Repairing Trust in Domain Name Disputes Practices: Insights from a Quarter-Century's Worth of Squabbles
Vinny Adjibi
Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium 2026 · Day 3 · Usable Security
This research provides the first large-scale empirical analysis of the **UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy)**, the primary mechanism for resolving trademark-based domain name disputes, which has been in use for over **25 years**. Despite its critical role in domain name governance, the UDRP has never been substantially updated, partly because empirical evidence about its effectiveness has been contentious, inconclusive, or simply unavailable.
AI review
An empirical analysis of UDRP domain name disputes that quantifies forum shopping and transfer delays. While the policy implications are interesting and the data analysis is solid, this is governance/policy work rather than security research. No new attacks, no technical exploits, no novel defenses -- just a measurement study of a 25-year-old administrative process.