What’s the difference? Simply put, in a thin registry, the contact details for a domain registration (namely the registrant, admin, technical and billing contacts) are stored at the registrar, and the registry’s whoisserver only shows basic domain information, and provides a referral to the “registrar whois” which then shows the relevant contact data. Conversely, in a thick registry system, the contact details are stored at the registry level, and are shown in the “registry whois”. There is no “registrar whois”.

Voluntary Trusted Notifier arrangements are a relied upon way for registries and registrars to help address DNS abuse. ccTLD and gTLD registries TWNIC and DotAsia recently joined forces to co-develop a Trusted Notifier Anti-Phishing Fast Track Mechanism as part of their commitment to combat growing cybersecurity concerns. Besides sharing their approach in this collaboration, this session also aims to explore how the wider APAC community could collaborate with one another to further this effort.

This session will explore recent emerging technologies and discuss their potential impacts on the Domain Name System (DNS). Speakers will provide an overview on the evolving discussions of alternate namespaces (e.g. handshake and unstoppable domains), as well as possible interconnectivities across namespaces. The session will also explore how and when quantum computers will affect Internet security and privacy, and current steps taken to mitigate these effects.