August 2007 - At-Large - lists.icann.org

Fast Flux & Domain tasting
by Robert Guerra Aug. 13, 2007

Aug. 13, 2007

There's an interesting discussion taking place on the SSAC list in regards to the fast flux issue. Here's a recent comment from the SSAC list - Domain tasting is an optimisation of the domain name monetisation business model, where a registrant earns money from PPC ads placed on a parked webpage. For monetisation you don't actually want to change the DNS information often. Fast Flux is more associated with using a domain name for an email address or URL that has been used in SPAM email. Due to the millions of emails that are floating around there is value in ensuring that the domain name used is not shut-down prematurely. Thus those involved will try to make the WHOIS and other more visible information as legitimate looking as possible (stopping the registrar shutting down the domain), but bounce the hosting of the email or website amongst various locations to avoid a hosting company or ISP shutting down the service at the source - or blocking the offending IP address at the entry point to a service providers network. Any comments? regards, Robert --- Robert Guerra <rguerra(a)privaterra.ca> Managing Director, Privaterra Tel +1 416 893 0377

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Board liaison report
by Vittorio Bertola Aug. 11, 2007

Aug. 11, 2007

All, This is my report about Board activities, which is quite short, since the Board hasn't formally met since the last report. Discussions on the Board list - mostly informative, a sort of brainstorming without any immediately pending action - have been focused on a few main items: - IPv4 exhaustion: I.e. what could be ICANN's role in fostering the transition to IPv6 and ensuring fair allocation of the remaining IPv4 addresses, including how to put the IPv4 space to maximum use. - New gTLDs: The Board is waiting for the GNSO to complete its proposal, but there have been some preliminary discussions about what is the general purpose of the introduction of new TLDs, what could be the guiding principles and ultimate objectives, etc. However, the actual discussion will be driven by the GNSO proposal when it's approved (the public comment period has just started, and the ALAC should not miss it). - Structure: As a result of the previous discussion, there was some debate on what is the role of the Board in respect to SOs and ACs, in particular to which extent the Board can alter policy proposals approved by the SOs, and whether ACs should more appropriately influence policy at the Board level or at the SO level. - Board compensation: The proposal was raised at the public microphone in San Juan, and some Board members suggested that it deserved at least a reply, though in the end this is likely to be deferred to the Board review process that will start in the next future. The Board is also discussing the formal reply to the Ombudsman about the Ynternet.org case, which should largely acknowledge our own reply to the Board, and should be approved during the next meeting on Tuesday. Regards, -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------

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Aug. 11, 2007

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Board meeting agenda
by Vittorio Bertola Aug. 10, 2007

Aug. 10, 2007

All, the Board has decided to hold a teleconference meeting on August 14 (originally it was planned to be cancelled). This is the agenda: * Proposed Data Escrow Agreement Negotiation * GNR Contract Renewal * IANA Related Issues -- Discussion/possible action on: 1. Redelegation of the .DM ( Dominica) Domain 2. Delegation of Eleven Evaluative Internationalized Domains 3. Delegation of the .KP ( North Korea) Domain 4. Delegation of the .ME ( Montenegro) Domain 5. Delegation of the .RS ( Serbia) Domain 6. Redelegation of the .YU (former Yugoslavia) Domain 7. Update on Outstanding Redelegation Requests * BGC Recommendations -- Discussion/possible action on: 1. Adjustments to the Board Committee Assignments 2. Review of Terms of Reference for Board of Directors Review * Consent Agenda 1. Approval of Legal Expenses 2. Finance Committee Recommendations * Other Business Any input is welcome. Regards, -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------

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Monthly SSAC Report
by Robert Guerra Aug. 8, 2007

Aug. 8, 2007

Attached monthly SSAC report. Time and resources permitting, might be a good idea for At-large to produce a report that's similar in structure. regards, Robert --- Robert Guerra <rguerra(a)privaterra.ca> Managing Director, Privaterra Tel +1 416 893 0377

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[Fwd: [gnso-whois-wg] Draft outcomes report v 1.6]
by Wendy Seltzer Aug. 7, 2007

Aug. 7, 2007

Please share your comments on version 1.6 of the WHOIS WG report. I've already shared my (personal) disagreement with most of the statements of claimed "agreement," and with the way disagreement has been characterized. Others who'd like to agree or disagree should please do so. I have not said the OPOC should have no responsibilities, rather that those responsibilities should be determined between the registrant and its OPOC, not imposed by ICANN, since the registrant remains responsible for registration and use of the domain name. Thanks, --Wendy -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [gnso-whois-wg] Draft outcomes report v 1.6 Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:41:31 +0200 From: Philip Sheppard <philip.sheppard(a)aim.be> To: <gnso-whois-wg(a)icann.org> References: <p06230911c2d6a8cae753(a)[10.0.1.2]> Please find attached the outcomes report version 1.6. This I hope captures the last two weeks of discussion on list and on our two calls. Changes compared to v1.5 are: - new and clarified text; - revised levels of support; - revised section 7 (with text transferred from section 2); - new section 8 (further studies). (I considered issuing a red-line tracked version but there have been too many changes to make this a useful tool.) I would like to call a halt to changes of substance on the issues: these we have well covered. I would like to invite any comments where you feel any opinion on the substance is NOT yet recorded. Please do NOT repeat earlier opinion: that will just make life more challenging to weed out duplication. Please do WITHDRAW earlier statements of disagreement if you now believe the revised text is something that you can support. Comments are open for one week until mid-day Thursday 9 August. After that we will issue version 1.7 which will factor in any changes (as above) along with factual and contextual additions from ICANN staff. I will advise later how long version 1.7 will be up for comment before completion of the group's work. Many thanks. Philip Sheppard Chairman -- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy(a)seltzer.org phone: +1.914.374.0613 Visiting Professor, Northeastern University School of Law Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/

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Summit Planning Group
by Thompson, Darlene Aug. 7, 2007

Aug. 7, 2007

Hi all, There was considerable discussion in San Juan amongst various ALAC members that it would be a good idea to plan for a Summit to gather reps from all of ICANN's At-Large Structures in one place. In parallel with the regular ICANN conference, the Summit will provide a program designed to: 1) Educate ALSs about ICANN functions, methods and culture 2) Help ALS representatives interact with their constituents on ICANN-related issues 3) Assist ALSs and RALOs in developing locally-relevant policy positions 4) Exchange ideas and perspectives related to the ICANN At-Large community 5) Energize participants, to keep the energy of the Summit going long after the last day of the conference {More ideas welcome, here} Our goal here is to get the help and input of people within the global At-Large community who want to make the Summit happen. Actually, if ICANN does not see support from the global community for this, it definitely will not happen. So, I've put this e-mail out to all of At-Large. If you wish to assist with the Summit, please let us know and sign up to our planning-committee list: http://groups.google.com/group/icann-summit. We would also like to take this time to encourage discussion about the pros and cons of having a summit at all. A notice similar to this one has gone out on the Secretariat's list, as was suggested during the ALAC meetings in San Juan but, so far, the uptake as been rather minimal. If this is something that only the NARALO wishes to see happen, then it should be allowed to die quietly now. If not, then we have lots of work to do to make it all come together and we have to let ICANN know that we want it! Cheers, Darlene Darlene A. Thompson Community Access Program Administrator Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-6531 Fax: (867) 979-8870 dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca

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AP and Africa RALO Teleconference to meet ICANN Board Liaison Candidates
by Nick Ashton-Hart Aug. 7, 2007

Aug. 7, 2007

Dear All: Please feel free to join in the following teleconference. This is your opportunity to speak to the three candidates for the important post of ALAC Liaison to the Board of Directors of ICANN. Your ALAC members will be pleased to have your input on the candidates as the election will be held shortly after this teleconference. The URL for the information below is: https://st.icann.org/alac/ index.cgi?board_liaison_interview_2007 ALAC Board Liaison Interview 2007 Date: 8 August 2007 APRALO Teleconference Time: 1100 UTC (for the time in various timezones click here) Recording: Available 48 Hours after meeting A G E N D A Introduction of Board Candidates Brief Comments from Each Candidate Questions and Answers Any Other Business Remote Participation Access PARTICIPANT ACCESS INFORMATION Please join MR NICK ASHTON HART on AUG-8-2007 (Monday) at 11:00 UNIVERSAL TIME. Access information is below. CALL DATE: AUG-8-2007 (Monday) CALL TIME: 11:00 UNIVERSAL TIME DURATION: 1 hr PASSCODE: 8038456 LEADER: MR NICK ASHTON HART DIAL-OUTS: R Singh, B Beiram DIAL-IN NUMBERS: Country Toll Numbers Freephone/ Toll Free Number AUSTRALIA 61-2-8211-1396 1-800-758-196 AUSTRIA 43-1-92-80-003 0800-677-861 BELGIUM 32-1-150-0312 0800-4-9471 BRAZIL 0800-8912026 CHILE 1230-020-2453 CHINA* 10800-712-1202 10800-120-1202 COLOMBIA 01800-9-156439 CZECH REPUBLIC 420-2-25-98-56-16 DENMARK 45-7014-0239 8088-2100 FINLAND 358-106-33-149 0-800-1-12771 FRANCE LYON: 33-4-26-69-12-76 080-563-9909 FRANCE MARSEILLE: 33-4-86-06-00-76 080-563-9909 FRANCE PARIS: 33-1-70-75-25-35 080-563-9909 GERMANY 49-69-2222-3198 0800-101-6627 GREECE 30-80-1-100-0674 00800-12-6609 HONG KONG 852-2286-5642 800-968-764 HUNGARY 06-800-17241 INDIA 000-800-852-1218 INDONESIA 001-803-011-3502 IRELAND 353-1-247-5274 1800-992-870 ISRAEL 1-80-9303035 ITALY 39-02-3601-0953 800-985-849 JAPAN 81-3-5539-5164 0034-800-40-0719 LUXEMBOURG 352-27-000-1351 MALAYSIA 1-800-80-8124 MEXICO 001-866-627-0579 NETHERLANDS 31-20-718-8530 0800-023-4392 NEW ZEALAND 64-9-970-4646 0800-447-834 NORWAY 47-21-59-00-49 800-15497 PANAMA 011-001-800-5072083 POLAND 00-800-1211184 PORTUGAL 8008-12439 RUSSIA 8-10-8002-9873011 SINGAPORE 65-6883-9208 800-120-4284 SLOVAK REPUBLIC 421-2-322-422-16 SOUTH AFRICA 080-09-93384 SOUTH KOREA 82-2-6744-1062 00798-14800-6326 SPAIN 34-91-414-40-78 800-098-194 SWEDEN 46-8-505-96-328 0200-897-068 SWITZERLAND 41-44-580-4210 0800-000-782 TAIWAN 886-2-2795-7358 00801-137-694 THAILAND 001-800-1206-65092 UNITED KINGDOM BIRMINGHAM: 44-121-210-9016 0800-279-3590 UNITED KINGDOM GLASGOW: 44-141-202-3216 0800-279-3590 UNITED KINGDOM LEEDS: 44-113-301-2116 0800-279-3590 UNITED KINGDOM LONDON: 44-20-7950-6551 0800-279-3590 UNITED KINGDOM MANCHESTER: 44-161-601-1416 0800-279-3590 URUGUAY 000-413-598-3431 USA 1-210-795-1143 866-297-1588 VENEZUELA 0800-1-00-2797 *Access to your conference call will be either of the numbers listed, dependent on the participants' local telecom provider Restrictions may exist when accessing freephone/toll free numbers using a mobile telephone. PASSCODE: 8038456 -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN PO Box 32160 London N4 2XY United Kingdom Main Tel: +44 (20) 8800-1011] USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax (UK): +44 (20) 7681-3135 Fax (Swiss): +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile (UK): +44 (7774) 932798 Mobile (Swiss): +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Security & Stability - At Large Mailing List
by Robert Guerra Aug. 3, 2007

Aug. 3, 2007

I'd like to announce that the Security & Stability - At Large Mailing List is now operation. Address for subscribing is as follows: <http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ssac-liaison_atlarge- lists.icann.org> regards, Robert --- Robert Guerra <rguerra(a)privaterra.ca> Managing Director, Privaterra Tel +1 416 893 0377

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