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ROW15 - Call for Proposals
by Gould, James April 23, 2026

April 23, 2026

ROW15 Call for Proposals is Now Open! | September 29th, 2026 | 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Zoom Video Conference Since 2014, the Registration Operations Workshop (ROW)<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1pk0lZbyQ1u8uTtMlrbQHqrx5pdz3rXOR3XP4sUKIvHUvJ…>, supported by our sponsors Verisign<https://www.verisign.com/> and ICANN<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1viPCJY0-NDtahlMS3Lc1uyIpjyQo8YP9o4ymXbSkUElkZ…>, and more recently CIRA<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1ukoBQpJS_B1QC4jlqDNcwP6zzm1808KRm6l6cR1JF7v7i…>, has brought together industry professionals, such as internet gTLD/ccTLD registries, domain name registrars, resellers, and many more, to share and discuss technical topics related to real-world experiences of implementing registration and maintenance operations. See all ROW events at: https://regiops.net/events<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1uDiFospBMNVjzke1H6_fyHhVNpL34YjS6rMaMOe3BMTiN…> The Program Committee is now accepting proposals for ROW15 and invites you to submit a brief abstract outlining your presentation or panel idea to row(a)cofomo.com<mailto:row@cofomo.com> by August 14th, 2026. We invite submissions guided by this non-exhaustive list of broad topics and welcome any discussions or suggestions for additional topics on ROW’s mailing list: regiops(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:regiops@googlegroups.com>. * Operational impacts of registration technical refresh * Impact of AI in the registration ecosystem * RDAP implementation experience * EPP implementation experience * Implementation of NIS2 Directive * Best practices for DNSSEC Key management * Combating DNS abuse within registration (Global Signal Exchange, etc.) * Topics relevant to registration system protocols (Domain Connect protocol, etc.) * Digital Identity topics (eIDAS, etc.) * New gTLD application window and procedures * Supply Chain Security for Registries * RPKI Implementation Experience (...and any other registration protocol “experience”) The Program Committee will inform selected authors by August 24th, 2026. For other ROW15 important dates, checkout:https://regiops.net<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1pk0lZbyQ1u8uTtMlrbQHqrx5pdz3rXOR3XP4sUKIvHUvJ…>. We look forward to receiving your proposals. Please feel free to share this call for proposals with other mailing lists and contacts who may find it relevant. Thank you. ROW Program Committee https://regiops.net<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1pk0lZbyQ1u8uTtMlrbQHqrx5pdz3rXOR3XP4sUKIvHUvJ…> Email: row(a)cofomo.com<mailto:row@cofomo.com> ROW mailing list: regiops(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:regiops@googlegroups.com> Connect with us: LinkedIn<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1LTs1K_VftzJ8KwHJs7SaRlOuMat6uGn7xf7dtetNkVbS7…> | X<https://x.com/ROWevents> | Bluesky<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1kEM0EuHM5lVcm_JviJlSTtux2GAwRM57ZD5KICbWqSFJF…> Event sponsored by Verisign<https://www.verisign.com/>, ICANN<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1viPCJY0-NDtahlMS3Lc1uyIpjyQo8YP9o4ymXbSkUElkZ…> & CIRA<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1ukoBQpJS_B1QC4jlqDNcwP6zzm1808KRm6l6cR1JF7v7i…> and organized by Cofomo<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1OCef_fwgclBZp_m-QoWo0cChsJnSmZIifVLR8c1xJ_h-q…> -- JG [cid87442*image001.png(a)01D960C5.C631DA40] James Gould Fellow Engineer jgould(a)Verisign.com<applewebdata://13890C55-AAE8-4BF3-A6CE-B4BA42740803/jgould@Verisign.com> 703-948-3271 12061 Bluemont Way Reston, VA 20190 Verisign.com<http://verisigninc.com/>

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Call for Presentations Hybrid TechDay ICANN 86 Sevilla
by Dr Eberhard W Lisse April 21, 2026

April 21, 2026

vTechDay at ICANN 86 (Sevilla) The ICANN Tech Working Group is again planning a technical workshop at the ICANN 86 meeting (Sevilla) As the meeting will be hybrid so will be vTechDay which is currently penciled in for Monday, 2026-06-08 for blocks: Block 1 10:00 - 11:15 (75 minutes) Block 2 11:45 - 13:15 (90 minutes) All times are local (Sevilla) time. We shall try to accommodate the time zone of virtual presenters in setting the agenda. The TechDay workshop has been a part of ICANN meetings since 2006 and has provided a forum for both experienced and new people to meet, present and discuss technical topics related to registry and DNS work and security. We are specially interested in: 1. DNS Abuse Prevention and Mitigation Tools 2. Best (security) management practices, lines of defense, to protect Registries from bad actors, attacks or malware, or even reports of failures 3. Open Source Tools that have been found helpful a) We would in particular like to hear about git based DNS zone management, especially simple setups usable as example for other (smaller) (cc|g)TLDs. b) We would also like to hear about further RDAP client implementations in particular for the command line, devices and libraries, and novel uses for/of same. If there are enough proposals we might have round tables. 4. In addition, we welcome suggestions for additional topics If you are interested in presenting on any other topic, please email us at ccNSO-techday(a)icann.org or reply to this email. We hope that you can join us and request that you disseminate this Request to other lists where it might of interest. greetings, el -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist el(a)lisse.NA / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht \ / If this email is signed with GPG/PGP 10007, Namibia ;____/ Sect 20 of Act No. 4 of 2019 may apply

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Unusual update volumes for .site and .online zone files
by Joe Wein April 16, 2026

April 16, 2026

Recently we have seen elevated levels of new domains added to .online and .site, which triggered some internal monitoring here. Checking the addition counts for the last few months, we see a gap from around March 17 to April 12 during which *no* domains were added, followed by three days with levels of additions 2-5x "normal" levels (i.e. pre March 17), as if it was catching up with a backlog. Has anybody else see this and/or knows what happened there? Did they move to a different operator? Joe Wein SURBL

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Call for Presentations Hybrid TechDay ICANN 85 Mumbai
by Dr Eberhard W Lisse Feb. 16, 2026

Feb. 16, 2026

vTechDay at ICANN 85 (Mumbai) The ICANN Tech Working Group is again planning a technical workshop at the ICANN 85 meeting (Monbay) As the meeting will be hybrid so will be vTechDay which is currently penciled in for Monday, 2025-10-27 for blocks: Block 2 10:30 - 12:00 (90 Min) Block 3 13:15 - 14:30 (75 min) Block 4 15:00 - 16:00 (60 min) Block 5 16:30 - 17:30 (60 min) All times are local (Mumbai) time. We shall try to accommodate the time zone of virtual presenters in setting the agenda. The TechDay workshop has been a part of ICANN meetings since 2006 and has provided a forum for both experienced and new people to meet, present and discuss technical topics related to registry and DNS work and security. We are specially interested in: 1. UA/IDN In this respect we are anticipating a round table organized by the ccNSO-UA Committee. Please engage with them via email at ccnso-uacommittee(a)icann.org, keeping us in copy at ccNSO-techday(a)icann.org. 2. DNS Abuse Prevention and Mitigation Tools 3. Best (security) management practices, lines of defense, to protect Registries from bad actors, attacks or malware, or even reports of failures 4. Open Source Tools that have been found helpful a) We would in particular like to hear about git based DNS zone management, especially simple setups usable as example for other (smaller) (cc|g)TLDs. b) We would also like to hear about further RDAP client implementations for the command line, devices and libraries. If there are enough proposals we might have round tables. 5. In addition, we welcome suggestions for additional topics If you are interested in presenting on any other topic, please email us at ccNSO-techday(a)icann.org or reply to this email. We hope that you can join us and request that you disseminate this Request to other lists where it might of interest. greetings, el -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist el(a)lisse.NA / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht \ / If this email is signed with GPG/PGP 10007, Namibia ;____/ Sect 20 of Act No. 4 of 2019 may apply

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.taipei zone access via czds
by Jan Schaumann Jan. 14, 2026

Jan. 14, 2026

Hey, Talking about having trouble getting access to certain zones: Has anybody here been able to get access to the .taipei zone? I've repeatedly submitted requests that were always shut down with a note saying: --- Reason: Requester did not provide correct or legitimate credentials (explain why) Explanation: Please provide a complete address, a telephone number and associated FTP IP address and resubmit your request for approval. --- For each request, I _did_ in fact provide all that information. I've also tried to reach out to the contacts listed on https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/taipei.html / whois, but the technical contact never replied and the administrative contact email address bounces. (I've filed a request with ICANN to update the information.) If anybody here managed to get access to the zone, would you mind sharing how you went about that? Thanks! -Jan

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.TOP made inactive? (CZDS zone file access)
by John McCormac Jan. 13, 2026

Jan. 13, 2026

Just got an e-mail that ZFA for .TOP had been revoked as the gTLD had been made inactive. "Request revoked as TLD has been made inactive." Checked another stats site and it was showing 0 domain names in the zone which may indicate that it didn't get today's zone. Has .TOP gTTLD been made inactive or is this a problem on the CZDS or with the .TOP registry? 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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Name Collision IPv6 Research Study - Public Comment
by Francisco Arias Oct. 30, 2025

Oct. 30, 2025

Dear colleagues, ICANN has opened a public comment period on a research study titled "Controlled Interruption IPv6 Research Study". The study focuses on extending ICANN's "controlled interruption" mechanism, previously implemented using only the IPv4 address 127.0.53.53 into the IPv6 realm, given the growing adoption of IPv6 (> 40 % of hosts). The public comment period runs from 20 October 2025 to 22 December 2025: https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/name-collision-ipv6-rese… Controlled interruption is a phase in the establishment of a new generic top-level domain (gTLD) that is designed to reduce the risk of name collision. During controlled interruption, certain DNS resource records, designed to interrupt resolution processes, are temporarily published at and below the gTLD name. The content of these DNS records is intended to minimize any harm that arises from such interruption. This study produces an initial list of candidate prefixes, followed by technical tests of multiple applications on popular end-user operating systems. The aim was to identify candidate addresses where DNS lookups returning that address did not result in any unintended external network traffic. A preferred candidate that met these criteria was identified: ffff:127.0.53.53, which is the IPV6 mapping of the original IPv4 controlled interruption address. -- Francisco.

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2nd Call for Presentations Hybrid TechDay ICANN 84 Dublin
by Dr Eberhard W Lisse Sept. 30, 2025

Sept. 30, 2025

All We have 15 minutes left in Block 5. el On 2025/08/26 18:00, Eberhard W Lisse via Ccnso-members wrote: > vTechDay at ICANN 84 (Dublin) > > The ICANN Tech Working Group is again planning a technical workshop > at the ICANN 84 meeting (Dublin) > > As the meeting will be hybrid so will be vTechDay which is currently > penciled in for Monday, 2025-10-27 for blocks: > > Block 2 10:45 - 12:15 > Block 3 13:15 - 14:30 > Block 4 15:00 - 16:00 > Block 5 16:30 - 17:30 > > All times are local (Dublin) time. > > We shall try to accommodate the time zone of virtual presenters in > setting the agenda. > > The TechDay workshop has been a part of ICANN meetings since 2006 > and has provided a forum for both experienced and new people to > meet, present and discuss technical topics related to registry and > DNS work and security. > > We are specially interested in: > > 1. DNSSEC > > 2. DNS Abuse Prevention and Mitigation Tools > > 3. Best (security) management practices, lines of defense, to > protect Registries from bad actors, attacks or malware, or even > reports of failures > > 4. Open Source Tools that have been found helpful > > a) We would in particular like to hear about git based DNS zone > management, especially simple setups usable as example for other > (smaller) (cc|g)TLDs. > > b) We would also like to hear about further RDAP client > implementations for the command line, devices and libraries. > > If there are enough proposals we might have round tables. > > 5. In addition, we welcome suggestions for additional topics > > > The ccNSO's DNS Abuse Committee has expressed an interest in > organizng a round table looking at detection/end-to-end case studies > from a (cc)TLD perspective and we are proposing Block 2 (ie 75 > minutes (including the opening remarks)). > > Interest in participating should be expressed by email to eitheror > all of > > Nick.Wenban-Smith(a)nominet.uk bruce.tonkin(a)auda.org.au > bart.boswinkel(a)icann.org > > keeping us in copy at ccNSO-techday(a)icann.org. > > If you are interested in presenting on any other topic, please email > us at ccNSO-techday(a)icann.org or reply to this email. > > We hope that you can join us and request that you disseminate this > Request to other lists where it might of interest. > > greetings, el > -- Eberhard W. Lisse \ /Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (retired) el(a)lisse.NA / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht\ / If this email is signed with GPG/PGP 10007, Namibia ;____/ Sect 20 of Act No. 4 of 2019 may apply

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FW: ROW14 agenda & registration
by Hollenbeck, Scott Sept. 23, 2025

Sept. 23, 2025

FYI, folks. Remember, the workshop is scheduled for next Tuesday the 30th. Scott From: 'Row' via Regiops <regiops(a)googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2025 7:43 AM Subject: [EXTERNAL] [regiops] ROW14 agenda & registration Caution: This email originated from outside the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. ROW14<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1FGeiw9amzg3JmN8pZKPdUcQ-WKH-_NNoNBqm2u4j-Upa7…> Register now! | September 30th, 2025 | 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Online Event The Program Committee<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1VuXiIxdyMpWjt0CKYlU24C98F_NoVU3q4IEjv3qZAJcvO…> is pleased to share the final agenda<https://secure-web.cisco.com/17yWS-FNuMlLLryBoC-B6WIe9-kj5E6fLgBNoJEbfams-J…> for ROW14, featuring insights into upcoming discussions and presentations. Presentation materials will be available on our website 24 hours before the session. Session recording will be posted within 24-48 hours after the event. 1. The Current State of RDAP - Andy Newton [ICANN] 2. Organization Validation PKI Certificate Automation with DNSSEC-Signed Attestations - Werner Staub [CORE Association] 3. An Update from the CENTR Registry Lock Task Force - Eric Skoglund [The Swedish Internet Foundation] 4. Provisioning Related Groups of Domain Objects in EPP - James Galvin [Identity Digital] 5. Towards an Industry Best Practice for DNSSEC Automation - Peter Thomassen [deSEC] 6. Domain Connect - a missing piece in DNS toolbox - Pawel Kowalik [DENIC eG] 7. Minimizing DNS Abuse in .lk Domains - A Balanced Approach Using Threat Intelligence and Domain Policies - Harsha Saparamadu [LK Domain Registry (.lk ccTLD)] 8. NIS2 Implementation in .at – Processes and EPP Extension - Alexander Mayrhofer [nic.at GmbH] 9. RDAP Bootstrap in Practice: Updates and Change Planning - James Mitchell [IANA] 10. Panel: Responsibly Bridging the Web2/Web3 Divide >>> Registration is required to enable participation! Attendance is free, but registration<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1SK2qcC4JTE560PYl2U1OJraxk0TwNfxRLhWst02Yt5CQY…> is required to receive Zoom login credentials. ROW events are open to all members of the domain name industry, including representatives from address, gTLD, and ccTLD registries, domain name registrars and resellers, second-level domain operators, academic institutions, and other interested stakeholders. >>> Workshop format To enhance engagement, this ROW session will place greater emphasis on the workshop aspect of the event. ••••••••• Each speaker will have 15 minutes for their presentation. The agenda includes two grouped Q&A sessions: o Q&A – Session A: For Presentations 1–5 (28 minutes) o Q&A – Session B: For Presentations 6–9 (28 minutes) ••••••••• The Panel session, planned at the end of the workshop, will explore various operational issues surrounding the responsible integration of Web3 domains into the existing public DNS infrastructure. The discussion, including panel questions and floor engagement, will be guided by our moderator as time permits. >>> Attendee Participation ••••••••••••••••••••• All attendees will be muted during the session. ••••••••• Please use the Zoom Q&A feature to submit questions or comments. ••••••••• Our session moderator will relay the questions to the speakers or may invite attendees to read their questions aloud. Unanswered questions will be addressed in the Q&A window or followed up by email after the session. >>> Zoom Here are some special tips if this is your first time using Zoom or you wish to get more familiar with its web conferencing capabilities: ••••••••• Download<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1FVXb0hLabXFV9ARGSRfInZ9P5YHZWjnf8Njkc7QLEFBNW…> the Zoom application to your computer or mobile phone or run Zoom from your web browser by navigating to join.zoom.us<http://secure-web.cisco.com/1WpHQXrzbzds-Ck5mDNf28WQIYNCa4E0vdct3WuUQon_ync…> and entering the meeting number and passcode. ••••••••• Want to try it out before ROW14? Join a Zoom test meeting<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1VB1gZOeAKcpH0It9egq2oCjiPdtwXjQNOkRhk4zw0jReB…> or access Zoom tutorials<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1wM50An4HHUjGQ5ihg-nRoK00nqMUJkladPntwGTSSseLV…>. If you have any questions, please contact us at: row(a)cofomo.com<mailto:row@cofomo.com>. Please feel free to share this message with other mailing lists and contacts who may find it relevant. We thank you and look forward to your participation! ROW Program Committee https://regiops.net<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1FGeiw9amzg3JmN8pZKPdUcQ-WKH-_NNoNBqm2u4j-Upa7…> Email: row(a)cofomo.com<mailto:row@cofomo.com> ROW mailing list: regiops(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:regiops@googlegroups.com> Connect with us: LinkedIn<https://secure-web.cisco.com/14S97RpTn-aFiKOZGaJCp6H1VPKmnIXZFaJzHQWWc25bHk…> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/ROWevents> | Bluesky<https://secure-web.cisco.com/13lI8G6s7T5Ig3swq9YvPaU5MHFVlEJW2ZAJ8JyUd0o3EL…> Event sponsored by Verisign<https://www.verisign.com/>, ICANN<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1Zrr4E4W7w-BC3CPVQ_Xe6tqDpzrrvNxbDE0kyNU4A-Dif…> & CIRA<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1SAWYBdvuxhep6ETGV1AB-AThbFz2cNOhYA4d8Cayp3ce3…> and organized by Cofomo<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1ZlT-E9CSUuKlrowftCAPfq1D8cD-D-Z027uhc21Fm2OlO…> Cross-posting to multiple lists - sorry for any duplicates. 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Call for Presentations Hybrid TechDay ICANN 84 Dublin
by Eberhard W Lisse Aug. 26, 2025

Aug. 26, 2025

vTechDay at ICANN 84 (Dublin) The ICANN Tech Working Group is again planning a technical workshop at the ICANN 84 meeting (Dublin) As the meeting will be hybrid so will be vTechDay which is currently penciled in for Monday, 2025-10-27 for blocks: Block 2 10:45 - 12:15 Block 3 13:15 - 14:30 Block 4 15:00 - 16:00 Block 5 16:30 - 17:30 All times are local (Dublin) time. We shall try to accommodate the time zone of virtual presenters in setting the agenda. The TechDay workshop has been a part of ICANN meetings since 2006 and has provided a forum for both experienced and new people to meet, present and discuss technical topics related to registry and DNS work and security. We are specially interested in: 1. DNSSEC 2. DNS Abuse Prevention and Mitigation Tools 3. Best (security) management practices, lines of defense, to protect Registries from bad actors, attacks or malware, or even reports of failures 4. Open Source Tools that have been found helpful a) We would in particular like to hear about git based DNS zone management, especially simple setups usable as example for other (smaller) (cc|g)TLDs. b) We would also like to hear about further RDAP client implementations for the command line, devices and libraries. If there are enough proposals we might have round tables. 5. In addition, we welcome suggestions for additional topics The ccNSO's DNS Abuse Committee has expressed an interest in organizng a round table looking at detection/end-to-end case studies from a (cc)TLD perspective and we are proposing Block 2 (ie 75 minutes (including the opening remarks)). Interest in participating should be expressed by email to eitheror all of Nick.Wenban-Smith(a)nominet.uk bruce.tonkin(a)auda.org.au bart.boswinkel(a)icann.org keeping us in copy at ccNSO-techday(a)icann.org. If you are interested in presenting on any other topic, please email us at ccNSO-techday(a)icann.org or reply to this email. We hope that you can join us and request that you disseminate this Request to other lists where it might of interest. greetings, el -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist el(a)lisse.NA / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht \ / If this email is signed with GPG/PGP 10007, Namibia ;____/ Sect 20 of Act No. 4 of 2019 may apply

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FW: ROW14 - Final Call for Proposals
by Hollenbeck, Scott July 31, 2025

July 31, 2025

Last call, folks! Scott From: Row <row(a)cofomo.com> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2025 11:55 AM Subject: [EXTERNAL] ROW14 - Final Call for Proposals Caution: This email originated from outside the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. ROW14 | September 30th, 2025 | 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Online Event The next Registration Operations Workshop<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1svjEsNWalm_Isqp6bX5pu8SZKWJfOBjWDedJ90QlNv0hp…> (ROW) will once again be held virtually, offering a broader platform for in-depth discussions on the technical aspects of registration operations within the Domain Name System. Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors - Verisign<https://www.verisign.com/>, ICANN<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1xEihnJFeMi45RRUUK1946jvrT8w1GH1goQ4St6hQn2u3A…> and CIRA<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1O1-LzJ18pv0TPIeLfPE6OB2ZgNVuT5N3zPB_7gR26oxAm…> - we look forward to our fourteenth edition (ROW14), featuring another engaging lineup of talks, panel discussions, and conversations with experts involved in domain name registration systems. LAST CALL for Presentation & Panel Proposals > Deadline August 15th, 2025 If you're interested in presenting, please submit a brief abstract summarizing your presentation and/or panel proposals to row(a)cofomo.com<mailto:row@cofomo.com> by August 15th. We will consider presenter time zones when organizing the agenda. We invite submissions guided by this non-exhaustive list of broad topics and welcome any discussions or suggestions for additional topics on the ROW's mailing list<mailto:regiops@googlegroups.com>: ********************* Operational impacts of provisioning protocol migration ********************* Examples of how AI is being used in the registration ecosystem ********************* RDAP implementation experience ********************* Implementation of NIS2 Directive ********************* Best practices for DNSSEC Key management ********************* DNS abuse (Global Signal Exchange, etc.) ********************* Topics relevant to EPP, RPKI and other protocols relevant to Registration Systems (Domain Connect protocol, etc.) ********************* Digital Identity topics (eIDAS, etc.) Registration is Required to Enable Participation While there is no fee to attend the Registration Operations Workshop, we encourage anyone interested in participating to register so that we can provide session login credentials. ROW events are open to all industry members, including address/gTLD/ccTLD registries, domain name registrars, resellers, second level domain registries, academia, and many more. Register<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1Ckeh2bwjqKZwkGlw3iAG_St1BM5aOFGRAMMhb_uGojQXF…> now for ROW14! ROW14 Important Dates ********************* Deadline to submit proposals: August 15th ********************* Program Committee to notify selected authors by: August 21st ********************* Expected agenda release date: September 2nd ********************* Speaker materials required by: September 23rd ********************* ROW14 event: September 30th, 13:00-17:00 UTC We hope that you can join us and look forward to receiving your proposals! Please feel free to share this message with other mailing lists and contacts who may find it relevant. Thank you. ROW Program Committee https://regiops.net<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1svjEsNWalm_Isqp6bX5pu8SZKWJfOBjWDedJ90QlNv0hp…> Email: row(a)cofomo.com<mailto:row@cofomo.com> ROW mailing list: regiops(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:regiops@googlegroups.com> Connect with us: LinkedIn<https://secure-web.cisco.com/12rXUishv4xa4fXfOts0TTc2jB0OWfIgRsJKf9P8gPqgdz…> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/ROWevents> | Bluesky<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1fJNAtZalJapodPidE1L98qrA92P5IebalgLaa8tk5ozHo…> Event sponsored by Verisign<https://www.verisign.com/>, ICANN<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1xEihnJFeMi45RRUUK1946jvrT8w1GH1goQ4St6hQn2u3A…> & CIRA<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1O1-LzJ18pv0TPIeLfPE6OB2ZgNVuT5N3zPB_7gR26oxAm…> and organized by Cofomo<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1PKFOxxjEG7nrohVeuPOgC8MCWz_6hFKWm_Bohf7d4mpuc…> Cross-posting to multiple lists - sorry for any duplicates. To stop receiving ROW updates, please reply 'unsubscribe' to this email.

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FW: Launch of the RST v2.0 Service
by Gustavo Lozano Ibarra July 30, 2025

July 30, 2025

Hello Colleagues, You may find the following email of interest to you. Regards, Gustavo From: ICANN Global Support <noreply-globalsupport(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 10:50 Subject: Launch of the RST v2.0 Service Dear Colleagues, Further to our previous communications, ICANN org is providing this update on the status of the Registry System Testing (RST) v2.0 service. Following a “beta” phase, the production RST v2.0 environment has now been launched. This environment differs from the Operational Testing and Evaluation (OT&E) environment in that it will be used to test the registry systems of applicants in the Registry Service Provider (RSP) Evaluation Program. As such, the RSP Portal will create and configure the test objects defining the TLD(s) and registry functions being tested (in OT&E, users are free to configure these as needed). ICANN org is currently testing the integration between the RSP portal and RST systems. This is expected to be completed by 11 August 2025. After this date, applicants will have the opportunity to begin production RST testing once applicants have cleared technical screening. Although the RST v2.0 service has undergone extensive testing (both by ICANN org and by OT&E users), if you discover an issue with either environment that is not listed in the section Known Issues<https://www.icann.org/en/contracted-parties/registry-operators/registry-sys…> of the RST v2.0 page<https://www.icann.org/en/contracted-parties/registry-operators/registry-sys…>, please report the issue to ICANN’s Global Support via the Naming Services portal or by emailing globalsupport(a)icann.org<mailto:globalsupport@icann.org>. More information about the RST v2.0 service, including the process for requesting access to OT&E, may be found on the RST v2.0 page on the ICANN website: https://www.icann.org/en/contracted-parties/registry-operators/registry-sys… To request access to the OT&E environment, users must first complete the steps listed<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registry-system-testing-v2-2024-10-23…> on the page above. Best regards, Technical Services Team Global Domains and Strategy Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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(no hat) translations needed for rdapper RDAP client
by Gavin Brown July 28, 2025

July 28, 2025

Greetings, Separately from my day jobm I maintain an open source RDAP client called rdapper: https://github.com/gbxyz/rdapper I have recently added localization support, and am in need of translations of the .po files that it uses. If that's something you can help with, instructions can be found here: https://metacpan.org/pod/App::rdapper::l10n Thanks, and apologies for the cross post! Gavin.

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.top zonefile empty as of 2025-06-04
by Alex Edelchteine July 9, 2025

July 9, 2025

Hello, The latest .top zonefile is empty, are there any issues with it? Thanks Alex

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FW: ROW14 - Call for proposals & registrations
by Hollenbeck, Scott June 24, 2025

June 24, 2025

FYI, folks. Please note that the topic list described below isn’t exclusive. Any topic focused on registry operations is in scope. Scott From: 'Row' via Regiops <regiops(a)googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 7:20 AM Subject: [EXTERNAL] [regiops] ROW14 - Call for proposals & registrations Caution: This email originated from outside the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. ROW14 Call for Proposals & Registrations NOW OPEN | September 30th, 2025 | 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Online Event Registration Process is NOW OPEN! Join us to present and discuss technical topics related to real world experiences of implementing registration operations, including RDAP, EPP, WHOIS, RPKI, Registry Lock, and much more. The Registration Operations Workshop (ROW) events are open to all industry members, including address/gTLD/ccTLD registries, domain name registrars, resellers, second level domain registries, academia, and many more. Register<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1058M07m_hSpE1qb7NtiFkNKXYyEraLdTLShawfzphkkc8…> now to secure your spot and get the latest updates! Attendance is free, but registration is required to receive your conference login credentials. Call for Presentation & Panel Proposals is OPEN! Please submit a brief abstract outlining your presentation or panel proposal to row(a)cofomo.com<mailto:row@cofomo.com> by August 15th. We will consider presenter time zones when organizing the agenda. We invite submissions guided by this non-exhaustive list of broad topics and welcome any discussions or suggestions for additional topics on ROW’s mailing list<mailto:regiops@googlegroups.com>. • Operational impacts of provisioning protocol migration • Examples of how AI is being used in the registration ecosystem • RDAP implementation experience • Implementation of NIS2 Directive • Best practices for DNSSEC Key management • DNS abuse (Global Signal Exchange, etc.) • Topics relevant to EPP, RPKI and other protocols relevant to Registration Systems (Domain Connect protocol, etc.) • Digital Identity topics (eIDAS, etc.) ROW14 Important Dates! • Deadline to submit proposals: August 15th • Program Committee to notify selected authors by August 21st • Expected agenda release date: September 2nd • Speaker materials required by September 23rd • ROW14 event: September 30th, 13:00-17:00 UTC We hope that you can join us and look forward to receiving your proposals! Please feel free to share this message with other mailing lists and contacts who may find it relevant. Thank you. ROW Program Committee https://regiops.net<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1mH9LHa7jYQ7c9xUapo9Y6XH1R6t28Vp_e77wdH_2xCS-V…> Email: row(a)cofomo.com<mailto:row@cofomo.com> ROW mailing list: regiops(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:regiops@googlegroups.com> Connect with us: LinkedIn<https://secure-web.cisco.com/13mGVRahqlxp3PJ7G9fXtY0NUaneqYHNLPuTSFw4ZYqz2i…> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/ROWevents> | Bluesky<https://secure-web.cisco.com/19cKpzi8Z5V1l5sgvz1x21zuGKk9DwGgutzzsADRHEn-Q6…> Event sponsored by Verisign<https://www.verisign.com/>, ICANN<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1sZ4rKmH81yL3_SQJUL2P33W2PY07YTNp10jrROICNilXK…> & CIRA<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1b5o5wOOl0Fdd7BPho8MvOiFzl-_O5QCIeXlaFJNgVNalJ…> and organized by Cofomo<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1PcCeg3P5CVsexnpEbxSl0jFIWDiUxP0WQHU6saVNo6glW…> Cross-posting to multiple lists - sorry for any duplicates. To stop receiving ROW updates, please reply ‘unsubscribe’ to this email. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Regiops" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to regiops+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:regiops+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/regiops/YT4P288MB0333BBF70E25400954909ED1…<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1Atu76wNi379LwJzP2FV1E5VJ1iFGZHAnY659Cf_D4FKdQ…>.

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Root Zone DNSSEC Operational Update
by Wessels, Duane June 10, 2025

June 10, 2025

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Verisign, in its role as the root zone ZSK operator, is transitioning to a new Hardware Security Module (HSM) product for the root zone's Zone Signing Key (ZSK). The current HSM vendor, Ultra Intelligence & Communications, has announced their KeyperPLUS will no longer be supported by them. Verisign will use an HSM product from Thales for the root zone ZSK going forward. On July 1, 2025 we will begin using the Thales HSM to sign the root zone on a daily basis. Although we anticipate this will be a seamless change for end users and anticipate no problems, prudence dictates that we need a backout plan, should it become necessary. As part of our backout plan, we will be post-publishing the previous quarter's ZSK for a longer than normal period of time. Normally, following a quarterly ZSK rollover, the previous key is post-published for a period of 10 days. As part of our HSM transition, we will instead post-publish the previous ZSK for a period of 80 days. This provides ample time to remediate any issues that may arise as part of this transition, and should it become necessary, to revert to using the old HSM to sign the root zone. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEvEG6oyZuoN5HQhnubJmkaajAmI0FAmhGex8ACgkQbJmkaajA mI1MEQgAo5/CB0GHYJq+4EqPCecevajsAhjcr4NXxViKyU5K3E//DwR82LIC9p6T HWLY1C0tiFk2Sg/3FbxF2arnUVC9yPJHOI5y2O+AE/BJibSVCyEEse+CbQkVljEd peaHNkkqp96AGgJiZv1On+B63Nog4CBrGMRxD14J0IAZShGbFqDZLRo6VhTHCCf+ isea/+1LbAbe/r2lTbm72q3a5lt/br6yRl37MZAbsJh8PyOAQE54jcnMlypL3qlx VribLjYduQAyKfUgMfVOXOionoY8i+4u1Rce9GXC130jklW7KXsp4un0SCGT5ByV gQWK5Hz73A4039CiUtjm3WqoIILIcg== =kLWP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Call for Presentations Hybrid TechDay ICANN 83 Prague
by Dr Eberhard W Lisse June 5, 2025

June 5, 2025

As per our previous call we still have room on the agenda. Please also note that NIC.CZ is contemplating favorably our suggestion to have something like a Knot DNS Masterclass in addition to Techday. This would probably happen on Wednesday (2025-06-11) afternoon and as seats will be limited to around 30 we would like to have interested parties email to ccNSO-techday(a)icann.org (which is read by the organizers) as soon as possible. vTechDay at ICANN 83 (Prague) The ICANN Tech Working Group is again planning a technical workshop at the ICANN 83 meeting (Prague) As the meeting will be hybrid so will be vTechDay which is currently penciled in for Monday, 2025-06-09 for blocks: Block 1 09:00 - 10:15 am local time / 07:00 - 08:15 UTC Block 2 10:45 - 12:15 pm local time / 08:45 - 10:15 UTC We shall try to accommodate the time zone of virtual presenters in setting the agenda. The TechDay workshop has been a part of ICANN meetings since 2006 and has provided a forum for both experienced and new people to meet, present and discuss technical topics related to registry and DNS work and security. We are specially interested in: 1. DNSSEC 2. DNS Abuse Prevention and Mitigation Tools 3. Best (security) management practices, lines of defense, to protect Registries from bad actors, attacks or malware, or even reports of failures 4. Open Source Tools that have been found helpful a) We would in particular like to hear about git based DNS zone management, especially simple setups usable as example for other (smaller) (cc|g)TLDs. b) We would also like to hear about further RDAP client implementations for the command line, devices and libraries. If there are enough proposals we might have round tables. 5. In addition, we welcome suggestions for additional topics If you are interested in presenting, please email us at ccNSO-techday(a)icann.org or reply to this email. We hope that you can join us and request that you disseminate this Request to other lists where it might of interest. greetings, el -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist el(a)lisse.NA / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht \ / If this email is signed with GPG/PGP 10007, Namibia ;____/ Sect 20 of Act No. 4 of 2019 may apply

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Fwd: Update on RST v2.0 OT&E environment
by Gavin Brown April 22, 2025

April 22, 2025

Greetings, ICANN recently sent the communication below to existing Registry Operators, Registry Service Providers, and applicants to the RSP Evaluation Program, but I am sharing here as I think it will be of interest to people on this mailing list. Regards, Begin forwarded message: From: ICANN Global Support <noreply-globalsupport(a)icann.org> Subject: Update on RST v2.0 OT&E environment Date: 17 April 2025 at 20:32:10 BST To: tech-services <tech-services(a)icann.org> [PNG image.png] Dear Colleagues, Further to our previous communications, ICANN is providing this update on the status of the Registry System Testing (RST) v2.0 service. As previously announced, initial development was completed for 100% of the test cases in February 2025, with the exception of support for the gTLD Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Profile 2024 that is planned to be added in CYQ3 2025. The service is currently in “beta”. ICANN org is continuing to carry out internal testing to ensure the service meets the community’s expectations of quality and reliability, but current and prospective Registry Operators and Registry Service Providers (RSPs) are encouraged to onboard onto the Operational Test & Evaluation (OT&E) environment as soon as possible, to integrate with the RST-API and test their registry systems against the new test plans. This will ensure that production RSP evaluation tests can be completed smoothly and without delay. The RST system is expected to remain in beta until the end of July 2025, rather than the originally planned March 2025 timeline, as ICANN org continues to address bugs and enhances system stability for production readiness. Currently, ICANN org does not consider that this delay will affect the New gTLD Program: Next Round critical path nor the start of technical testing in the RSP Evaluation Program. We understand that RSP applicants could be affected if their RSP's platforms do not conform with technical specifications and find out about this in the OT&E environment close to when technical testing starts. To mitigate the potential scenario for RSP applicants described above, ICANN org has updated the RST v2.0 web page with a list of known issues, which RSP applicants can consult when troubleshooting the results of tests carried out in the OT&E environment to understand if a test failed or is a known issue. ICANN org will regularly update this page as issues are fixed or new issues are identified. If you discover an issue with the OT&E environment that is not listed in the section Known Issues<https://www.icann.org/resources/registry-system-testing-v2.0/#Known-issues> of the RST v2.0 page<https://www.icann.org/resources/registry-system-testing-v2.0>, please submit it to ICANN’s Global Support via the Naming Services portal or by emailing globalsupport(a)icann.org<mailto:globalsupport@icann.org>. More information about the RST v2.0 service, including the process for requesting access, may be found on the new RST v2.0 page on the ICANN website: https://www.icann.org/resources/registry-system-testing-v2.0 To request access to the OT&E environment, users must first complete the steps listed on the page above. Best regards, Technical Services Team Global Domains and Strategy Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers -- Gavin Brown Principal Engineer, Global Domains & Strategy Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) https://www.icann.org

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FW: ROW14 - Call for proposals
by Hollenbeck, Scott April 3, 2025

April 3, 2025

FYI, folks! Scott From: 'Row' via Regiops <regiops(a)googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2025 7:20 AM To: 'Row' via Regiops <regiops(a)googlegroups.com> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [regiops] ROW14 - Call for proposals Caution: This email originated from outside the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. <https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r03/___https:/regiops.net/___.YzFjOmNvZm9…> ROW14 Call for Proposals is Now Open! | September 30th, 2025 | Zoom Video Conference Since 2014, the Registration Operations Workshop (ROW)<https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r03/___https:/regiops.net/___.YzFjOmNvZm9…>, supported by our sponsors Verisign<https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r03/___https:/verisign.com/___.YzFjOmNvZm…> and ICANN<https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r03/___https:/icann.org/___.YzFjOmNvZm9tb…>, and more recently CIRA<https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r03/___https:/www.cira.ca/en/___.YzFjOmNv…>, brings together industry professionals—such as address/gTLD/ccTLD registries, domain name registrars, resellers, and second level domain registries—to share and discuss technical topics related to real-world experiences of implementing registration operations (RDAP, EPP, WHOIS, RPKI, Registry Lock, and many more). See all ROW events at: https://regiops.net/events<https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r03/___https:/regiops.net/events___.YzFjO…> The Program Committee is now accepting proposals for ROW14 and encourages you to submit a brief abstract outlining your presentation or panel proposal to row(a)cofomo.com<mailto:row@cofomo.com> by August 15th, 2025. We invite submissions guided by this non-exhaustive list of broad topics and welcome any discussions or suggestions for additional topics on ROW’s mailing list: regiops(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:regiops@googlegroups.com> ••••••••••••••••••••• Operational impacts of provisioning protocol migration * Examples of how AI is being used in the registration ecosystem * RDAP implementation experience ••••••••••••••••••••• Implementation of NIS2 Directive * Best practices for DNSSEC Key management * DNS abuse (Global Signal Exchange, etc.) * Topics relevant to EPP, RPKI and other protocols relevant to Registration Systems (Domain Connect protocol, etc.) * Digital Identity topics (eIDAS, etc.) The Program Committee will inform selected authors by August 21st, 2025. Checkout other ROW14 important dates at: https://regiops.net<https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r03/___https:/regiops.net/___.YzFjOmNvZm9…>. We look forward to receiving your proposals. Please feel free to share this call for proposals with other mailing lists and contacts who may find it relevant. Thank you. ROW Program Committee regiops.net<https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r03/___http:/regiops.net/___.YzFjOmNvZm9t…> | row(a)cofomo.com<mailto:row@cofomo.com> | regiops(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:regiops@googlegroups.com> <https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r03/___https:/twitter.com/ROWevents___.Yz…> <https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r03/___https:/bsky.app/profile/regiops.bs…> <https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r03/___https:/www.linkedin.com/company/re…> This event is sponsored by Verisign<https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r03/___https:/www.verisign.com/___.YzFjOm…>, ICANN<https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r03/___https:/www.icann.org/___.YzFjOmNvZ…> & CIRA<https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r03/___https:/www.cira.ca/en/___.YzFjOmNv…> and organized by Cofomo<https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r03/___https:/www.cofomo.com/___.YzFjOmNv…>. Cross-posting to multiple lists - sorry for any duplicates. To stop receiving ROW updates, please reply ‘unsubscribe’ to this email. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Regiops" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to regiops+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:regiops+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/regiops/YT4P288MB0333327B5B68C660E4763002…<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1xuR1nF7Shhn2Mn0TKBioxMoF0p1zcYQ6XSZGqwa2UMML4…>.

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Call for Presentations Hybrid TechDay ICANN 83 Prague
by Eberhard W Lisse March 31, 2025

March 31, 2025

vTechDay at ICANN 83 (Prague) The ICANN Tech Working Group is again planning a technical workshop at the ICANN 83 meeting (Prague) As the meeting will be hybrid so will be vTechDay which is currently penciled in for Monday, 2025-06-09 for blocks: Block 1 09:00 - 10:15 am local time / 07:00 - 08:15 UTC Block 2 10:45 - 12:15 pm local time / 08:45 - 10:15 UTC We shall try to accommodate the time zone of virtual presenters in setting the agenda. The TechDay workshop has been a part of ICANN meetings since 2006 and has provided a forum for both experienced and new people to meet, present and discuss technical topics related to registry and DNS work and security. We are specially interested in: 1. DNSSEC 2. DNS Abuse Prevention and Mitigation Tools 3. Best (security) management practices, lines of defense, to protect Registries from bad actors, attacks or malware, or even reports of failures 4. Open Source Tools that have been found helpful a) We would in particular like to hear about git based DNS zone management, especially simple setups usable as example for other (smaller) (cc|g)TLDs. b) We would also like to hear about further RDAP client implementations for the command line, devices and libraries. If there are enough proposals we might have round tables. 5. In addition, we welcome suggestions for additional topics If you are interested in presenting, please email us at ccNSO-techday(a)icann.org or reply to this email. We hope that you can join us and request that you disseminate this Request to other lists where it might of interest. greetings, el -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist el(a)lisse.NA / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht \ / If this email is signed with GPG/PGP 10007, Namibia ;____/ Sect 20 of Act No. 4 of 2019 may apply

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Fwd: RST v2.0 beta reaches 100% coverage of test cases
by Gavin Brown March 3, 2025

March 3, 2025

Greetings, ICANN recently sent the communication below to existing Registry Operators and Registry Service Providers, but I am sharing here as I think it will be of interest to people on this mailing list. Regards, > Begin forwarded message: > > From: ICANN Global Support <noreply-globalsupport(a)icann.org> > Subject: RST v2.0 beta reaches 100% coverage of test cases > Date: 28 February 2025 at 17:48:42 GMT > To: tech-services <tech-services(a)icann.org> > > Dear Colleagues, > > ICANN is pleased to announce that initial development was completed for 100% of the test cases in the Registry System Testing (RST) v2.0. These test cases are now available in the Operational Testing & Evaluation (OT&E) environment. > > If you are interested in participating as a Registry Service Provider in the New gTLD Program: Next Round[1], you are encouraged to onboard into the OT&E environment for the new service to: > > * Integrate into the new Registry System Testing API (RST-API) and, > * Ensure the readiness of registry systems for production RST during the RSP Evaluation Program and Pre-Delegation Testing of TLDs during the New gTLD Program: Next Round. > > In the future, RST v2.0 will replace version 1.0 of the RST System which traces back its origin to the original Pre-Delegation Testing system established for the 2012 round of the New gTLD Program. Processes such as the Material Subcontracting Arrangement (MSA) Change may require current gTLDs to go through RST. Current Registry Operators (ROs) and Registry Service Providers (RSPs) are invited to onboard into the OT&E in preparation for when RST v2.0 replaces RST v1.0. More information about the timeline of the RST 2.0 transition will be shared in the coming months, and it’s envisioned that ICANN org will provide a six-month advance notice before transitioning to RST 2.0 for current gTLDs. > > During ICANN 82, ICANN org will host an interactive session on the Registry Service Provider (RSP) Evaluation Program[2] and Registry System Testing (RST) 2.0[3]. If interested, please join us at: https://icann82.sched.com/event/1vpd5/learn-about-evaluation-and-testing-fo… > > More information about the RST v2.0 service, including the process for requesting access to the OT&E, may be found on the new RST v2.0 page on the ICANN website: > > https://www.icann.org/resources/registry-system-testing-v2.0/ > > If you have additional questions, please contact ICANN’s Global Support via the Naming Services portal or by emailing globalsupport(a)icann.org. > > Best regards, > > Technical Services Team > Global Domains and Strategy > Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers [1] https://newgtldprogram.icann.org/en [2] https://newgtldprogram.icann.org/en/application-rounds/round2/rsp [3] https://www.icann.org/resources/registry-system-testing-v2.0 -- Gavin Brown Principal Engineer, Global Domains & Strategy Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) https://www.icann.org

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3rd Call for Presentations Hybrid TechDay ICANN 82 Seattle
by Eberhard W Lisse Feb. 18, 2025

Feb. 18, 2025

We are having a number of open slots. el vTechDay at ICANN 82 (Seattle) The ICANN Tech Working Group is again planning a technical workshop at the ICANN 82 meeting (Seattle) As the meeting will be hybrid so will be vTechDay which is currently penciled in for Monday, 2024-11-11 for four blocks: Block 2 10:45-12:00 Block 3 13:15-14:30 Block 4 15:00-16:00 Block 5 16:30-17:30 We shall try to accommodate the time zone of virtual presenters in setting the agenda. The TechDay workshop has been a part of ICANN meetings since 2006 and has provided a forum for both experienced and new people to meet, present and discuss technical topics related to registry and DNS work and security. We are specially interested in: 1. DNSSEC 2. DNS Abuse Prevention and Mitigation Tools 3. Best (security) management practices, lines of defense, to protect Registries from bad actors, attacks or malware, or even reports of failures 4. Open Source Tools that have been found helpful 5. In addition, we welcome suggestions for additional topics If you are interested in presenting, please email us at ccNSO-techday(a)icann.org or reply to this email. We hope that you can join us and request that you disseminate this Request to other lists where it might of interest. greetings, el -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist el(a)lisse.NA / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht \ / If this email is signed with GPG/PGP 10007, Namibia ;____/ Sect 20 of Act No. 4 of 2019 may apply

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2nd Call for Presentations Hybrid TechDay ICANN 82 Seattle
by Dr Eberhard W Lisse Feb. 6, 2025

Feb. 6, 2025

vTechDay at ICANN 82 (Seattle) The ICANN Tech Working Group is again planning a technical workshop at the ICANN 82 meeting (Seattle) As the meeting will be hybrid so will be vTechDay which is currently penciled in for Monday, 2024-11-11 for four blocks: Block 2 10:45-12:00 Block 3 13:15-14:30 Block 4 15:00-16:00 Block 5 16:30-17:30 We shall try to accommodate the time zone of virtual presenters in setting the agenda. The TechDay workshop has been a part of ICANN meetings since 2006 and has provided a forum for both experienced and new people to meet, present and discuss technical topics related to registry and DNS work and security. We are specially interested in: 1. DNSSEC 2. DNS Abuse Prevention and Mitigation Tools 3. Best (security) management practices, lines of defense, to protect Registries from bad actors, attacks or malware, or even reports of failures 4. Open Source Tools that have been found helpful 5. In addition, we welcome suggestions for additional topics If you are interested in presenting, please email us at ccNSO-techday(a)icann.org or reply to this email. We hope that you can join us and request that you disseminate this Request to other lists where it might of interest. greetings, el -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist el(a)lisse.NA / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht \ / If this email is signed with GPG/PGP 10007, Namibia ;____/ Sect 20 of Act No. 4 of 2019 may apply

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ICANN Update: Launching RDAP; Sunsetting WHOIS
by Andy Newton Jan. 27, 2025

Jan. 27, 2025

HI all, Regarding the WHOIS sunset, the ICANN announcement “ICANN Update: Launching RDAP; Sunsetting WHOIS” can be here: https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-update-launching-rdap-… The contents are below: As of 28 January 2025, the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) will be the definitive source for delivering generic top-level domain name (gTLD) registration information in place of sunsetted WHOIS services. RDAP offers several advantages over WHOIS including support for internationalization, secure access to data, authoritative service discovery, and the ability to provide differentiated access to registration data. RDAP was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force. RDAP has been offered by ICANN-accredited registrars and gTLDs since 2019. Users are encouraged to utilize ICANN's RDAP-based Lookup service at https://lookup.icann.org/en or ICANN's open-source command-line client hosted on GitHub. A list of other client implementations may be found on this page. To request access to nonpublic gTLD registration data, use the Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) for participating registrars or contact the sponsoring registrar directly to determine their disclosure process. Please make sure you have first checked that the data is unavailable through the ICANN Lookup tool. The RDRS is intended for use by those with a legitimate interest in nonpublic data like law enforcement, intellectual property professionals, consumer protection advocates, cybersecurity professionals, and government officials. -- Andy Newton Principal Engineer GDS Technical Services, ICANN

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Call for Presentations Hybrid TechDay ICANN 82 Seattle
by Dr Eberhard W Lisse Jan. 20, 2025

Jan. 20, 2025

vTechDay at ICANN 82 (Seattle) The ICANN Tech Working Group is again planning a technical workshop at the ICANN 82 meeting (Seattle) As the meeting will be hybrid so will be vTechDay which is currently penciled in for Monday, 2024-11-11 for four blocks: Block 2 10:45-12:00 Block 3 13:15-14:30 Block 4 15:00-16:00 Block 5 16:30-17:30 We shall try to accommodate the time zone of virtual presenters in setting the agenda. The TechDay workshop has been a part of ICANN meetings since 2006 and has provided a forum for both experienced and new people to meet, present and discuss technical topics related to registry and DNS work and security. We are specially interested in: 1. DNSSEC 2. DNS Abuse Prevention and Mitigation Tools 3. Best (security) management practices, lines of defense, to protect Registries from bad actors, attacks or malware, or even reports of failures 4. Open Source Tools that have been found helpful 5. In addition, we welcome suggestions for additional topics If you are interested in presenting, please email us at ccNSO-techday(a)icann.org or reply to this email. We hope that you can join us and request that you disseminate this Request to other lists where it might of interest. greetings, el -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist el(a)lisse.NA / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht \ / If this email is signed with GPG/PGP 10007, Namibia ;____/ Sect 20 of Act No. 4 of 2019 may apply

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