December 2015 - ALAC-Announce

ICANN News Alert -- Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Final Report by JAS Global Advisors
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 1, 2015

Dec. 1, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-11-30-en ________________________________ Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Final Report by JAS Global Advisors 30 November 2015 ICANN today announced the publication of "Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Final Report," a report by JAS Global Advisors ("JAS"). This is the complete version of the report previously published in June 2014 at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/name-collision-mitigation-study… [PDF, 392 KB]. The phase one report was used by ICANN as a base to develop the Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework that has been in use by new gTLDs for more than a year. The final JAS report is being published to provide full background to what later became the Framework. The final JAS report does not contain any new or amended recommendations, and registry operators will continue to be required to implement the name collision mitigation measures identified in the existing Framework. At the time of publication of the phase one report, JAS uncovered a vulnerability not directly related to ICANN's New gTLD Program nor to new TLDs in general that had the potential to impact end-systems. Following its Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting process<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/vulnerability-disclosure-05aug1…> [PDF, 628 KB], ICANN agreed to the requests from JAS and the affected vendor to postpone publishing the full report until the risks raised by the vulnerability had been mitigated. The affected vendor has since addressed the risks raised by the vulnerability, and , ICANN is now publishing the full report at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/name-collision-mitigation-final… [PDF, 10.9 MB] and a redline from the phase one report at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/name-collision-mitigation-final… [PDF, 970 KB] (without considering the appendices). About ICANN ICANN's mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers. ICANN doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: www.icann.org<https://www.icann.org/>.

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New Public Comment: CCWG-Accountability - Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 1, 2015

Dec. 1, 2015

Dear All, This is to let you know that the Public Comment on the CCWG-Accountability - Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations has now gone live: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-ccwg-accountability-proposal-20…. The dates of the Public Comment will be 30 November 2015 - 21 December 2016 23:59 UTC. During this period, anyone can submit comment via As an advisory committee of ICANN, the ALAC submits Statements on Public Comment and advises on policy matters related to the interest of Internet users worldwide. Not just limited to the 15 ALAC members, members from the wider At-Large community are welcome to draft a Statement on behalf of the ALAC. If you are interested in drafting an ALAC Statement on this Public Comment, kindly contact staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. At-Large Staff will follow up and help you understand the procedure. Additionally, the wiki workspace for developing a potential ALAC Statement is here: https://community.icann.org/x/d4NlAw. All pertinent resources for this public comment can also be found there. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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ICANN News Alert - CCWG-Accountability - Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations
by ICANN At-Large Staff Dec. 1, 2015

Dec. 1, 2015

[ICANN]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2015-11-30-en ________________________________ CCWG-Accountability - Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations 30 November 2015 Forum Announcement: Public Comment Period opens on Date: 30 November 2015 Categories/Tags: IANA Stewardship Transition, Enhancing ICANN Accountability Purpose (Brief): The CCWG-Accountability<https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CCWG+on+Enhancing+ICANN+A…> offers its Draft Proposal for enhancements to ICANN accountability that have been identified as essential to happen or be committed to before the IANA Stewardship Transition takes place (Work Stream 1). The six Chartering Organizations for the CCWG-Accountability are asked to indicate their support for the recommendations in this proposal. At the same time, public participants not involved with a Chartering Organization are invited to comment on the proposal. The CCWG-Accountability will attempt to reconcile reactions from Chartering Organizations and public comment prior to submission to the ICANN Board of Directors (currently anticipated for late January 2016). In order to brief the community on the contents of their Draft proposal, the CCWG-Accountability will host two identical briefing webinars<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=56984258> on Wednesday, 2 December at different times to facilitate participation across time zones. The webinars will take place on: * 2 December from 11:00 - 12:30 UTC (time zone converter here<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCWG-Accountabilit…>) * 2 December from 20:00 - 21:30 UTC (time zone converter here<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCWG-Accountabilit…>) The webinars will be run in an Adobe Connect room<https://icann.adobeconnect.com/si-webinar/>. If you are interested in attending the webinar and would like to receive dial-in details, please send an email to acct-staff(a)icann.org<mailto:acct-staff@icann.org> and indicate your language request (if needed). The webinars will be recorded and transcribed. Live interpretation will be made available in English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic, Russian and Portuguese. Public Comment Box Link: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-ccwg-accountability-proposal-20… ___________________________________

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