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[REMINDER] [Webinar] Universal Acceptance of Arabic Script Based Domain Names and Email Addresses
by Fahd Batayneh June 11, 2020

June 11, 2020

Friends and Colleagues, Please see below invitation from Nadira Al Araj and Tijani Ben Jemaa, co-chairs of the Middle East Space, to attend the next edition of the Middle East Space. Thank you, Fahd Dear all, Within the scope of the Middle East Space virtual program, we cordially invite you to attend the following webinar: Title: Universal Acceptance of Arabic Script Based Domain Names and Email Addresses Date and Time: Wednesday 15 April 2020 at 10.00 – 11.15 AM UTC Where: Zoom at https://icann.zoom.us/j/914088272 The webinar will be delivered in Arabic and English with live interpretation available. If you wish to tune in to the Arabic channel, you can login to the Zoom room and connect your audio directly. But if you wish to listen and speak in English, you will have to dial-in using one of the dial-in numbers at https://www.adigo.com/icann and enter 9001 when prompted. More can be found here >> https://features.icann.org/event/icann-speaking-events/universal-acceptance…. We look forward to seeing you online. Thank you, Nadira Al Araj and Tijani Ben Jemaa Middle East Space Co-Chairs

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[Webinar Recording] Universal Acceptance of Arabic Script Based Domain Names and Email Addresses
by Fahd Batayneh May 8, 2020

May 8, 2020

Friends and Colleagues, For those who had interest in attending the webinar yet could not attend, you can access the recording of the webinar as follows: Arabic • https://icann.zoom.us/rec/share/xN1IBI3A5lFIX6_k6EaOZI57GYHfT6a82igarvAMyU1… English • http://ftp.adigo.com/clients/icann/20200415_Middle_East_Space_Universal_Acc… Thank you, Fahd Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 10:39 AM Subject: [Webinar] Universal Acceptance of Arabic Script Based Domain Names and Email Addresses Friends and Colleagues, Please see below invitation from Nadira Al Araj and Tijani Ben Jemaa, co-chairs of the Middle East Space, to attend the next edition of the Middle East Space. Thank you, Fahd Dear all, Within the scope of the Middle East Space virtual program, we cordially invite you to attend the following webinar: Title: Universal Acceptance of Arabic Script Based Domain Names and Email Addresses Date and Time: Wednesday 15 April 2020 at 10.00 – 11.15 AM UTC Where: Zoom at https://icann.zoom.us/j/914088272<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.zoom.us_j_914088…> The webinar will be delivered in Arabic and English with live interpretation available. If you wish to tune in to the Arabic channel, you can login to the Zoom room and connect your audio directly. But if you wish to listen and speak in English, you will have to dial-in using one of the dial-in numbers at https://www.adigo.com/icann<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.adigo.com_icann&d=…> and enter 9001 when prompted. More can be found here >> https://features.icann.org/event/icann-speaking-events/universal-acceptance…. We look forward to seeing you online. Thank you, Nadira Al Araj and Tijani Ben Jemaa Middle East Space Co-Chairs

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ME Space virtual activities
by Tijani BEN JEMAA May 8, 2020

May 8, 2020

Dear all, As you all know, the ME Space can’t be convened face to face due to the Corona Virus pandemic, and this situation may last for long time. We thought we can undertake remote activities that may replace our face to face work during this period to achieve our objective which is to make the voice of our region heard for all important issues at ICANN. Therefore, Nadira and myself, with the strong support of Baher and Fahd, we propose to address the Universal Acceptance under the angle of Arabic script e-mail addresses and prepare a statement to be discussed virtually in a teleconference, modified if necessary, adopted and sent to the ICANN Board and the UASG. But before that, and to permit to our community members to better understand the UA in general and the Arabic script for e-mail addresses in particular, a webinar will be organized with 3 experts who will present all aspects of the topic. This whole process will start on 15 April at 10:00 UTC by the webinar. A detailed mail will be sent soon with all information (speakers, zoom, agenda, etc.). Best Nadira AL ARAJ & Tijani BEN JEMAA ME Space co-chairs

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[Webinar Recording] Understanding DNS over TLS (DoT) and DNS over HTTPS (DoH)
by Fahd Batayneh April 27, 2020

April 27, 2020

Friends and Colleagues, If you are interested in the recording of this webinar, the Zoom room recording can be accessed here >> https://icann.zoom.us/rec/share/-8JRNoPc-z9Of7eUwW3cGfEYHLy6aaa8hCkb-vIOnh3…. Please reach out to me for the webinar password offlist. You are also more than welcome to share this recording with your colleagues and contacts. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh Stakeholder Engagement Senior Manager, Middle East Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) E: fahd.batayneh(a)icann.org<mailto:fahd.batayneh@icann.org> W: http://icann.org/ Date: Sunday, April 26, 2020 at 10:58 AM Subject: [Webinar] Understanding DNS over TLS (DoT) and DNS over HTTPS (DoH) Friends and Colleagues, You are cordially invited to attend a webinar entitled “Understanding DNS over TLS (DoT) and DNS over HTTPS (DoH)”. The webinar takes place on Monday 27 April 2020 at 13.00 – 14.00 UTC. Kindly register your interest to attend the webinar here >> https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYofu6qpzIjGdZxe8nKSLUUBa20siKttOAy. Once you register, you will receive instructions on how to join the call. More on the agenda and other details here >> https://features.icann.org/event/icann-speaking-events/webinar-middle-east-…. We look forward to seeing you online. And please feel free to share this invite with friends and colleagues who might be interested. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh Global Stakeholder Engagement – Middle East ICANN

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[REMINDER][Webinar] Understanding DNS over TLS (DoT) and DNS over HTTPS (DoH)
by Fahd Batayneh April 26, 2020

April 26, 2020

Friends and Colleagues, You are cordially invited to attend a webinar entitled “Understanding DNS over TLS (DoT) and DNS over HTTPS (DoH)”. The webinar takes place on Monday 27 April 2020 at 13.00 – 14.00 UTC. Kindly register your interest to attend the webinar here >> https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYofu6qpzIjGdZxe8nKSLUUBa20siKttOAy. Once you register, you will receive instructions on how to join the call. More on the agenda and other details here >> https://features.icann.org/event/icann-speaking-events/webinar-middle-east-…. We look forward to seeing you online. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh Global Stakeholder Engagement – Middle East ICANN

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FW: ICANN Announces Webinar to Discuss New Funding Projections Based on Economic Impact of COVID-19
by Fahd Batayneh April 25, 2020

April 25, 2020

These 2 identical webinars on New Funding Projections Based on Economic Impact of COVID-19 may be of interest to some. It takes place on Tuesday 28 April 2020 at 15.00 UTC and then at 23.00 UTC. Fahd Batayneh ICANN Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 8:41 PM Subject: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Announces Webinar to Discuss New Funding Projections Based on Economic Impact of COVID-19 ICANN Announces Webinar to Discuss New Funding Projections Based on Economic Impact of COVID-19 22 April 2020 LOS ANGELES – 20 APRIL 2020 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced today that it will hold two public webinars to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its current and planned work. ICANN org has recently developed new projections in ICANN's Revised Draft FY21-25 Operating and Financial Plan and Revised Draft FY21 Operating Plan and Budget, which will be presented during the webinars for information and discussion and will be proposed for adoption by the ICANN Board in early May. Please join one of the two scheduled informational webinars on 28 April 2020 to learn more about the impact of COVID-19 on ICANN's planned work as detailed in the Revised Draft FY21-25 Operating and Financial Plan and Revised Draft FY21 Operating Plan and Budget. ICANN welcomes the community's questions and comments. Webinar Information 28 April 2020 1500 – 1630 UTC https://icann.zoom.us/j/95689685323?pwd=YWdWK1VNZnJsVEVaeFpha05zN0t1QT09 2300 – 0030 UTC https://icann.zoom.us/j/99482978256?pwd=RUJyZU9USzFjOTA0dWcwOVNWY2ZqZz09 About ICANN ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.

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[Webinar] Understanding DNS over TLS (DoT) and DNS over HTTPS (DoH)
by Fahd Batayneh April 22, 2020

April 22, 2020

Friends and Colleagues, You are cordially invited to attend a webinar entitled “Understanding DNS over TLS (DoT) and DNS over HTTPS (DoH)”. The webinar takes place on Monday 27 April 2020 at 13.00 – 14.00 UTC. Kindly register your interest to attend the webinar here >> https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYofu6qpzIjGdZxe8nKSLUUBa20siKttOAy. Once you register, you will receive instructions on how to join the call. More on the agenda and other details here >> https://features.icann.org/event/icann-speaking-events/webinar-middle-east-…. We look forward to seeing you online. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh Global Stakeholder Engagement – Middle East ICANN

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[Paper] Analysis of the Effects of COVID-19 Related Lockdowns on IMRS Traffic
by Fahd Batayneh April 18, 2020

April 18, 2020

Friends and Colleagues, I trust this finds you well. A new paper entitled “Analysis of the Effects of COVID-19 Related Lockdowns on IMRS Traffic” has been released by ICANN’s Office of the CTO (OCTO). Restrictions during COVID-19-related lockdowns and school closures are expected to have a limited, but noticeable effect on the Domain Name System (DNS) traffic at ICANN Managed Root Servers (IMRS). ICANN’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) has studied the impact of a nationwide lockdown in France on changes in both traffic volume and composition to the four IMRS instances in France. The Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) Atlas probes showed that traffic for the French IMRS instances mostly originated in France. The lockdown in France started 17 March 2020 (week 12 of 2020). Traffic statistics for this week showed a 28% increase compared to the average of the previous 6 weeks. A comparative analysis was done between week 6 and week 12, and the following categories were compared: * Queries for existing top-level domains (TLDs) * Queries that originate from Chromium-based browsers * Queries for large TLDs * Queries for popular TLDs (.home, .lan, .corp, and .local) * All other queries Most categories had an increase in traffic, contributing to the overall increase. The largest category of queries originated from Chromium browsers, which remained at about one third of all received requests. Some categories grew faster than others. The largest percentage increase came from the four categories of popular nonexistent TLDs (.corp, .home, .lan and .local). This is likely due to people working more from home, as normally workers are congregated in offices using a set of resolvers that understand how to respond to .corp, .lan, and .local domains. Now, they are now more dispersed and working from home using resolvers that may not understand how to respond to these domains. This would also explain the increase in .home queries: more people using the Internet more often from their homes. The effects of nationwide lockdowns have had a limited, but noticeable effect on the DNS traffic at IMRS instances when observed at a country level. This increase in DNS traffic can be observed overall and the fact that no issues have arisen suggests that the DNS architecture is well suited to scale during remote work and increased use at home. Worth noting that the RIPE NCC Atlas probes were utilized to collect traffic data. You can access the paper here >> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/octo-008-en.pdf [PDF]. The full list of papers published by ICANN’s OCTO can be accessed here >> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/octo-publications-2019-05-24-en. Happy reading! Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN

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[Paper] Study of the Prevalence of DNS Queries for CORP, HOME, and MAIL
by Fahd Batayneh April 17, 2020

April 17, 2020

Friends and Colleagues, A new paper entitled “Study of the Prevalence of DNS Queries for CORP, HOME, and MAIL” has been released by ICANN’s Office of the CTO (OCTO). This work studies the prevalence of Domain Name System (DNS) queries for domains ending in the top-level labels CORP, HOME, and MAIL in traffic to the root servers over an extended period of time. The frequency of queries and the number of unique source addresses are measured and compared to queries for other non-existent domains. You can access the paper here >> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/octo-007-en.pdf [PDF]. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN

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[Webinar] Middle East Space - IDNs and Universal Acceptance from an Arabic Script Perspective
by Fahd Batayneh April 11, 2020

April 11, 2020

Friends and Colleagues, You are cordially invited to attend a webinar as part of our series of webinars around ICANN’s remit and the DNS. Title: Middle East Space - IDNs and UA from an Arabic Script Perspective Date and Time: Wednesday 15 April 2020 at 10.00 – 11.15 AM UTC Where: Zoom at https://icann.zoom.us/j/914088272 The webinar will be delivered in Arabic with live interpretation to English available. If you wish to tune in to the Arabic channel, you can login to the Zoom room and connect your audio directly. But if you wish to listen in English, you will have to dial-in using one of the dial-in numbers at https://www.adigo.com/icann and enter 9001 when prompted. We look forward to seeing you online. Thank you, Baher, Seher, and Fahd Global Stakeholder Engagement – Middle East ICANN

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