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WEBCAST TODAY: What are the Responsibilities of Tech Companies in an Age of International Terrorism?
by Joly MacFie March 23, 2016

March 23, 2016

Sadly, topical. joly posted: "Today, Wednesday 23 March 2016 the Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-DC), the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), and the Institute of International Economic Policy (IIEP) present a lunchtime Policy Forum What" [image: ipf]Today,* Wednesday 23 March 2016* the *Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society <http://www.isoc-dc.org/>* (ISOC-DC), the* Software & Information Industry Association <http://www.siia.net/>* (SIIA), and the *Institute of International Economic Policy <http://www.gwu.edu/~iiep/> *(IIEP) present a lunchtime Policy Forum *What are the Responsibilities of Tech Companies in an Age of International Terrorism? <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1H1V5UHA4GdD47zd2D72YQkEiH1ShwtCTSD74wTFo3M…>* at the Elliott School in Washington DC. Conveners are Dr. Susan Aaronson (IIEP/GWU) and Dr. Mark MacCarthy (SIIA). Speakers: Professor *Esther Brimmer*, Professor of Practice of International Affairs, GWU, and former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations; *Jason Pielemeier*, Business and Human Rights Section Lead, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State; *Lisl Brunner*, Policy and Learning Director, Global Network Initiative; *Alexandria Walden*, Public Policy & Gov't Relations Counsel, Google. Moderator: Dr. *Mark MacCarthy*, Senior Vice President for Public Policy, Software & Information Industry Association. The forum will be webcast live on the *Internet Policy Forum YouTube Channel <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k6fE9Gk8Fw>*. *What: What are the Responsibilities of Tech Companies in an Age of International Terrorism? <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1H1V5UHA4GdD47zd2D72YQkEiH1ShwtCTSD74wTFo3M…> Where, Elliott School, Washington DC When: Wednesday 23 March 2016 12:00-13:30 EDT ( 16:00-17:30 UTC) Webcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k6fE9Gk8Fw <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k6fE9Gk8Fw> Twitter: @isocdc https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISOCDC <https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISOCDC>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8378#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8378#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8378 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Fwd: [NCUC-DISCUSS] [Info]: ICANN 56 Meeting - Helsinki - Visa Applications
by Seun Ojedeji March 21, 2016

March 21, 2016

Forwarding from another ICANN community list - apologies for cross posting Cheers! Sent from my LG G4 Kindly excuse brevity and typos ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Rafik Dammak" <rafik.dammak(a)gmail.com> Date: 21 Mar 2016 11:49 a.m. Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] [Info]: ICANN 56 Meeting - Helsinki - Visa Applications To: "ncuc-discuss(a)lists.ncuc.org" <ncuc-discuss(a)lists.ncuc.org> Cc: hi everyone, for those planning to attend ICANN meeting in Helsinki and need visa, please check the information below. Best, Rafik ---------- Forwarded message ---------- *Objet:* *PLEASE READ: ICANN 56 Meeting - Helsinki - Visa Applications* Dear All, Our invitation letter for ICANN 56 Helsinki Meeting is now open. Individuals that will need a visa to enter Finland and/or any Schengen country to attend the meeting can go to our website: https://invitationletters.icann.org/, to apply for the letter. Our local host will be supplying the local host letter to those who apply on our invitation letter website. We highly urge individuals who do not have a valid Schengen visa to apply as early as possible as the visa process is time consuming. All participants who apply for a visa will have to book an appointment to have their fingerprints taken and etc. In some locations, Finland is represented by another government, in these cases our local host will have no way to influence the application process. Our local host confirmed that the deadline for visa application is *May 31, 2016.* Please feel free to share this with your constituents so that they can plan accordingly. Thank you! _______________________________________________ Ncuc-discuss mailing list Ncuc-discuss(a)lists.ncuc.org http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss

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New Public Comment: Draft Report - New gTLD Program Safeguards to Mitigate DNS
by ICANN At-Large Staff March 21, 2016

March 21, 2016

Dear All, This is to let you know that the Public Comment on the 'Draft Report: New gTLD Program Safeguards to Mitigate DNS' has now gone live: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/new-gtld-safeguards-dns-abuse-2016-03… Public comment will end on 25 April 2016 23:59 UTC. During this period, anyone can submit comment via comments-new-gtld-safeguards-dns-abuse-15mar16(a)icann.org. 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/kCmAAw. 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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Fwd: [technical-issues] Banning .xyz email from my company's servers
by Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond March 21, 2016

March 21, 2016

FYI -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [technical-issues] Banning .xyz email from my company's servers Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 09:48:29 +0100 From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com> To: Technical issues <technical-issues(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Hello all, this is just to let you know that after being flooded with 980 spam emails from a myriad of .XYZ email addresses, I have taken the unprecedented step of blocking the top level domain .XYZ from our email servers. The flood has been sustained for the past couple of months and for some reason, the emails manage to go through our regular filters like SpamAssassin, as well as various DNS block lists. Since my company's main servers run Postfix, I did the following: / ///etc/postfix/main.cf// // //smtpd_sender_restrictions = check_sender_access regexp:/etc/postfix/blocked_tlds// // // ///etc/postfix/blocked_tlds// // //### block sender access from the following spammy top-level domains// ///\.xyz$/ REJECT Top Level Domain .xyz banned due to spam/ We have not received any more significant amount of spam from the domains listed on https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/ therefore we have not added them to our blocking list yet, but if any significant amount of spam starts coming in from them, we'll add them to the blocking list too. Being a strong supporter of Universal Acceptance of TLDs, I am sad to have had to reach this point but also being the bill payer in my company, I could not allow the bandwidth taken nor the time taken by readers of emails to delete this daily flood of spam from their Inbox. It is sad that the unwillingness of the domain name industry to subject themselves to standards of behaviour leads to domains that are completely untrustable and that need to be treated as a pest rather than an asset to the Internet. Kindest regards, Olivier -- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html

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WEBCAST THURS / FRI – West and Central African Research and Education Network Conference #WACREN2016 in Dakar
by Joly MacFie March 18, 2016

March 18, 2016

WIth the IANA hearing <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/iana> yesterday and the Kathmandu INET <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/inetktmd> today, the WACREN in Dakar might have escaped your attention. The webcast is well worth catching up on, chocabloc with technical presentations covering a wide range of topics, ably streamed by ISOC's Africa Bureau. joly posted: "On March 17-18 2016 the 2nd Annual West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) Conference, hosted by the Senegal Research and education Network (snRER), takes place at the Novotel Hotel, Dakar. This year's conference brings together p" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/wacren2016>On *March 17-18 2016* the 2nd Annual *West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) Conference <https://indico.wacren.net/event/20/>,* hosted by the Senegal Research and education Network (snRER), takes place at the Novotel Hotel, *Dakar*. This year's conference brings together policy and decision makers, scientists, researchers, network managers, collaboration specialists, e-learning, identity and access management experts, and connectivity and equipment providers from across Africa and the rest of the world. the conference is preceeded by a series of workshops promoting e-Infrastructure development and open science in Africa. The 2nd *TANDEM National and Regional Conferences <http://www.tandem-wacren.eu/tandem-2nd-series-of-events/>* and <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/wacren2016>*AfricaConnect2 <https://www.africaconnect2.net/>* coordination meetings are also colocated with the conference in a week of activities commencing on 14 March 2016 The main theme of the conference is: "*Enabling Virtual Research and Education Communities*", with the following sub-themes: *Authentication and Authorization * Infrastructure (AAI) and Mobility *NREN Business and Governance Models *Innovation in R&E Networks *Network Design and Operation *Online Teaching and Learning Shared Experiences, *Best Practices and Collaboration". The conference is being webcast live on the *Internet Society's Livestream Channel 2 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/wacren2016>*. *View on Livestream*: https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/wacren2016 *Twitter*: https://twitter.com/hashtag/wacren2016 Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8369#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8369#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8369 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten March 18, 2016

March 18, 2016

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Fwd: [fellowships-alumni] Fwd: Citizen Lab Fellowship Opps
by Beran Dondeh March 16, 2016

March 16, 2016

"The best of you are those who are best to the women" Mohammad SAW Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj(a)gmail.com> > Date: 13 March 2016 at 13:06:27 GMT+1 > To: Fellowships-alumni <Fellowships-alumni(a)icann.org>, Arab IGF mailing list <list(a)igfarab.org>, ITSIG <general(a)itsig.org> > Subject: [fellowships-alumni] Fwd: Citizen Lab Fellowship Opps > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ronald Deibert <r.deibert(a)utoronto.ca> > Date: Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 3:46 PM > Subject: Citizen Lab Fellowship Opps > > We have three really exciting fellowship opportunities for students and visiting researchers to come spend time at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs. All of them are now open for application, and all of them have very generous compensation -- two of them even include really useful travel support funds. > > Details are here: > https://citizenlab.org/2016/02/2016-citizen-lab-fellowship-opportunities/ > > and I've pasted short descriptions below. > > If you know of anyone that fits the bill, please feel free to forward them along! > > All the best > Ron > > Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellowship > > Description: The Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellowship is an international leadership initiative that brings together the best emerging technology talent and research and civil society organizations to protect the open Web. > > Compensation and Duration: The selected fellow will spend 10 months at the Citizen Lab starting in September 2016. The fellowship offers a grant of USD 60,000 paid in 10 monthly instalments. The fellowship also offers other benefits and opportunities detailed on the Mozilla fellowship website. > > Who we are looking for: The Open Web Fellow can come from a range of backgrounds including software development, DevOps, security research, data science, and visualization. Experience and interest in networks and information security (e.g, cryptography, network measurement, penetration testing, reverse engineering, malware analysis, etc.) is of particular relevance to our projects, but is not necessarily required. Individuals who don’t have direct experience in our research areas but have solid backgrounds in networking, systems, information design, or data analytics and visualization can learn more about our subject matter as they progress through the fellowship with us. > > Applications must be made on the Mozilla fellowship website. by 11:59pm PST March 20, 2016. > > Open Technology Fund Information Controls Fellowship > > Description: The Information Controls Fellowship Program cultivates research, knowledge, and creative collaboration at different institutions and across disciplines on the topic of information controls. Specifically, the fellowship supports examination into how governments in regions or areas of OTF’s core focus (e.g., Africa, Asia, Middle East, and North Africa) are restricting the free flow of information, debilitating the open Internet, and are thereby threatening human rights and democracy. > > Compensation and Duration: The Fellowship offers senior and seasonal fellowships. > > Senior fellowships are for six month or one year and are usually offered to postdoctoral, doctoral students or experienced researchers with demonstrated ability and expertise. > > Senior fellows are given a monthly stipend of USD 4,200 per month, as well as a travel stipend of USD 2,500 or USD 5,000 depending on the length. > > The seasonal fellowship is for three months usually offered to students and/or junior practitioners. Seasonal fellows are awarded monthly stipends of USD 2,500. > > Who we are looking for: Applications are open to people from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines and can include students, and junior to mid-career practitioners. While individuals with diverse and unlikely backgrounds are encouraged to apply, likely candidates have experience as computer scientists, engineers, information security researchers, software developers, social scientists (e.g., comparative politics; international security), lawyers and law students, data visualization designers, and others. > > For descriptions of what the first round of fellows at Citizen Lab and other host organizations accomplished please see this OTF blog post. > > Applications must be made by 11:59 PM (GMT-5) on March 25, 2016 using the OTF website > > Google Policy Fellowship > > Description: The Google Policy Fellowship program offers undergraduate, graduate, and law students interested in Internet and technology policy the opportunity to spend the summer contributing to the public dialogue on these issues, and exploring future academic and professional interests. > > Compensation and Duration: Fellows will work at the Citizen Lab for three months over the summer of 2016. Exact dates are determined together with the fellow and the host organization. Fellows will receive a stipend of $7,500 USD. > > Who we are looking for: Applications are only open to current university students (undergraduate or graduate). Each year we tailor the Google Policy Fellowship to the individual fellow to match his/her interests and strengths with current projects at the Citizen Lab. In general, we are open to students from a range of backgrounds including law, policy, social sciences (e.g, political science, sociology, international relations, area studies etc), and computer science. > > Applications must be made on the Google Policy Fellowship website by March 25 2016. Please note the Google Policy Fellowship’s website is in the process of being updated. > > Fellowship Project Areas > > In all of the 2016 Citizen Lab fellowship opportunities we are looking for individuals who are interested in contributing to our main research priorities listed below. > > Measuring Internet filtering and network interference > > This area includes developing new tools and methods for network measurement, analyzing Internet filtering systems, and correlating network interference with political events (e.g., elections, protests, conflicts, etc), as well as undertaking comparative studies of national-level information controls. > > Targeted malware attacks against civil society > > This area focuses on investigating politically motivated targeted malware campaigns against civil society groups. Specifically, this area includes methods such as reverse engineering malware, mapping attack infrastructure, tracking malware development, and linking contextual information to technical data. > > Privacy and security of apps and social media > > Projects in this area include uncovering censorship and surveillance in popular apps and social media platforms (e.g, chat apps, microblogs, etc), and evaluating the privacy and security of popular consumer apps (e.g., browsers, fitness trackers, etc). We are particularly interested in widely used apps and platforms that are understudied by security researchers. The goal of this work is to help users make more informed decision about the technologies they use. > > Corporate and public transparency > > Projects in this area include developing software platforms for empowering citizens to exercise their rights to data protection and access requests, and analyzing the systems, policies, and practices of telecommunication and Internet companies around collecting, handling and sharing user data (e.g., lawful intercept and SIGINT). We are also interested in exploring the impact of the Snowden disclosures on SIGINT practices, and the norms governing intelligence sharing among the FVEYs. > > Questions? > > Please note the individual fellowship websites each have further administrative details. All administration of the application processes is handled by the respective sponsor of the fellowship program. If you have further questions that are not answered by the fellowship websites please contact us at info[at]citizenlab.org with the subject line “Fellowship [OTF / Google / Mozilla]”. > > Ronald Deibert > Director, the Citizen Lab > Munk School of Global Affairs > University of Toronto > (416) 946-8916 > PGP: http://deibert.citizenlab.org/pubkey.txt > http://deibert.citizenlab.org/ > twitter.com/citizenlab > twitter.com/rondeibert > r.deibert(a)utoronto.ca > > _______________________________________________ > Fellowships-alumni mailing list > Fellowships-alumni(a)icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/fellowships-alumni

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten March 11, 2016

March 11, 2016

Total of 16 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri Mar 11 00:53:02 EST 2016 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 25.00% | 4 | 29.85% | 107517 | parminder at itforchange.net 12.50% | 2 | 15.39% | 55446 | roberto_gaetano at hotmail.com 6.25% | 1 | 15.70% | 56546 | at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org 12.50% | 2 | 7.17% | 25817 | joly at punkcast.com 12.50% | 2 | 6.21% | 22362 | vanda at scartezini.org 6.25% | 1 | 9.41% | 33900 | seun.ojedeji at gmail.com 6.25% | 1 | 7.41% | 26682 | leonfelipe at sanchez.mx 6.25% | 1 | 3.99% | 14362 | staff at atlarge.icann.org 6.25% | 1 | 2.49% | 8987 | karl at cavebear.com 6.25% | 1 | 2.39% | 8609 | narten at us.ibm.com --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 16 |100.00% | 360228 | Total

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streamtext on Public Forum
by Joly MacFie March 10, 2016

March 10, 2016

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DNS WOMEN BREAKFAST information
by Vanda Scartezini March 6, 2016

March 6, 2016

DNS WOMEN BREAKFAST meeting tomorrow MONDAY 7th at 7:00 hours MORNING - at JARDAIN ANDALOUSS or JARDIN ANDALUS , inside the PALACE HOTEL, the hotel closest to convention center here in Marrakech. The place is located inside the hotel complex, but about 5-10 minutes walking from the lobby, depend upon the speed you walk. Enter hotel, go to swimming pool area . There will be clear signs alerting about he path. Wait for you all there. Vanda Scartezini Sent from my iPad Sorry for any typos and misspellings

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