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Fwd: [IDN-WG] Successful Evaluations of .test IDN TLDs
by Hong Xue Feb. 3, 2008

Feb. 3, 2008

Successful Evaluations of .test IDN TLDs http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-31jan08.htm 31 January 2008 In October 2006, ICANN engaged Autonomica AB of Stockholm, Sweden, to develop, conduct, and report on the results of laboratory testing of internationalized top-level domains in a setting corresponding to the public root. On 7 March 2007 the result of the laboratory tests were reported successfully. The laboratory technical test was one of the prerequisites to eventual insert internationalized top level labels in the root zone, which subsequently were done and the associated test facility was launched. Following the project plan, Autonomica then conducted a replication of the laboratory test, live in the DNS. Quoting from their report: "Autonomica AB has, under a contract with ICANN, investigated whether the addition of top level domains containing encoded internationalized characters (so called IDNs) to the public root zone for testing purposes has any impact on the iterative mode resolvers used to look up the information. No impact at all could be detected. All involved systems behaved exactly as expected." Therefore, the Automomica test raised no issue regarding the ability of root-severs and iterative mode resolvers to handle IDN TLD queries. Details of the test result can be found here [PDF, 129K]. http://www.icann.org/topics/idn/idn-report-07jan08.pdf For any questions or request for additional details of the test design and result please contact Tina Dam at tina.dam(a)icann.org. For further information around ICANN's IDN Program please visit http://www.icann.org/topics/idn

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Call for items for the Board's New Delhi Agendas
by Danny Younger Feb. 1, 2008

Feb. 1, 2008

Wendy, We're still awaiting the revisions to the RAA. They should be appearing any minute now (as Staff always seems to wait till the very last moment to post major items). It would be appreciated if Board discussions on the revised Registrar Accreditation Agreement could be added to the agenda. Also, I am expecting that ALAC will be called upon to develop a Registrant Bill of Rights & Responsibilities that will make its way into the RAA at some point. It may be a good idea to start some thinking on the topic. regards, Danny ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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SSAC Releases Advice on Fast-Flux Hosting
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 1, 2008

Feb. 1, 2008

Dear All: The Stability and Security Advisory Committee has just released an updated report on Fast-Flux Hosting and the DNS, which can be accessed here: http://www.icann.org/committees/security/sac025.pdf From the introduction of the report: "Fast flux" is an evasion technique that cyber-criminals and Internet miscreants use to evade identification and to frustrate law enforcement and anticrime efforts aimed at locating and shutting down web sites used for illegal purposes. Fast flux hosting is an application of technology that supports a wide variety of cyber-crime activities (fraud, identity theft, online scams) and is considered one of the most serious threats to online activities today. Basic fast flux hosting uses rapid modification of IP addresses associated with a system that hosts a malicious activity to evade detection and take down efforts. This technique is also used to rapidly modify the IP addresses of the name servers that resolve the domain names of the fluxed malicious hosts (this variant is sometimes called NS fast flux). A particularly troublesome variant of fast flux hosting, "double flux", fluxes addresses of both name servers and malicious (web server) hosts. This Advisory describes the technical aspects of fast flux hosting and fast flux service networks. It explains how the DNS is exploited to abet criminal activities that employ fast flux hosting, identifying the impacts of fast flux hosting, and calling particular attention to the way such attacks extend the malicious or profitable lifetime of the illegal activities conducted using these fast flux techniques. It describes current and possible methods of mitigating fast flux hosting at various points in the Internet. The Advisory discusses the pros and cons of these mitigation methods, identifies those methods that SSAC considers practical and sensible, and recommends that appropriate bodies consider policies that would make the practical mitigation methods universally available to registrants, ISPs, registrars and registries (where applicable for each). -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +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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Call for items for the Board's New Delhi Agendas
by Wendy Seltzer Jan. 31, 2008

Jan. 31, 2008

At-Large, The executive committee is calling for items to appear on the Board's agenda for New Delhi meetings. The Board will hold a preliminary meeting on Sunday, Feb. 9, and will its public meeting on Friday, Feb. 15. If there are matters the ALAC or the At-Large community would like discussed at these meetings, please let me know so I can ask that they be placed on the agenda. If any of the working groups is producing policy documents, it would be good if those could be finalized by Feb. 9th to be shared with the Board with sufficient time for discussion. I anticipate that new gTLDs, the interaction of IDN ccTLD and gTLD processes, and domain tasting/add-grace will be among the subjects discussed. Other subjects might include auctions, contractual compliance, IPV6, single-letter second-level domains, or the JPA. Please let me know your suggestions or concerns. Thanks, --Wendy -- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy(a)seltzer.org Visiting Professor, Northeastern University School 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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Further Information on At-Large Community Input into ICANN Budgeting and Operational Plans
by Nick Ashton-Hart Jan. 30, 2008

Jan. 30, 2008

Dear At-Large Community Members: As promised, this is a follow-up to Denise's email about input into this year's budgeting process, forwarded to you 9th January 2008 (You may view this at the ALAC Budget Subcommittee pages at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?finance_and_budget_committee) . Whilst her email was forwarded to the At-Large community, it may be useful for you to know that the same solicitation of input is being made to the various Advisory Committees and Supporting Organizations (ACs and SOs) as ICANN hopes that all of them will provide their views on this most important subject. As Doug Brent, ICANN's COO, mentioned during his discussions with representatives of the At-Large Community at the ICANN Los Angeles meeting, this budget is being prepared together with the operating plan – this is different from previous years, when the two plans were developed separately. I'm sure you'll agree, this is a real improvement, as it is often difficult to separate operational planning from budgeting. As a result of this, and based upon the timeframe provided by Denise to all ACs and SOs, we are asking all parts of the At-Large community – and especially the RALOs – to provide their views on what the community needs in the coming fiscal years to further develop its ability to grow and provide policy input from the At-Large perspective. We very much hope that the At-Large community also will comment on other areas of ICANN's work that will be detailed in the proposed budget and operating plan. In order for your input -- especially on At-Large's operations and budgets -- to be fully considered, please use the following schedule, which takes into account the schedule provided by Denise in her email: 1 March 2008 – Initial deadline for input on At-Large activities, for input into the draft budget and operating plan for its first first round of consultations. March 2008 (approximately) - First round of consultations with all stakeholders on the first round draft budget. Late April (approximately) – A second round budget and operating plan is produced for second round comments from all stakeholders, incorporating comments received from the first round. May 15 (approximately) – Second round comments from At-Large are needed not later than mid-May. June – Board of Directors to vote on budget and operating plan. ICANN Staff soon will be providing a draft budget and operating plan to act as a starting point for discussions, and there will be opportunities to discuss the subject during the New Delhi meeting. As to the modalities of providing input from the At-Large community, there is no 'magic' formula or format for providing input. This is important as we would not want to inadvertently create processes which have the unintended consequence of reducing the ability of every ALS to comment on anything related to ICANN, budgeting and operational planning included. Input provided can be detailed or general, and it can come from the RALOs, the ALAC, or even individual ALSes. All submissions received will be carefully considered. Please send your comments **on At-Large-related activities ONLY** directly to staff(a)alac.icann.org. You, of course, should feel free to make your views known to your RALO colleagues and to the ALAC members. A general public comment list will be opened soon to accept input on any aspect of ICANN's proposed operating plan and budget. You also are encouraged to discuss these subjects on this list and during public consultations that will be held on these subjects. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +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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ICANN Board Recommends Action on Domain Tasting
by Nick Ashton-Hart Jan. 30, 2008

Jan. 30, 2008

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-29jan08.htm ICANN Board Recommends Action on Domain Tasting Suggested fee change would effectively eliminate tasting 29 January 2008 MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is looking to effectively end domain tasting with a proposal to start charging the annual ICANN fee on registrar domain registrations. Domain tasting is the use of the Add Grace Period to test the profitability of a domain name registration. The AGP is a five-day period following the initial registration of a domain name when the registration may be deleted and a credit can be issued to a registrar. "Domain tasting has been an issue for the Internet community and ICANN is offering this proposal as a way to stop tasting," said Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN's President and CEO. "Charging the ICANN fee as soon as a domain name is registered would close the loophole used by tasters to test a domain name's profitability for free." AGP was originally introduced by registries so registrars could avoid costs if a domain name was mistyped or misspelled during the registration process. It is part of the .com, .net, .org, .info, .name, .pro, and .biz registry contracts. Tasting has been a serious challenge for the Internet community and has grown exponentially since 2004. In January 2007 the top 10 domain tasters accounted for 95% of all deleted .com and .net domain names - or 45,450,897 domain names out of 47,824,131 total deletes. The proposal will be part of the ICANN budget process for the fiscal year starting 1 July 2008. The early draft version of that budget will be released for and discussed at ICANN's New Delhi meeting later this month. After public discussions of this proposal and other budget issues, the proposed budget will be released for addition discussions by 17 May 2008 and be voted on at the board meeting to be held during the ICANN meeting in Paris in June. ICANN accredited registrars representing two-thirds of fees collected will be asked to approve the proposal. "This idea came from the ICANN community and we think it is a viable solution the Internet community has been seeking," Dr Twomey added. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +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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TR: [alerts] ICANN News Alert -- Preliminary Report for the 23 January 2008 Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors
by Sébastien Bachollet Jan. 29, 2008

Jan. 29, 2008

The preliminary report To see in particular 11) Board Governance Committee Recommendations on Appointment of Chair and Members of ALAC Review Working Group Information from BGC Meeting 16 January to be provided during Board Meeting Roberto Gaetano advised that the proposed membership of the ALAC Review Working group is Harald Alvestrand, Karl Auerbach, Vittorio Bertola, Trisha Drakes, Thomas Narten, Nii Quaynor and Jean-Jacques Subrenat. Trisha Drakes is proposed as the Chair of the working group. The Chair proposed a motion that the Board appoints Trisha Drakes as the Chair of the ALAC Review Working Group, which also includes Harald Alvestrand, Karl Auerbach, Vittoria Bertola, Trisha Drakes, Thomas Narten, Nii Quaynor and Jean-Jacques Subrenat. This motion was moved by Steven Goldstein and seconded by Susan Crawford. A voice vote was taken of all Board Members present and the motion was approved by a vote of 14-0. 12) Board Governance Committee Recommendation on approval of Contractor for ALAC Review Working Group Roberto Gaetano advised that the consultant recommended by the BGC to undertake the ALAC review is Westlake Consulting and requested the Board approve this recommendation. Roberto Gaetano moved and Jean-Jacques Subrenat seconded this motion. It is hereby resolved (2008.01.07) that the CEO and President be authorized to negotiate contract with Westlake Consulting to conduct review of ALAC. A voice vote was taken of all Board Members present and the motion was approved by a vote of 14-0. Sébastien Bachollet Président HYPERLINK "mailto:sebastien.bachollet@isoc.fr"sebastien.bachollet(a)isoc.fr HYPERLINK "http://www.egeni.org"www.egeni.org HYPERLINK "http://www.isoc.fr"www.isoc.fr _____ De : owner-alerts(a)icann.org [mailto:owner-alerts@icann.org] De la part de ICANN News Alert Envoyé : mardi 29 janvier 2008 05:47 À : alerts(a)greenriver.icann.org Objet : [alerts] ICANN News Alert -- Preliminary Report for the 23 January 2008 Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors HYPERLINK "http://www.icann.org/"ICANN News Alert HYPERLINK "http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-23jan08.htm"http://www.icann.org /minutes/prelim-report-23jan08.htm _____ Preliminary Report for the 23 January 2008 Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors Formal Minutes are still to be approved by the ICANN Board during its next Board Meeting 28 January 2008 ICANN has posted to its website a HYPERLINK "http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-23jan08.htm"Preliminary Report of the Board meeting held on 23 January 2008. The Board will consider the Preliminary Report in adopting formal Minutes during its next board meeting. ICANN's Board meets regularly (approximately once per month). The Board is committed to being as transparent and accountable as possible. As soon as possible following each meeting, ICANN staff posts a preliminary report of the meeting. The report outlines detailed discussion from the board meeting and demonstrates how decisions are reached. _____ HYPERLINK "http://www.icann.org/magazine/"Sign up for ICANN's Monthly Magazine To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please visit HYPERLINK "http://www.icann.org/newsletter"http://www.icann.org/newsletter If you have questions or comments about this mailing list, send an email to HYPERLINK "mailto:ICANN-Alerts@icann.org"ICANN-Alerts(a)icann.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.15/1248 - Release Date: 28/01/2008 21:32 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.15/1248 - Release Date: 28/01/2008 21:32

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About ccTLD in LAC - Reports - Facts - Stats, Event
by Erick Iriarte Ahon Jan. 28, 2008

Jan. 28, 2008

Hi. The past year we started a completely study about the ccTLD in LAC (including domain names, ip numbers, internet users, price of domains, and anothers issues). This study is to research about policies and ccTLDs. The last of the year was for December (you can see here: http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=articl…) Each month we increase and continue the repot, so you can find the first days of each month the report in: LatinoamerICANN (http://latinoamericann.org) In another way, we published the "Ranking of principal facts for 2007 in ccTLDs in LAC", you can see here: http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=articl… Finally this year we will have the VIII Iberoamerican Conference of Domain Names and Internet Governance in Mexico DF, in October, will be a real pleasure have your participation. If you want to participate in LatinoamerICANN Project please send me an email :) Yours, Erick Iriarte Ahon Alfa-Redi http://www.alfa-redi.org

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New Delhi Schedule & Documents for At-Large
by Nick Ashton-Hart Jan. 28, 2008

Jan. 28, 2008

Dear All: Since the time for New Delhi is almost upon us, allow me to provide you with links to documents, agendas, schedules, and travel information. For all At-Large meetings, and links to documents and travel info, please visit https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?new_delhi_meeting APRALO has its own page at https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi?new_delhi_meeting Note that there will be further information related to travel shortly posted on the travel information page for those attending in person, and of course agendas will be filled in as they come available - and since it is a Wiki, the community members are of course able to create these for yourself, no need to wait for me - you can optionally also leave comments on these pages too, with ideas, thoughts, and perspectives. If you have suggestions for other documents which should be linked to the documents page do send them in. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +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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Draft Initial Report with Schedule updated
by Hong Xue Jan. 28, 2008

Jan. 28, 2008

Please see attached the updated schedule of IDNC WG, though the text of the document is unchanged from the draft for comment sent to the WG on 16 January. Now, we got a bit more time for comments. Hong

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