JAS has published “Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions” and it is open for public comments

Public comment page: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/name-collision-26feb14-en.htm

Report: http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/security/ssr/name-collision-mitigation-26feb14-en.pdf

Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/security/ssr/name-collision-mitigation-faqs-25feb14-en.pdf

ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) has published SAC064 “Advisory on Search List Processing” which bears directly on the name-collision issue

Report: https://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-064-en.pdf

The SSAC has also published SAC065 “Advisory on DDoS Attacks Leveraging DNS Infrastructure"

Report: https://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-065-en.pdf

All three of these reports should be of keen interest to people following this list — and need to be publicized more broadly

DATE	STRING	REGISTRY
5 March 2014	.OPR (xn--c1avg) – Russian for "organization/org"	Public Interest Registry
5 March 2014	.KOELN	NetCologne Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH
2 March 2014	.BID	dot Bid Limited
2 March 2014	.OKINAWA	BusinessRalliart Inc.
2 March 2014	.VOTE	Monolith Registry LLC
2 March 2014	.VOTO	Monolith Registry LLC

Description of the name-collision problem and link to mitigation research project -- http://www.haven2.com/index.php/archives/name-collision-research

ICANN's "Name Collision Resources and Information" page - http://www.icann.org/en/help/name-collision

ICANN's list of all delegated new gTLDs - http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings

ICANN’s list of scheduled “sunrise” and “trademark claims” periods for new gTLDs - http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/sunrise-claims-periods

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Follow this link if you would like to learn more about the Internet Service Provider and Connectivity Provider (ISPCP) constituency of ICANN’s Generic Name Supporting Organization (GNSO) — www.ispcp.info