russian
>
>The URL is http://www.oecd.org/fatf/40Recs_en.htm See Customer
>Identification and Record-keeping Rules
>
>I submit this document as reference and source material for this WG in
>relation membership ID and record keeping rules of the GA.
>
>Joanna
>
>
>
>
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