1. I think that the delegation of ccTLDs in the initial instance must be tied to some sort of authoritative list. (Note - I said "in the initial instance" because I don't think we will find a list with the IDN stuff, but at least we tie this back to the countries and territories on the ISO 3166-1 list.) Otherwise IANA/ICANN are in a horrible situation.

2. I am concerned that the GAC acknowledge that IANA/ICANN have the ability to act in the event that a ccTLD is acting in a way that threatens the stability or security of the DNS and/or the Internet. Admittedly, that's highly unlikely, but in the event, an important ability. Bill Dee stated in a recent meeting that in that situation ICANN/IANA should defer to the relevant government. No problem with contact, coordinate, defer where possible, etc., but if the government is non-responsive or disruptive itself, that's not enough.

All,

Attached is the draft letter to the GAC re their IDN ccTLD Principles.

Please provide any comments by Noon UTC on Thursday.

Cheers,

Chris Disspain

CEO - auDA

au Domain Administration Ltd

ceo@auda.org.au

www.auda.org.au

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