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[Final Reminder] Expression of Interest - GNSO Latin Script Diacritics PDP Working Group
by Andrew Chen Jan. 24, 2025

Jan. 24, 2025

Dear CPWG Members, This is a friendly reminder that the GNSO Council seeks volunteers to serve on the Latin Script Diacritics Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group (WG). Community members who wish to join the Latin Script Diacritics PDP WG should contact the GNSO Secretariat at gnso-secs(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org> by Monday, 27 January 2025. Please see the Expression of Interest - GNSO Latin Script Diacritics Policy Development Process Working Group and Working Group Chair<https://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03jan25-en.htm> for additional information regarding what the PDP will do, who should join, and additional background information. Sincerely, Andrew -- Andrew Chen Policy Development Support Sr. Specialist, Policy Development Support Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) https://www.icann.org/ Skype: atchen122

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Meeting invitation: At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) call on Wednesday, 29 January 2025 at 19:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 24, 2025

Jan. 24, 2025

EN - IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FRENCH AND SPANISH INTERPRETATION FR - INFORMATIONS IMPORTANTES POUR LES PARTICIPANTS EN FRANCAIS ET ESPAGNOL ES - INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE PARA LOS PARTICIPANTES FRANCESES Y ESPAÑOLES Dear All, EN - IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FRENCH AND SPANISH INTERPRETATION * To listen to interpretation for this meeting, please join Zoom using Computer Audio. * Choose the language you will listen to from the Language Interpretation menu in the Zoom toolbar. * Before speaking, ensure you have selected the language you will speak from in the interpretation menu. If for any reason, the audio you are listening to is silent, please select “unmute original audio”. FR - INFORMATIONS IMPORTANTES POUR LES PARTICIPANTS EN FRANCAIS ET ESPAGNOL * Pour écouter l’interprétation de cette reunion, veuillez rejoindre Zoom en utilisant l’audio ordinateur/tablette/telephone portable. Choisissez la langue que vous écouterez dans le menu “Interprétation” linquistique de la barre d’outils Zoom. * Avant de parler, assurez-vous d'avoir sélectionné la langue dans laquelle vous parlerez dans le menu d'interprétation. Si, pour une raison quelconque, l'audio que vous écoutez est silencieux, veuillez sélectionner « réactiver l'audio original ». ES - INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE PARA LOS PARTICIPANTES FRANCESES Y ESPAÑOLES * Para escuchar la interpretación para esta reunión, únase a Zoom mediante Computer Audio * Elija el idioma que escucharà en el menu Interpretación de idiomas en la barra de herramientas de Zoom * Antes de hablar, asegúrese de haber seleccionado el idioma que hablará en el menú de interpretación. Si por algún motivo el audio que está escuchando está en silencio, seleccione "activar audio original". Dear All, The next At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Call has been scheduled for Wednesday, 29 January 2025 at 19:00 UTC for 90 mins, For other times: https://tinyurl.com/4rfta9fn The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/CgD1HQ Zoom Room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/765717566?pwd=UTJCdWRSZVdJNEhOYW02OVBqQVQ1Zz09 / Passcode: #CPWG2345* Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Wiki Space: https://community.icann.org/x/jYDpB If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG)
by ICANN Policy Calendar Jan. 24, 2025

Jan. 24, 2025

EN - IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FRENCH AND SPANISH INTERPRETATION FR - INFORMATIONS IMPORTANTES POUR LES PARTICIPANTS EN FRANCAIS ET ESPAGNOL ES - INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE PARA LOS PARTICIPANTES FRANCESES Y ESPAÑOLES Dear All, EN - IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FRENCH AND SPANISH INTERPRETATION * To listen to interpretation for this meeting, please join Zoom using Computer Audio. * Choose the language you will listen to from the Language Interpretation menu in the Zoom toolbar. * Before speaking, ensure you have selected the language you will speak from in the interpretation menu. If for any reason, the audio you are listening to is silent, please select “unmute original audio”. FR - INFORMATIONS IMPORTANTES POUR LES PARTICIPANTS EN FRANCAIS ET ESPAGNOL * Pour écouter l’interprétation de cette reunion, veuillez rejoindre Zoom en utilisant l’audio ordinateur/tablette/telephone portable. Choisissez la langue que vous écouterez dans le menu “Interprétation” linquistique de la barre d’outils Zoom. * Avant de parler, assurez-vous d'avoir sélectionné la langue dans laquelle vous parlerez dans le menu d'interprétation. Si, pour une raison quelconque, l'audio que vous écoutez est silencieux, veuillez sélectionner « réactiver l'audio original ». ES - INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE PARA LOS PARTICIPANTES FRANCESES Y ESPAÑOLES * Para escuchar la interpretación para esta reunión, únase a Zoom mediante Computer Audio * Elija el idioma que escucharà en el menu Interpretación de idiomas en la barra de herramientas de Zoom * Antes de hablar, asegúrese de haber seleccionado el idioma que hablará en el menú de interpretación. Si por algún motivo el audio que está escuchando está en silencio, seleccione "activar audio original". Dear All, The next At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Call has been scheduled for Wednesday, 29 January 2025 at 19:00 UTC for 90 mins, For other times: https://tinyurl.com/4rfta9fn The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/CgD1HQ Zoom Room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/765717566?pwd=UTJCdWRSZVdJNEhOYW02OVBqQVQ1Zz09 / Passcode: #CPWG2345* Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Wiki Space: https://community.icann.org/x/jYDpB If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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[GNSO-TPR] Transfer PDP Concensus Call
by Steinar Grøtterød Jan. 22, 2025

Jan. 22, 2025

Dear All, At the CPWG meeting today, I assumed the Concensus Call will take place in February 2025. This was not correct, please accept my apologies. The GNSO-TPR members have now been informed that the Concensus Call process opens on 22 January 2025 at 00:00 UTC and closing on 31 January 2025 at 23:59 UTC. As informed by me on the CPWG call, I ask CPWG members to review the final recommendations using the attached document and use the mailing list or email me directly if you have any questions. I also recommend to read the Draft Final Report<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/491290647/Draft%20TPR%20FI…> that include rational for the recommendations and the policy impact. Regards, Steinar Grøtterød At-Large representative, GNSO-TPR

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FW: 4-minute REMINDER: Meeting invitation: At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Call on Wednesday, 22 January 2025 at 14:00 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Jan. 22, 2025

Jan. 22, 2025

Good day all! A kind reminder, CPWG begins soon, Wednesday, 22 January 2025 at 14:00 UTC for 90 mins. EN - IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FRENCH AND SPANISH INTERPRETATION FR - INFORMATIONS IMPORTANTES POUR LES PARTICIPANTS EN FRANCAIS ET ESPAGNOL ES - INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE PARA LOS PARTICIPANTES FRANCESES Y ESPAÑOLES Dear All, EN - IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FRENCH AND SPANISH INTERPRETATION * To listen to interpretation for this meeting, please join Zoom using Computer Audio. * Choose the language you will listen to from the Language Interpretation menu in the Zoom toolbar. * Before speaking, ensure you have selected the language you will speak from in the interpretation menu. If for any reason, the audio you are listening to is silent, please select “unmute original audio”. FR - INFORMATIONS IMPORTANTES POUR LES PARTICIPANTS EN FRANCAIS ET ESPAGNOL * Pour écouter l’interprétation de cette reunion, veuillez rejoindre Zoom en utilisant l’audio ordinateur/tablette/telephone portable. Choisissez la langue que vous écouterez dans le menu “Interprétation” linquistique de la barre d’outils Zoom. * Avant de parler, assurez-vous d'avoir sélectionné la langue dans laquelle vous parlerez dans le menu d'interprétation. Si, pour une raison quelconque, l'audio que vous écoutez est silencieux, veuillez sélectionner « réactiver l'audio original ». ES - INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE PARA LOS PARTICIPANTES FRANCESES Y ESPAÑOLES * Para escuchar la interpretación para esta reunión, únase a Zoom mediante Computer Audio * Elija el idioma que escucharà en el menu Interpretación de idiomas en la barra de herramientas de Zoom * Antes de hablar, asegúrese de haber seleccionado el idioma que hablará en el menú de interpretación. Si por algún motivo el audio que está escuchando está en silencio, seleccione "activar audio original". Dear All, The next At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Call has been scheduled for Wednesday, 22 January 2025 at 14:00 UTC for 90 mins, For other times: https://tinyurl.com/22wm8x5a The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/F4BIHQ Zoom Room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/765717566?pwd=UTJCdWRSZVdJNEhOYW02OVBqQVQ1Zz09 / Passcode: #CPWG2345* Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Wiki Space: https://community.icann.org/x/jYDpB If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM To: CPWG <cpwg(a)icann.org>, "afri-discuss(a)icann.org" <afri-discuss(a)icann.org>, "apac-discuss(a)icann.org" <apac-discuss(a)icann.org>, "euro-discuss(a)icann.org" <euro-discuss(a)icann.org>, LAC-Discuss-en <lac-discuss-en(a)icann.org>, "na-discuss(a)icann.org" <na-discuss(a)icann.org> Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Subject: Meeting invitation: At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Call on Wednesday, 22 January 2025 at 14:00 UTC EN - IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FRENCH AND SPANISH INTERPRETATION FR - INFORMATIONS IMPORTANTES POUR LES PARTICIPANTS EN FRANCAIS ET ESPAGNOL ES - INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE PARA LOS PARTICIPANTES FRANCESES Y ESPAÑOLES Dear All, EN - IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FRENCH AND SPANISH INTERPRETATION * To listen to interpretation for this meeting, please join Zoom using Computer Audio. * Choose the language you will listen to from the Language Interpretation menu in the Zoom toolbar. * Before speaking, ensure you have selected the language you will speak from in the interpretation menu. If for any reason, the audio you are listening to is silent, please select “unmute original audio”. FR - INFORMATIONS IMPORTANTES POUR LES PARTICIPANTS EN FRANCAIS ET ESPAGNOL * Pour écouter l’interprétation de cette reunion, veuillez rejoindre Zoom en utilisant l’audio ordinateur/tablette/telephone portable. Choisissez la langue que vous écouterez dans le menu “Interprétation” linquistique de la barre d’outils Zoom. * Avant de parler, assurez-vous d'avoir sélectionné la langue dans laquelle vous parlerez dans le menu d'interprétation. Si, pour une raison quelconque, l'audio que vous écoutez est silencieux, veuillez sélectionner « réactiver l'audio original ». ES - INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE PARA LOS PARTICIPANTES FRANCESES Y ESPAÑOLES * Para escuchar la interpretación para esta reunión, únase a Zoom mediante Computer Audio * Elija el idioma que escucharà en el menu Interpretación de idiomas en la barra de herramientas de Zoom * Antes de hablar, asegúrese de haber seleccionado el idioma que hablará en el menú de interpretación. Si por algún motivo el audio que está escuchando está en silencio, seleccione "activar audio original". Dear All, The next At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Call has been scheduled for Wednesday, 22 January 2025 at 14:00 UTC for 90 mins, For other times: https://tinyurl.com/22wm8x5a The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/F4BIHQ Zoom Room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/765717566?pwd=UTJCdWRSZVdJNEhOYW02OVBqQVQ1Zz09 / Passcode: #CPWG2345* Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Wiki Space: https://community.icann.org/x/jYDpB If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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Homework for the CPWG Deep Dive on DNS Abuse
by Heidi Ullrich Jan. 22, 2025

Jan. 22, 2025

Dear All, In advance of this week’s CPWG call, which will feature a Deep Dive on the topic of DNS Abuse, please find the key topics and homework for the session: * DNS Abuse Topics * INFERMAL (Inferential Analysis of Maliciously Registered Domains) Report<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/inferential-analysis-maliciousl…> * DAAR (Domain Abuse Activity Reporting)<https://www.icann.org/octo-ssr/daar> and Domain Metrica<https://www.icann.org/octo-ssr/metrica-en> - A measurement platform * Homework * Readings - INFERMAL (Inferential Analysis of Maliciously Registered Domains) Report<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/inferential-analysis-maliciousl…> and Presentation<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/infermal-inferential-analysis-o…> at ICANN81<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/infermal-inferential-analysis-o…> (November 2024). * Recordings - ICANN81 session on DNS Abuse Updates <https://icann81.sched.com/event/1p2Hx/dns-abuse-updates> The agenda for the CPWG call is available here<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=469860361>. Kind regards, Heidi Heidi Ullrich, PhD VP, Policy Development & At-Large Relations Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Mobile: +1 310 437 3956 Fax: +1 310 823 8649 Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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(Draft) Final Report on the Transfer Policy Review Policy Development Process published
by Steinar Grøtterød Jan. 21, 2025

Jan. 21, 2025

Dear all, The objective of this Final Report is to document the working group’s deliberations on charter questions and its 47 final policy recommendations. This Final Report also documents the public comments received on its consolidated Initial Report and the Working Group’s subsequent analysis, as well as other pertinent information that provides background, context, and associated rationales for the Working Group’s final policy recommendations. A PDF version dated January 14, 2025 is added to the CPWG agenda<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/491290647/Draft%20TPR%20FI…>. Selected recommendations have been discussed at CPWG calls. Final wording for the selected recommendations is added to the Google document<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hvP7GQPvjpST6wuC0sKOFkocmri5ZRNrNvm…>. I kindly ask for comments for the selected recommendations. Comments can be given in the Google document or to the CPWG mailing list. Please add comments to al of the Final Report’s recommendations to the CPWG mailing list. Regards, Steinar Grøtterød At-Large Representative, GNSO-TPR WG

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Recommendations for the Third Public Comment Proceeding on Draft AGB Text
by Justine Chew Jan. 21, 2025

Jan. 21, 2025

All, At the last CPWG Call on 15 Jan <https://community.icann.org/x/CYABH>, the review team for the Third Proceeding for Proposed Language for Draft Sections of Next Round AGB <https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/third-proceeding-for-pro…> had very briefly presented 5 points which could form an ALAC Comment for this public comment proceeding. It is our recommendation that the 5 points (found in summary on slide #3 <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/469860361/20250115v2%20-%2…>) be developed further into a first draft ALAC Comment and presented subsequently for CPWG comment. In order to take the recommended step, and given that we did not have time to do the same during the 15 Jan call, we are now seeking input for support and/or additional suggestions to our 5 recommended points - which touch on 3 topics of (1) TLD Types, (2) Security and Stability and (3) Community Input and Dispute Resolution. Please let us have your input *by Monday, 20 Jan at 23:59 UTC*, to allow the review team (who have also agreed to be penholders for the comment) to prepare the first draft of an ALAC Comment in time for consideration at the next CPWG Call on 22 Jan. *For avoidance of doubt*, the review team shall take no forthcoming input or non-significant objection as a sign of support for us to proceed with drafting an ALAC Comment as mentioned. We would be happy to take questions regarding our recommendations as well, in reply to this thread. Kind regards, Avri Doria, Nthabiseng Pule and Justine Chew

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At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) **REMINDER**
by ICANN Policy Calendar Jan. 17, 2025

Jan. 17, 2025

EN - IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FRENCH AND SPANISH INTERPRETATION FR - INFORMATIONS IMPORTANTES POUR LES PARTICIPANTS EN FRANCAIS ET ESPAGNOL ES - INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE PARA LOS PARTICIPANTES FRANCESES Y ESPAÑOLES Dear All, EN - IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FRENCH AND SPANISH INTERPRETATION * To listen to interpretation for this meeting, please join Zoom using Computer Audio. * Choose the language you will listen to from the Language Interpretation menu in the Zoom toolbar. * Before speaking, ensure you have selected the language you will speak from in the interpretation menu. If for any reason, the audio you are listening to is silent, please select “unmute original audio”. FR - INFORMATIONS IMPORTANTES POUR LES PARTICIPANTS EN FRANCAIS ET ESPAGNOL * Pour écouter l’interprétation de cette reunion, veuillez rejoindre Zoom en utilisant l’audio ordinateur/tablette/telephone portable. Choisissez la langue que vous écouterez dans le menu “Interprétation” linquistique de la barre d’outils Zoom. * Avant de parler, assurez-vous d'avoir sélectionné la langue dans laquelle vous parlerez dans le menu d'interprétation. Si, pour une raison quelconque, l'audio que vous écoutez est silencieux, veuillez sélectionner « réactiver l'audio original ». ES - INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE PARA LOS PARTICIPANTES FRANCESES Y ESPAÑOLES * Para escuchar la interpretación para esta reunión, únase a Zoom mediante Computer Audio * Elija el idioma que escucharà en el menu Interpretación de idiomas en la barra de herramientas de Zoom * Antes de hablar, asegúrese de haber seleccionado el idioma que hablará en el menú de interpretación. Si por algún motivo el audio que está escuchando está en silencio, seleccione "activar audio original". Dear All, The next At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Call has been scheduled for Wednesday, 22 January 2025 at 14:00 UTC for 90 mins, For other times: https://tinyurl.com/22wm8x5a The agenda (to be updated) and call details can be found at: https://community.icann.org/x/F4BIHQ Zoom Room: https://icann.zoom.us/j/765717566?pwd=UTJCdWRSZVdJNEhOYW02OVBqQVQ1Zz09 / Passcode: #CPWG2345* Real time transcription (RTT) available at (subject to availability): https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ICANN At-Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) Wiki Space: https://community.icann.org/x/jYDpB If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Thank you. Kind Regards, At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>

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DNS Abuse Deep Dive - The Registry/Registrar/Registrant (3R) + Resellers problem
by John McCormac Jan. 16, 2025

Jan. 16, 2025

The conventional wisdom is that the gTLDs have a Registry/Registrar/Registrant model. Legally this is correct. As Alan mentioned on the call yesterday, the reality is much more complex with resellers and web service providers. Every month, I publish the HosterStats Registrars and Resellers report. It details the transactions and counts of the gTLD registrars and main resellers. It groups them as brands and those brands cover 95.52% of the gTLD market. There were 43,188 hosters (by DNS) in that group. That's the two main spreadsheets (Totals and Transactions (new/deleted/transferred counts). The registrars counts also have their own spreadsheet. At a DNS/hoster level, the registrars account for 78.21% of the gTLD market on their DNSes. Most of the ICANN accredited registrars are what is known as dropcatchers. They exist only to register deleting domain names and are not retail registrars. The domain names they register normally go to auction websites or sales websites. Approximately 8.62% of the gTLD market is on sale and 13.88% is on PPC Parking. (The gTLD Web Tracking spreadsheet which uses DNS and IP to determine these and other %s. The WEb Usage surveys have greater granularity on how domain names are used.). The off-registrar share of the gTLD market is 21.79%. That's effectively the visible reseller gTLD market. And this is where things get magitudes more complex. There are many resellers who don't use their own identifiable DNS and therefore they will be grouped with other registrars and hosters that host those domain names. The websites are not necessarily hosted on the webspace of the same registrar/hoster. One of the examples would be Godaddy's main DNS/hoster. It has over 3,611 identifed web service providers using the it. The majority of the websites are hosted on Godaddy linked webspace. But Godaddy, like many other major registrar operations has acquired other registrars and hosters over the years. The rise of website builders, DDoS prevention operations like Cloudflare, and Cloud hosting operations like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud have made things a bit more complex. Website builders allow the registrants to build their own website or e-commerce sites. The domain name may be hosted on the website builder's DNS or the registrant's registrar DNS or own DNS. Some large website builder and hosting operations only exist in the Cloud and have no external DNS or web hosting of their own. Some of the more well-known web hosting providers like Amazon have large numbers of hosters (including their own DNS) using their ranges. (44,817). Google Cloud has an identified 27,400 hosters using it. With DDoS/CDN services like Cloudflare, other hosters might have websites hosted on their own IP ranges and DNS provided by Cloudflare. The above is the easy part compared to what follows. The GDPR and NIS-2 are the product of people who don't understand the impact of their legislation on the Internet, don't understand the impact of their legislation on the domain name industry and don't understand the security of the Internet. The GDPR has had massive unintended consequences and has made the Internet less secure. In May 2018, WHOIS effectively went dark and the contact information that could be used to identify registrants where DNS Abuse was happening was largely removed. That effectively destroyed a major link in the killchain for an abusive registration or compromised website. The usual contact would have been the registrar, but as seen above, a registrar may be responsible for thousands of resellers and getting to the web service provider is not always so easy. There have been some industry websites set up to query the abuse contact for and IP address of a website. But that doesn't work well when there is no abuse contact listed or the IP addresses have been leased though an IP broker. IP v4 addresses (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd) have become quite valuable due to most of them being allocated. Businesses have been created to broker these IP addresses. The website IP address details might be that of the IP broker rather than the operator of the website. And that brings up another issue that will impact on the next gTLD round: countries rarely host all their websites on their country-allocated IP addresses. It would be nice if the Web was hosted with geographical boundaries. In this ideal web, the websites for country A would be hosted only on country A's IP addresses. This rarely happens because the Web is global and it is often cheaper to host in another country if the cost is lower and the infrastructure is not develped. (There is also the IP brokerage problem where much of a country's IP allocation can be acquired and used outside that country.) These are the December 2024 figures for the Nigerian gTLD market from the gTLD hosting market spreadsheet in the HosterStats Registrars and Resellers report: Country - ccTLD - Region - Hosted - Local sites - External - sites Nigeria ng AF 87,457 268 71,775 1,188 The 87K figure is the identified gTLD domain names hosted on hosters associated with Nigeria. The 268 figure is the number of Nigerian gTLD websites on Nigerian IP addresses. The 71K figure is for externally hosted websites. The 1,188 figure is for websites hosted on Nigerian IP addresses. The figures for South Africa are somewhat different. It has some Amazon AWS IP ranges that increase its hosting footprint: South Africa za AF 299,398 208,281 51,523 669,283 South Africa also provides hosting services for many other African countries. There are other countries, such as China and Hong Kong, that use the IP addresses of other countries for some of their large web and Cloud hosting operations. A lot of Aliyun's Cloud hosting is on US badged IPs. Cloud Hosting adds an extra layer of complexity to the reseller problem. The gTLD Hosting market spreadsheet is based on 98.46% of the market being identified by country of domain name hosting operation. In ICANN terms, the model is: Registry - Registrar - Registrant. In reality, the model is more like this: Registry / (registry owned registrar(s)) | Registrar / (may be Web Service Provider) | Reseller (may be Web Service Provider) | (Web Developer) (may be Web Service Provider and/or reseller) | Registrant (who may not even know where their domain name is hosted) I'm currently crunching the data for the January report so the figures above are from the December 2024 report. The current 3R model was great for the 1990s when the Web was much smaller. The Web has grown since then. The point was made in yesterday's meeting that gTLD resellers grow and become ICANN registrars. That is not happening at the same rate as ten or twenty years ago. The reason for this is the rise of the ccTLDs. It is often cheaper and more commercially efficient for a reseller to become a ccTLD registrar in their local ccTLD (if they are not already one) and outsource gTLD registrations to some of the larger registrars who provide reseller facilities. There is also the issue that gTLDs switch to being "Legacy" TLDs when their new registration volume is overtaken by that of the local ccTLD. This is the ICANN registrar geography for ICANN'sSeptember 2024 registry reports: Region - Registrars - gTLDs AF 13 191,789 AP 615 40,177,911 EUR 189 33,522,866 LAC 11 961,427 NA 2,042 156,835,805 This has implications for the next round of gTLDs. Some regions have already switched to their local ccTLDs being the First Choice TLD for registrants. The cost of registraion fees also has an impact. The .COM is still the main global TLD choice. From the January 2025 TLD website by country data, there are some examples of new gTLDs having an impact: Country - gTLD - websites - gTLD websites - % of TLD's sites | Turkey | org | 33,180 | 9,429,860 | 0.3519 | | Turkey | net | 78,222 | 10,120,094 | 0.7729 | | Turkey | online | 89,934 | 2,406,993 | 3.7364 | | Turkey | xyz | 120,619 | 2,730,343 | 4.4177 | | Turkey | com | 878,385 | 133,055,165 | 0.6602 | (361 TLDs) | Brazil | org | 7,960 | 9,429,860 | 0.0844 | | Brazil | site | 13,445 | 1,132,547 | 1.1871 | | Brazil | net | 14,525 | 10,120,094 | 0.1435 | | Brazil | online | 21,713 | 2,406,993 | 0.9021 | | Brazil | shop | 23,733 | 2,335,163 | 1.0163 | | Brazil | com | 226,991 | 133,055,165 | 0.1706 | (439 TLDs) | China | vip | 36,021 | 828,852 | 4.3459 | | China | xyz | 46,309 | 2,730,343 | 1.6961 | | China | net | 147,064 | 10,120,094 | 1.4532 | | China | top | 250,716 | 1,717,127 | 14.6009 | | China | com | 2,165,973 | 133,055,165 | 1.6279 | (359 TLDs) Regards...jmcc -- ********************************************************** John McCormac * e-mail: jmcc(a)hosterstats.com MC2 * web: http://www.hosterstats.com/ 22 Viewmount * Domain Registrations Statistics Waterford * Domnomics - the business of domain names Ireland * https://amzn.to/2OPtEIO IE * Skype: hosterstats.com ********************************************************** -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

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