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Fwd: [ssac] PROTECT IP white paper
by Patrick Vande Walle May 26, 2011

May 26, 2011

Greetings, I wanted to share with you this document, prepared by well known DNS experts for the US Senate. It explains in plain words why filtering DNS queries is technically problematic. Although this was written as a reaction to a US law proposal, its contents are relevant well outside the US context. If you do not wish to read the document in full, read the executive summary and the conclusions, which I have appended below: "as discussed in this paper, the mandated DNS filtering provisions found in the PROTECT IP Act raise very serious security and technical concerns. We believe that the goals of PROTECT IP can be accomplished without reducing DNS security and stability, through strategies such as better international cooperation on prosecutions and the other remedies contained in PROTECT IP other than DNS-related provisions. We urge Congress to reject the DNS filtering portions of the Act." Patrick Vande Walle -------- Original Message -------- SUBJECT: [ssac] PROTECT IP white paper DATE: Wed, 25 May 2011 20:34:08 -0400 FROM: Steve Crocker TO: SSAC SSAC , ICANN of Directors Board CC: Steve Crocker Folks, A handful of technical folks in the DNS community, including me, have written and released the attached white paper regarding the pending legislation in the U.S. Senate called PROTECT IP. This is not an ICANN effort, though ICANN people have helped a lot. Sharing with you for info. Feel free to share further. Thanks, Steve -- Blog: http://patrick.vande-walle.eu Twitter: http://twitter.vande-walle.eu

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Re: [At-Large] [ALAC-Announce] Results of the 2011 APRALO election calls
by presidencia Internauta Argentina May 23, 2011

May 23, 2011

Congratulations to all APRALO members of the elections in your region! *Sergio Salinas Porto Presidente Internauta Argentina Asociación Argentina de Usuarios de Internet <http://www.internauta.org.ar>FLUI- Federación Latinoamericana de Usuarios de Internet <http://www.fuilain.org>LACRALO - ALAC Member facebook:salinasporto twitter:sergiosalinas MSN/MSN YAHOO/Talk: salinasporto... Skype:internautaargentina Mobi:+54 9 223 5 215819 * * "Ojalá podamos ser desobedientes, cada vez que recibimos órdenes que humillan nuestra conciencia o violan nuestro sentido común" -Eduardo Galeano- * El 20/05/2011 12:15 a.m., ICANN At-Large Staff escribió: > Hello, all, > > At-Large staff is please to present to APRALO and the At-Large Community the following report on the outcome of the recently closed APRALO 2011 election calls. See also the "2011 Election Calls - APRALO" wiki page athttps://community.icann.org/pages/editpage.action?pageId=11994663#<https://community.icann.org/pages/editpage.action?pageId=11994663>. > > > 1. Leadership-selection processes to date > > 6 April 2011 -- At-Large staff announced elections and call for nominations. > > 6-29 April 2011 – Nomination period. > > 6 May 2011 -- Deadline for nomination acceptances (all nominees accepted nominations no later than seven days after the nomination period ended on 29 April 2011). > > 11-19 May 2011 -- Elections (One election was held -- for the position of APRALO Chair. This online poll closed at 23:59 UTC on 19 May 2011; for the report on this poll from BigPulse, see below). > > > 2. Poll Result: APRALO Chair Elections May 2011 > > Report date: Friday, 20 May 2011, 00:52 UTC. > > The poll was closed on Thursday, 19 May 2011, at 23:59 UTC. > > Number of voters: 15. Group size: 19. Percent voted: 78.95%. > > Ranking > > by votes > Candidates > Votes > % > > 1 > Charles Mok > 11 > 73.33 > > 2 Sivasubramanian Muthusamy > 4 26.67 > > 3 Abstain > 0 0.0 > > > > 3. APRALO-selected leadership for 2011-13, as a result of these election calls > APRALO Chair: > For both interim term of 19 May 2011 through 30 June 2011 and official term of 01 July 2011 through 30 June 2013 > > > Mr. Charles Mok > (ISOC-HK) > > > EFFECTIVE from 20 May 2011 through 30 June 2013 > > > APRALO Vice-Chair: > For official term of 01 July 2011 through 30 June 2013 > > > Ms. Holly Raiche > (ISOC-AU) > > > > EFFECTIVE from 01 July 2011 through 30 June 2013* > > > APRALO Secretariat: > For official term of 01 July 2011 through 30 June 2013 > > ISOC Hong Kong (appointment of Mr. Pavan Budhrani; continues to hold this position) > > EFFECTIVE from 01 July 2011 through 30 June 2013 > > > *APRALO has two Vice-Chairs, each elected for two-year terms in alternate years. Mr. Fouad Bajwa continues as one of the Vice-Chairs until 30 June 2012. The other position becomes vacant with the election of Mr. Charles Mok (currently serving as Vice Chair until 30 June 2011) to the position of APRALO Chair. Therefore, Holly Raiche will serve as Vice Chair-elect from 20 May through 30 June 2011; her official two-year term begins on 01 July 2011. > > The At-Large staff wishes to thank all those involved in this process, especially those who nominated or accepted nominations for these critical leadership roles in APRALO. We look forward to continuing our work with this new leadership team. > > Regards, > Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, and Marilyn Vernon > ICANN At-Large Staff > > email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org > website:www.atlarge.icann.org > > _______________________________________________ > ALAC-Announce mailing list > ALAC-Announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac-announce > > At-Large Official Site:http://atlarge.icann.org >

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GigaNet Nairobi CFP
by William Drake May 21, 2011

May 21, 2011

GIGANET Global Internet Governance Academic Network in co-operation with Research ICT Africa CALL FOR PAPERS Sixth Annual Symposium 26 September 2011 Nairobi, Kenya The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANET), in co-operation with the Research ICT Africa (RIA), is seeking submissions of research about Internet Governance to be presented at the Sixth GigaNet Annual Symposium, held on 26 September 2011, one day before the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Nairobi, Kenya. Since 2006, GigaNet has organized an Annual Symposium to showcase research about Internet Governance, focusing on an interdisciplinary approach. Prior successful symposia took place in Greece (2006), Brazil (2007), India (2008), Egypt (2009) and Lithuania (2010). In 2011, the Internet Governance Forum has entered its second phase, after having reached the end of its first 5-years mandate. This year’s event will provide room to discuss the challenges encountered and results achieved during the first five years of IGF. As in previous years the GigaNet Symposium will further discuss current and future questions of Global Internet Governance. Organizers GigaNet is a scholarly community that promotes the development of Internet Governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study and facilitates informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and governments, international organizations, the private sector and civil society. http://giga-net.org/ Research ICT Africa is a network of researchers in 20 African countries conducting research on ICT policy and regulation and facilitating evidence-based and informed policy making for improved access, use and application of ICT for social development and economic growth. http://www.researchictafrica.net/ Symposium Themes GigaNet is interested in receiving abstracts related to Internet Governance themes, especially those containing innovative approaches and/or emerging research areas. We encourage submissions on the following topics: § The first 5 years of the IGF: Taking stock and the way forward § Developing countries perspectives on internet governance § New approaches to theorizing internet governance § Between global and local: the question of territory in internet governance § Freedom of Expression / Right to Information § New approaches to Human Rights on the Internet § Internet governance and political uprising § International relations and cyber-security § Online privacy and dataveillance § Cloud Governance Other proposals on more general questions of Global Internet Governance will also be considered. Submissions Interested scholars should submit abstracts of research paper not later 15 July 2011, through Easy Chair platform at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=giganet2011. Paper proposals should be submitted following theses requirements: § An abstract of 800-1000 words, in English, where it is mandatory to describe the main research goal(s) and the methodological background of the paper § A one-page curriculum vitae focused on institutional affiliations, advanced degrees, scholarly publications and work in the field of Internet Governance and related issues (for example ICTs). Evaluation Process The Program Committee members will evaluate the abstracts submitted and decisions will be sent to applicants by email on August 1st. Accepted papers for oral presentations should be followed by a full research paper, to be sent by September 15th. Some quality papers submitted that are not accepted for oral presentations will be recommended for poster presentations. Accepted speakers and poster presenters’ submissions and final papers will be published on the GigaNet website. Registration process The GigaNet Annual Symposium is free of charge. However, a registration process will be required close to the event. Please continue visiting our website for further information about registration, venue and accommodation. Financial Assistance One outstanding accepted paper by an African researcher may be awarded financial support by the Research ICT Africa. This support includes a travel grant up to US $ 1.000,00 to facilitate the participation of (emerging) African scholars who otherwise would not be able to attend. If available, information regarding additional scholarship options will be available following notification of acceptance. GigaNet 2011 Program Committee § Leo Van Audenhove – PC Chair, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium § Roy Balleste – St. Thomas University, Miami, USA § William Drake - University of Zurich, Switzerland § Dmitry Epstein – Cornell University, USA § Marianne Franklin – Goldsmiths University London, UK § Raquel Gatto – Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil § Alison Gillwald – Director Research ICT Africa § Nanette Levinson – American University, USA § Milton Mueller – Syracuse University, USA § Rolf H. Weber – University of Zurich, Switzerland Schedule Summary July 15th: abstract submission deadline August 1st: notification of acceptance September 15th: submission deadline for complete papers September 26th: Sixth Annual GigaNet Symposium If you have any question related to the submission or the symposium activities, please e-mail the Program Committee Chair: leo.van.audenhove(a)vub.ac.be --Please note new email address-- *************************************************** William J. Drake International Fellow Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland william.drake(a)uzh.ch www.mediachange.ch/people/william-j-drake www.williamdrake.org ****************************************************

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten May 20, 2011

May 20, 2011

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eG8 Forum
by Joly MacFie May 20, 2011

May 20, 2011

Just before the G8 meeting (26-27 May, Deauville) there will be an eG8 Forum (24-25 May, Paris) gathering the “leaders of the Internet”. Several I* organizations have been invited to participate (ICANN, W3C, IAB, ISOC, etc.), and it is understood that the outcomes of the discussions of the eG8 (format tbd) will be submitted to the G8 itself. <goog_974868408> The Internet Society is inviting comments from it's members, with a deadline of Wed 18 May, details on http://isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=2058 Is ICANN making a similar effort? j -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Re: [At-Large] At-Large Digest, Vol 34, Issue 24
by Eric Brunner-Williams May 19, 2011

May 19, 2011

I think a point to make is the kinds of "public interest" ... The GAC is capable of representing the public interests of competing, and cooperating, sovereigns. The ALAC is capable of representing the public interests uninformed by sovereigns. ISOC's scope is not specific to the addresses, domain names, and autonomous system numbers, the public end point and resource identifiers and the public routing infrastructure, in its conception of the public interest and promotion of network technology. The W3C is a corporate member organization, with very limited invited expert involvement. The IAB shares the diversity of interest property of the ISOC, and to a very large extent, shares the corporate focus of the W3C. Each of the W3C and the IAB lack the means to organically include substantive participation by populations currently served by "narrow band" or "intermittent" link technologies. So the broadband-is-the-world view of the IAB/W3C/ISOC is defensible for the G8 member states, but it misses what the structure of the ALAC brings to ICANN (whether ICANN cares about narrow-or-no-band or not), and what the rest of the GAC, not just the G8 reps, also bring to ICANN. I spent most of the past 24 hours in transit and not sleeping so I'm not offering a perfect paragraph. But three years off-grid using a VSAT taught me a lot about networking that isn't high-speed and high-capital and high-profile. Eric

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Internet day
by presidencia Internauta Argentina May 17, 2011

May 17, 2011

Today May 17 is celebrated the Day of Internet and communications. In the 74th Plenary Session held on March 27, 2006, the United Nations at the request of the Second World Summit on Information Society in Tunis, approved designating 17 May as World Telecommunication Day and Information Society, sharing the same objectives to the Internet Day. That's why I wish you all a Happy Internet Day! -- *Sergio Salinas Porto Presidente Internauta Argentina Asociación Argentina de Usuarios de Internet <http://www.internauta.org.ar>FLUI- Federación Latinoamericana de Usuarios de Internet <http://www.fuilain.org>LACRALO - ALAC Member facebook:salinasporto twitter:sergiosalinas MSN/MSN YAHOO/Talk: salinasporto... Skype:internautaargentina Mobi:+54 9 223 5 215819 * * "Ojalá podamos ser desobedientes, cada vez que recibimos órdenes que humillan nuestra conciencia o violan nuestro sentido común" -Eduardo Galeano- *

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Re: [At-Large] eG8 Forum
by Christian May 14, 2011

May 14, 2011

Or he believes the problem with the Internet is where it is not like his minitel. Adam Peake <ajp(a)glocom.ac.jp> wrote: >Olivier, thanks. > >But as Izumi mentions, this does not make multistakeholder. Which is >a shame. Particularly as participation of private sector seems to be >tied to sponsorship (pay and you get a chance to speak... really is a >terrible step backwards.) > >The multistakeholder environment has been essential in driving >development of the Internet, particularly in maintiaing openness and >ensuring accountability and transparency. Non-commercial actors have >been crucial to this. Shame on the French Presidency for not >understanding the thing it's proposing pontificate on. > >(this little rant not aimed at the ALAC chair :-)) > >Adam > > > >On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com> wrote: >> Hello Joly, >> >> On 13/05/2011 23:39, Joly MacFie wrote : >>> Who is attending on behalf of ICANN I wonder. >> >> Rod Beckstrom + Peter Dengate Thrush. Bertrand de la Chapelle also will be. >> There might be others. >> Kind regards, >> >> Olivier >> >> -- >> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD >> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> At-Large mailing list >> At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large >> >> At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >> > >_______________________________________________ >At-Large mailing list >At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large > >At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten May 13, 2011

May 13, 2011

Total of 50 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri May 13 00:53:03 EDT 2011 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 8.00% | 4 | 36.94% | 186729 | ebw at abenaki.wabanaki.net 22.00% | 11 | 10.25% | 51810 | johnl at iecc.com 12.00% | 6 | 12.71% | 64248 | derek at aa419.org 10.00% | 5 | 6.38% | 32271 | karl at cavebear.com 6.00% | 3 | 6.78% | 34279 | avc at avc.vc 6.00% | 3 | 4.18% | 21122 | dogwallah at gmail.com 6.00% | 3 | 3.66% | 18481 | patrick at vande-walle.eu 4.00% | 2 | 3.10% | 15684 | avc at namesatwork.com 4.00% | 2 | 2.37% | 11969 | evan at telly.org 4.00% | 2 | 2.30% | 11611 | carlton.samuels at gmail.com 4.00% | 2 | 2.01% | 10151 | cdel at firsthand.net 2.00% | 1 | 2.38% | 12018 | avri at acm.org 2.00% | 1 | 1.41% | 7149 | franck.martin at gmail.com 2.00% | 1 | 1.32% | 6657 | beaubrendler at earthlink.net 2.00% | 1 | 1.23% | 6220 | alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca 2.00% | 1 | 1.15% | 5789 | narten at us.ibm.com 2.00% | 1 | 0.95% | 4805 | joly at punkcast.com 2.00% | 1 | 0.90% | 4546 | ocl at gih.com --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 50 |100.00% | 505539 | Total

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Re: [At-Large] Depository (was Re: Privacy and domain abuse vs the IP constituency)
by Eric Brunner-Williams May 10, 2011

May 10, 2011

> [snip] > on that note, there IS a "proposal" sent to ICANN (altho not via > normal channels) to create "IP address registrars" AND make them > subject to the same kind of rules that domain registrars must follow: > > > http://icann.org/en/correspondence/statement-ip-address-registrar-accredita… > > Not sent via normal channels, as they don't think they will get a fair > hearing from the ASO: > > http://icann.org/en/correspondence/holtzman-to-jeffrey-02mar11-en.pdf > > I imagine At-Large might want to weigh in on this at some point? > My view, having followed this on the ARIN-PPML list from its inception, is that the substance of this "proposal" is not in the public interest, nor is the process pursued by claimed by its advocates, correctly defined as "getting a fair hearing". Like myself, McTim (<dogwallah(a)gmail.com>) has commented on the thread begun by a "free market, anti-government, anti-pseudo-government" poster Mike Burns (<mike(a)nationwideinc.com>), who in addition to advocacy of this particular issue for frankly ideological reasons, imagines that ICANN is the "higher authority" to which some appeal can be made to overturn the policies of the regional address registries. Of course, the Depository correspondence (David Olive et seq.) does not necessarily share Mr. Burns' motivation, as the pecuniary interest of Depository in acquiring a franchise for address registry services is self-evident. Broadly, Burns, and Depository, seek to replicate the structure of the domain names market in v4 addresses. In my view, this is not a desirable transformation of the management of v4 addresses, which despite significant self-interest advocacy retains "good stewardship" properties absent in almost all* of the domain names market. Eric * The .cat, .coop and .museum name space operators, and perhaps others, and the respective primary registrars exhibit "good stewardship".

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