September 2009 - Ccnso-council

FW: ICANN News Alert -- Status Update: IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Implementation
by Chris Disspain Sept. 10, 2009

Sept. 10, 2009

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From: ICANN News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org] Sent: Thursday, 10 September 2009 09:36 To: ceo(a)auda.org.au Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Status Update: IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Implementation <http://www.icann.org/> ICANN News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-09sep09-en.htm _____ Status Update: IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Implementation 9 September 2009 ICANN is pleased to provide the following status report on the progress of implementation of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process. Overall, the implementation is tracking to the project plan and it is planned to be submitted to the Board during the ICANN meeting in Korea, Seoul, 26-30 October 2009. Discussion of the implementation plan will continue during the Korea meeting and the plan can be amended if a change is indicated. Anticipating positive Board consideration, the process can be launch within a very small timeframe after the Seoul meeting (in the fourth quarter of 2009). The proposed Final Implementation Plan will be posted online for public review at the end of September 2009, and a new status update of the overall implementation will be provided prior to the Korea meeting. Implementation Update: ·DNS Stability Panel: Interisle has been contracted to form the DNS Stability Panel that conducts the technical string requirement evaluations for requested IDN ccTLDs. This includes a verification that the delegations of new TLD strings will not result in user confusion with any existing strings in the DNS. Interisle is currently in the process of forming the DNS Stability Panel for Fast Track Process String Evaluation and providing on-boarding material to panel members. ·Online Request System: the online system through which IDN ccTLD requests will be submitted is in the final stages of development and testing. The next three weeks will be used: (i) finalize the online content (ii) perform a legal review (iii) undertake a live test. As part of the live test ICANN has consulted with representatives of five countries and invited them to participate in testing of the system. Testing includes: submitting a test request in the system, processing / qualification by staff, providing feedback on the test to participants. These tests will run from the end of September through 9 October after which a new status report of overall Fast Track implementation will be released. ·Online IDN area: the IDN area online will be revised with an FAQ, factsheets, and a manual reference for use of the online request system. The new and improved site will be released prior to the Fast Track Process launch time. ·Linguistic Processes: there are a few aspects of the Fast Track Process that are related to linguists or require the advice or statements from experts in writing systems. An important piece of this relates to the requested string(s) as a meaningful representation of a country or territory name. UNGEGN has agreed to support Fast Track participants as needed with referrals to such expertise. The referrals will be provided through an ICANN point of contact and the method for requesting such expertise will be described in the proposed Final Implementation Plan. ICANN plans to support to those requiring linguistic assistance. ·Outstanding issues: several topics that has been discussed in public comment on implementation proposals of the Fast Track Process since the initial draft implementation plan was released on 23 October 2008. These include: (i) the form of relationship between an IDN ccTLD manager and ICANN, (ii) cost considerations regarding contribution to processing and TLD support costs, (iii) management of variant TLDs. Solutions to these issues have been discussed, and it is believed that current opinions or positions of each community segment is well understood. 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Call for SOP Working Group volunteers
by Kristina Nordstrom Sept. 8, 2009

Sept. 8, 2009

Dear all, The Strategic and Operational Planning Interaction Working Group (SOP WG) that was formed in November 2008 is now calling for further volunteers. The SOP WG was formed in order to coordinate, facilitate, and increase the participation of ccTLD managers in ICANN's strategic and operational planning processes and budgetary processes. You'll find more information in the SOP WG Charter at this link http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/sopiwg-charter.pdf Membership of the WG is open to all ccTLD managers (members and non-members of the ccNSO) and you do not need to be a ccNSO member to participate. New members will be appointed for one term, which ends in June 2010, they can then be reappointed. Please be aware of that - as can be read in the Charter - the SOP WG will take a proactive role in seeking and foster participation and input from ccTLD managers and provide regular feedback to the ccNSO on the strategic and operational plan, and will therefore require fully committed members who can spare the time needed for the task. If you are interested in participating in SOP WG, please let me know by email before 15 September 2009. Kind regards, Kristina / ccNSO Secretariat

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Draft Agenda Council Call 15 September
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 8, 2009

Sept. 8, 2009

Dear all, Please, find the draft agenda for next week's Council call below. Should you wish to add another item, please let me know as soon as possible. This agenda will also be posted at ccnso.icann.org/calendar Kind regards, Gabi --- Draft Agenda Council Call 15 September 2009 1. Confirmation of Approval of Minutes and Actions from Council call 24th August 2009 2. IDN ccTLD Fast Track update 3. Wildcards 4. Review of Recommendations from the Participation Working Group¹s Final Report 5. Working Group Update 5.1 Delegation and Redelegation Working Group 5.2 Strategic and Operational Planning Working Group Update 5.3 ccNSO-GAC Liaison Working Group 5.4 Technical Working Group 5.5 Meeting Programme Working Group 5.6 Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group 5.7 Ad-hoc Working Group for Incident Response 5.8 Geographic Regions Working Group 6. Liaison Update 6.1 Update from GNSO Liaison 6.2 Update from ALAC Liaison 7. AOB

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Call for IR Working Group volunteers
by Kristina Nordstrom Sept. 4, 2009

Sept. 4, 2009

Dear all, The Incident Response Planning Working Group (IR WG) that was formed in July 2009 is now calling for further volunteers. The IR WG was formed in order to develop sustainable mechanisms for the engagement of and interaction with ccTLD registries during incidents that may impact the DNS. You'll find more information in the IR WG Charter at this link http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/irwg-charter.pdf Membership of the WG is open to everyone and you do not need to be a ccNSO member to participate. If you are interested in participating in IR WG, please let me know by email before 5 September 2009. Kind regards, Kristina / ccNSO Secretariat

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Reminder: DNSSEC Survey
by Gabriella Schittek Sept. 4, 2009

Sept. 4, 2009

Dear all, This is just a reminder that our DNSSEC survey is still running and we would like to invite all ccTLDs to participate. Many thanks to all of you who already have replied! I'm copying in all questions which are asked below, so that you can get familiar with them. The survey can be accessed at: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229C76TPWJ4 The results will be compiled and presented in an anonymised way (in the same fashion as the 2007 DNSSEC survey - see http://ccnso.icann.org/surveys/dnssec-survey-report-2007.pdf) The survey is open for your replies until Monday, 7th September 2009. Your participation is gratefully appreciated! Kind regards, Gabi Dear all, The ccNSO is relaunching the DNSSEC survey which was first conducted in September/October 2007 (see results at http://ccnso.icann.org/surveys/dnssec-survey-report-2007.pdf) We would be very grateful if you could take a few minutes to reply to the survey which you can access at: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229C76TPWJ4 (it can only be filled in once per computer station) You will note that a few questions have been added, or slightly reshaped compared to the previous version (these questions have been clearly marked), in order to better reflect the current situation. The reason for the re-launch is a request from the .se registry and the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) which suggested that a comparison between the two surveys could be of great interest. Your participation in this survey is very valuable and we are grateful over every reply received! Please, let me know should you have any questions! Kind regards, Gabi ----------- 1. Your top-level domain: 2. Do you know what DNSSEC is? Yes I know what it is, but don't know how it works. I have heard about it, but don't know what problem it solves No 3. Has your registry implemented DNSSEC, or is actively implementing DNSSEC? Yes No 4. Do you plan to implement DNSSEC? Yes No 5. Please briefly explain why you do not intend to implement DNSSEC in the next three years. Questions for registries that have deployed DNSSEC 6. [NEW] For DNSSEC, what implementation phase are you in now? Implementation Phase Test Phase Fully Deployed 7. Please briefly describe the technical environment you use for DNSSEC 8. Please briefly describe your experience in implementing DNSSEC Questions for registries about to implement DNSSEC 9. What is the planned timeline for implementing DNSSEC? Within 12 months Within 2 years 2-4 years 10. Please briefly describe the technical environment you plan to use to implement DNSSEC: 11. Please briefly describe how strategically important you consider DNSSEC to be. (Please explain what the principal drivers are, the goals you would like to achieve with DNSSEC, and the main threats and opportunities you foresee). Signing the DNS Root 12. Is it important to you that the DNS root zone is signed? Yes No 13. [UPDATED] Who, in your opinion, should be signer of the DNS root zone? VeriSign ICANN/IANA Some other non-governmental organisation A government A grouping of governments Other, please specify 14. [NEW] Are you aware of the Interim Trust Anchor Repository (ITAR) provided by IANA? Yes No 15. [NEW] Are you using ITAR for your registry? Yes, deployed DNSSEC and used ITAR No, deployed DNSSEC without using ITAR No, haven¹t deployed DNSSEC 16. [NEW] It was announced on 3 June 2009 that two agencies of the U.S. Department of Commerce, ICANN and VeriSign are working on an interim approach to deployment, by year¹s end, of DNSSEC at the authoritative root zone. What is your view? The fact that the deployment is interim does not impact our implementation plan We are reconsidering our planning until it is clear how under the interim approach DNSSEC will be deployed. We postpone our implementation until the definite plan to sign the root is made public. 17. [NEW] It was also identified that VeriSign will manage and have operational responsibility for the Zone Signing Key in the interim arrangement, and that ICANN will manage the Key Signing Key process. ICANN will work closely with VeriSign regarding the operational and cryptographic issues involved. Does the proposed arrangement concern you? Yes No 18. Please explain your concerns about the proposed signing arrangement. 19. Please choose your view: The proposed arrangement between VeriSign and ICANN does not impact our planning We are reconsidering our planning as a result of the proposed arrangement We will not implement DNSSEC as a result of the proposed arrangement 20. Please explain your concerns that is causing you to reconsider or not deploy DNSSEC. Exchange of Information and Experiences 21. [NEW] Would it be of any interest to you to have updated and relevant statistics about the total number of signed zones, worldwide (or as far as applicable)? Yes No 22. Do you think there is a need to exchange DNSSEC experiences between TLD managers? Yes No 23. Do you think the ccNSO should actively promote the deployment of DNSSEC? Yes No 24. Please explain how you think the ccNSO should promote DNSSEC:

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Call for JIG Working Group volunteers
by Kristina Nordstrom Sept. 3, 2009

Sept. 3, 2009

Dear all, The Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG WG) that was formed in June 2009 is now calling for volunteers. The purpose of the Ad-hoc ccNSO/GNSO Joint IDN Working Group is to deal with issues related to the introduction of IDN ccTLDs under the IDN ccTLD Fast Track implementation process and IDN gTLDs under the new gTLD implementation process which are of common interest to both the GNSO and ccNSO. You'll find more information in the JIG WG Charter at this link http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/jiwg-charter.pdf Membership of the JIG WG is open to everyone and you do not need to be a ccNSO member to participate. However, only five members can be appointed and if there are more than five volunteers the Council will decide who the members will be. If you are interested in participating in the JIG WG, please let me know via email before 5 September 2009. Kind regards, Kristina / ccNSO Secretariat

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