http://www.icann.org/committees/security/sac025.pdf Fyi there is a recent report from SSAC, which recommends that the community examine steps to mitigate the criminal effects of fast flux hosting. The rise of fast flux hosting has had severely negative effects on law enforcement (private and governmental) efforts to deal with e-crime. Moreover, fast flux hosting appears to have no legitimate purpose, and can be effectively mitigated by certain steps adopted by some registries and registrars already. SSAC has done great background work here, and now I think it is time for the GNSO to take lead on this issue. I would like to have preliminary discussion at a Council meeting in the near future, please. I also copy the Business Constituency for comments back to me or the BC List please. Thanks, Mike Rodenbaugh -----Original Message----- From: Dave Piscitello [mailto:dave.piscitello@icann.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:53 AM To: ipf@antiphishing.kavi.com Subject: [ipf] SSAC advisory on fast flux hosting and DNS Is now published at http://www.icann.org/committees/security/sac025.pdf Many of you deserve our thanks for providing valuable insights. You will undoubtedly note these as you read. I've also alluded to or referenced APWG activities and reports in the Advisory. Think of this Advisory as first in a series of efforts. Most of the ICANN community is at best vaguely familiar with criminal activities and how criminals are pursued. Hopefully this Advisory provides much-needed education and awareness. We also enumerate current and possible countermeasures. We hope that a broader and more uniform set of practices emerges from our findings and recommendations. SSAC doesn't dictate or write policy. We only advise ICANN, its BoD, and the community. We can make recommendations, but it's up to ICANN, the registries and registrars, and other affected and influencing parties to act on our recommendations.