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Board Liaison Report from Sydney
by Wendy Seltzer July 9, 2009

July 9, 2009

Hi At-Large, I hope you've all recovered well, whether from travelling to and from the Sydney meeting or from trying to follow its action remotely. I can confirm that there's little public Internet access on the Daintree Coast. I'd like to share notes on a few of the subjects I saw discussed in Sydney: * Welcome to Rod Beckstrom, Thanks to Paul Twomey. ICANN's new President and CEO was welcomed on Friday, and officially began the job July 1. <http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-26jun09-en.htm> Paul Twomey was recognized with a gala and a place on the Special People Numbers Registry. * IRT Report. The Trademark Implementation Recommendations Team (IRT), was given a huge amount of time to discuss their final report on proposed trademark protections for new gTLDs. The Board asked them to produce this report in Mexico City, and thanked the team for its work -- but has not made any decisions about responses. ALAC and NCUC's joint statement at the Public Forum was among many strong expressions of opposition to elements of the IRT report. At this point, the IRT is conducting a "road-show" in New York, July 12, and London, July 15. <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/consultation-outreach-en.htm> If you are able to participate, pre-register by July 10. Please continue to help the Board hear that the IRT report is not acceptable to the entire ICANN community. * Board Meeting: Adopted resolutions, <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun09.htm> Transcript, <http://syd.icann.org/files/meetings/sydney2009/transcript-board-meeting-26j…> * ALAC Review. The Board accepted the report of the ALAC Review Working Group and requested that the At-Large community begin planning implementation of its recommendations -- "the Board directs ICANN Staff to assist the At-Large community in developing a proposed implementation plan and timeline for the recommendations in the report (except for the recommendation to provide At-Large with voting seats, which will be discussed by the Board at its next meeting)." Regarding Board seats, the initially proposed resolution contained further reference to Board seats, but the Board struck this during discussion, saying that the question was too deeply intertwined with those of other reviews (particularly the BCG Board Review's recommendation that the Board be reduced in size). This deferral is not necessarily a negative, it simply reflects great uncertainty. The Board is far from uniform in its thinking on this subject -- members differ on whether ALAC should have any seats, whether ALAC or the At-Large Community should be responsible for the selection if there is one, and how ALAC seats would be met by other ACs. The resolution specifically sets the matter for the next Board meeting, which will be July 30. I understand that the ALAC strongly supports voting board seats, and have made that point in these and prior discussions. For the July meeting, I will gather the prior ALAC comments on Board seats, and will gladly include any further points you'd like to add, having heard or read the current state of discussion. * Synthesized DNS responses. The Board accepted a SSAC report and resolved that new gTLDs should not adopt Sitefinder-like wildcard services. "New TLDs, including ASCII and IDN gTLDs and IDN ccTLDs, should not use DNS redirection and synthesized DNS responses." It found this practice harms Internet security and stability and recommended against its use in existing TLDs as well. * GNSO Improvements. Revised draft charters for stakeholder groups are now public. Applications for recognition of new constituencies are under consideration at the conclusion of public comment. As always, please let me know if you have questions. --Wendy -- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy(a)seltzer.org Visiting Professor, American University Washington College of Law Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/ https://www.torproject.org/

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North Korean cyberwarfare?
by Beau Brendler July 8, 2009

July 8, 2009

Interesting subject given the venue for our next meeting BB Official: N. Korea believed behind cyber attacks By HYUNG-JIN KIM (Associated Press Writer) >From Associated Press July 08, 2009 7:36 AM EDT SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean intelligence officials believe North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces in South Korea committed cyber attacks that paralyzed major South Korean and U.S. Web sites, a lawmaker's aide said Wednesday. The sites of 11 South Korean organizations including the presidential Blue House and the Defense Ministry went down or had access problems since late Tuesday, according to the state-run Korea Information Security Agency. Agency spokeswoman Ahn Jeong-eun said 11 U.S. sites suffered similar problems. On Wednesday, the National Intelligence Service told a group of South Korean lawmakers it believes that North Korea or North Korean sympathizers in the South "were behind" the attacks, according to an aide to one of the lawmakers briefed on the information. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity citing the sensitivity of the information. He refused to allow the name of the lawmaker he works for to be published. The National Intelligence Service - South Korea's main spy agency - said it couldn't immediately confirm the report. Earlier Wednesday, the agency said in a statement that 12,000 computers in South Korea and 8,000 computers overseas had been infected and used for the cyber attack. The agency said it believed the attack was "thoroughly" prepared and committed by hackers "at the level of a certain organization or state." It said it was cooperating with the American investigative authorities to examine the case. South Korea's Yonhap news agency said military intelligence officers were looking at the possibility that the attack may have been committed by North Korean hackers and pro-North Korea forces in South Korea. South Korea's Defense Ministry said it could not confirm the report. South Korean media reported in May that North Korea was running a cyber warfare unit that tries to hack into U.S. and South Korean military networks to gather confidential information and disrupt service. An initial investigation in South Korea found that many personal computers were infected with a virus program ordering them to visit major official Web sites in South Korea and the U.S. at the same time, Korean information agency official Shin Hwa-su said. There has been no immediate reports of similar cyber attack in other Asian countries. In the U.S., the Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and Transportation Department Web sites were all down at varying points over the U.S. Independence Day holiday weekend and into this week, according to American officials inside and outside the government. Others familiar with the U.S. outage, which is called a denial of service attack, said that the fact that the government Web sites were still being affected three days after it began signaled an unusually lengthy and sophisticated attack. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the matter. Yonhap said that prosecutors have found some of the cyber attacks on the South Korean sites were accessed from overseas. Yonhap, citing an unnamed prosecution official, said the cyber attack used a method common to Chinese hackers. Prosecutors were not immediately available for comment. Shin, the Information Security Agency official, said the initial probe had not yet uncovered evidence about where the cyber outages originated. Police also said they had not discovered where the outages originated. Police officer Jeong Seok-hwa said that could take several days. Some of the South Korean sites remained unstable or inaccessible on Wednesday. The site of the presidential Blue House could be accessed, but those for the Defense Ministry, the ruling Grand National Party and the National Assembly could not. Ahn said there were no immediate reports of financial damage or leaking of confidential national information. The alleged attacks appeared aimed only at paralyzing Web sites, she said. South Korea's Defense Ministry and Blue House said Wednesday that there has been no leak of any documents. The paralysis took place because of denial of service attacks, in which floods of computers all try to connect to a single site at the same time, overwhelming the server that handles the traffic, the South Korean agency said in a statement. The agency is investigating the case with police and prosecutors, said spokeswoman Ahn. -----Original Message----- >From: Cheryl Langdon-Orr <langdonorr(a)gmail.com> >Sent: Jul 7, 2009 4:46 PM >To: LAC DISCUSS <lac-discuss-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >Cc: Robin Gross <robin(a)ipjustice.org>, At-Large Worldwide <at-large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >Subject: Re: [At-Large] [lac-discuss-en] Deadline for Public Comment on IRT Report > >It is my plan (which I expect ExCom to endorse at our meeting next week, so >we can start activity to formalize ASAP before the ALAC Meeting at the end >of this month) to take this important (dare I say landmark) Joint Statement >through the same endorsement and Vote process that we did with the various >Summit statements... So that it becomes a piece of formal ALAC Policy >Advice and then send it to the BOARD as advice from the ALAC which we can do >at any point in time but will be useful as they consider the outcomes of the >'roadshow' process re IRT that is about to start... This also means that >whilst not altering the delivered Joint Statement text per se, we can add to >strengthen and make ALAC At-Large specific points (e.g. add the specific >endorsement from ALSes and RALO's etc.,) and any additional comments and >notes as appendixes to the Joint work done Ad-Hoc at ICANN 35... >I also want specific input from the talent pool IRT WG we put together (*so >can STaff ensure this goes out to that list*) as well and will ask that the >'Commons' we set up for these activities, be used for the 'At-Large Comment >period' on it so we can get as much individual input as possible (in any >language) this said it means RALO's and ALSes need to mobilize to get these >additional / supplementary POV's ready to go... I will also write to Robyn/ >NCUC formally to let them know what we are doing how we need to do it and >that ancillary work to the statement may end up being attached to our final >ALAC Advice to the Board... >CLO ( who will be away from office for a couple of days so Vanda acts as >ALAC Chair) > > > >2009/7/8 Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels(a)uwimona.edu.jm> > >> Dear Colleagues: >> If only because I find it offensive to reason, I have raised before >> now my strong opposition to elements of the IRT Report, especially >> this matter of globally-protected marks. The University of the West >> Indies ALS has also made a public comment to the consultation. >> >> I believe it would be instructive and encourage all LACRALO ALS go to >> the wiki and endorse this joint ALAC-NCUC statement. >> >> Kind regards, >> Carlton Samuels >> The University of the West Indies >> >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh >> <admin(a)ttcsweb.org> wrote: >> > >> > The Joint Statement on the IRT Report From ALAC and NCUC : >> > >> https://st.icann.org/gnso-liaison/index.cgi?joint_statement_on_the_irt_repo… >> > >> > Dev T >> > >> > Andres Piazza wrote: >> >> >> >> Dear All, today is the deadline for presenting Public Comments at the >> >> ITR Report. This is the link: >> >> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#irt-report >> >> You may remember that ALAC has been very active at Sydney (and before) >> about this, where this document was made: >> https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?statement_of_the_alac_on_the_irt_s… >> >> >> >> In fact, at the Public Forum, Cheryl (ALAC Chair) and Robin Gross (NCUC >> Chair) provided a statement together. >> >> >> >> I particularly consider interesting the advice provided by Carlos >> Aguirre (he has been insisting in this since Paris Meeting, when New GTLD >> were announced), that you will find at the comments in the link I posted >> above. Personally and algo from a legal perspective, I consider this advice >> as an important alternative in order to avoid legal conflicts. >> >> >> >> During this week we will be providing some feedback from Sydney and >> working with the Agenda. >> >> >> >> Warm Regards, >> >> >> >> Andrés Piazza >> >> LACRALO Chair >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> >> Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows >> Live >> >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119462413/direct/01/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> lac-discuss-en mailing list >> >> lac-discuss-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> >> >> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss-en_atlarge-list… >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > lac-discuss-en mailing list >> > lac-discuss-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> > >> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss-en_atlarge-list… >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lac-discuss-en mailing list >> lac-discuss-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> >> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss-en_atlarge-list… >> > > > >-- >Cheryl Langdon-Orr >(CLO) >_______________________________________________ >At-Large mailing list >At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge-lists.ican… > >At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org

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Re: [At-Large] [lac-discuss-en] Deadline for Public Comment on IRT Report
by Cheryl Langdon-Orr July 7, 2009

July 7, 2009

It is my plan (which I expect ExCom to endorse at our meeting next week, so we can start activity to formalize ASAP before the ALAC Meeting at the end of this month) to take this important (dare I say landmark) Joint Statement through the same endorsement and Vote process that we did with the various Summit statements... So that it becomes a piece of formal ALAC Policy Advice and then send it to the BOARD as advice from the ALAC which we can do at any point in time but will be useful as they consider the outcomes of the 'roadshow' process re IRT that is about to start... This also means that whilst not altering the delivered Joint Statement text per se, we can add to strengthen and make ALAC At-Large specific points (e.g. add the specific endorsement from ALSes and RALO's etc.,) and any additional comments and notes as appendixes to the Joint work done Ad-Hoc at ICANN 35... I also want specific input from the talent pool IRT WG we put together (*so can STaff ensure this goes out to that list*) as well and will ask that the 'Commons' we set up for these activities, be used for the 'At-Large Comment period' on it so we can get as much individual input as possible (in any language) this said it means RALO's and ALSes need to mobilize to get these additional / supplementary POV's ready to go... I will also write to Robyn/ NCUC formally to let them know what we are doing how we need to do it and that ancillary work to the statement may end up being attached to our final ALAC Advice to the Board... CLO ( who will be away from office for a couple of days so Vanda acts as ALAC Chair) 2009/7/8 Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels(a)uwimona.edu.jm> > Dear Colleagues: > If only because I find it offensive to reason, I have raised before > now my strong opposition to elements of the IRT Report, especially > this matter of globally-protected marks. The University of the West > Indies ALS has also made a public comment to the consultation. > > I believe it would be instructive and encourage all LACRALO ALS go to > the wiki and endorse this joint ALAC-NCUC statement. > > Kind regards, > Carlton Samuels > The University of the West Indies > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh > <admin(a)ttcsweb.org> wrote: > > > > The Joint Statement on the IRT Report From ALAC and NCUC : > > > https://st.icann.org/gnso-liaison/index.cgi?joint_statement_on_the_irt_repo… > > > > Dev T > > > > Andres Piazza wrote: > >> > >> Dear All, today is the deadline for presenting Public Comments at the > >> ITR Report. This is the link: > >> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#irt-report > >> You may remember that ALAC has been very active at Sydney (and before) > about this, where this document was made: > https://st.icann.org/alac-docs/index.cgi?statement_of_the_alac_on_the_irt_s… > >> > >> In fact, at the Public Forum, Cheryl (ALAC Chair) and Robin Gross (NCUC > Chair) provided a statement together. > >> > >> I particularly consider interesting the advice provided by Carlos > Aguirre (he has been insisting in this since Paris Meeting, when New GTLD > were announced), that you will find at the comments in the link I posted > above. Personally and algo from a legal perspective, I consider this advice > as an important alternative in order to avoid legal conflicts. > >> > >> During this week we will be providing some feedback from Sydney and > working with the Agenda. > >> > >> Warm Regards, > >> > >> Andrés Piazza > >> LACRALO Chair > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows > Live > >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119462413/direct/01/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> lac-discuss-en mailing list > >> lac-discuss-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > >> > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss-en_atlarge-list… > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lac-discuss-en mailing list > > lac-discuss-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss-en_atlarge-list… > > _______________________________________________ > lac-discuss-en mailing list > lac-discuss-en(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss-en_atlarge-list… > -- Cheryl Langdon-Orr (CLO)

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IGF workshops
by Sivasubramanian Muthusamy July 7, 2009

July 7, 2009

Hello I have proposed, as an individual, affiliated to ISOC India Chennai, four workshops for the IGF 2009, as I have been an active participant at the IGF and have been part of IGF related mailing lists such as the Internet Governance Caucus and other lists and groups. These workshops are on topics that extend well beyond the management of Critical Internet Resources. The workshops proposed are *List of Workshops* http://isocmadras.blogspot.com/2009/06/isoc-chennai-igf-workshop-proposals.… Openness 323. Roundtable: Balancing Security and Privacy Concerns<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronofor…> Security 312. Children Online: The promises of the Internet and the necessary aspects for Online Safety<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronofor…> Development 311. Alexandria Everywhere: Open and Accessible classrooms on the Internet to bridge the fundamental divide in <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronofor…> education<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronofor…> 319. Workshop on Fundamentals: Internet's Core Values.<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronofor…> ISOC India Chennai is a certified ALS. Several ALS structures / RALOs have proposed workshops for the IGF and several participants of At-Large are participants of the IGF. Some of the topics proposed would be of interest to At Large, so I am posting the links here to share information and to invite support and participation in these workshops. At Large participants either in their role as ALS / RALO / ALAC members or in their individual capacity as IGF participants are invited to co-participate. Thank You. Sivasubramanian Muthusamy facebook: http://is.gd/x8Sh LinkedIn: http://is.gd/x8U6 Twitter: http://is.gd/x8Vz

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July 6, 2009

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Weekly posting summary for alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten July 3, 2009

July 3, 2009

Total of 5 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri Jul 3 00:53:07 EDT 2009 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 40.00% | 2 | 43.52% | 23917 | vanda at uol.com.br 20.00% | 1 | 23.52% | 12927 | annette.muehlberg at web.de 20.00% | 1 | 21.65% | 11897 | epstein at free.fr 20.00% | 1 | 11.30% | 6210 | narten at us.ibm.com --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 5 |100.00% | 54951 | Total

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