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MIT Spam Conference Agenda Posted
by Garth Bruen at KnujOn March 15, 2009

March 15, 2009

Hello North American At-Large, Believe it or not, we are winning the spam war inch by inch. But this isn’t being through passive network security alone. Spam is not a random independent variable; it is deeply connected to other kinds of online abuse and crime that can only be thwarted by identifying the players and confronting them. It is with this spirit we are seeking to reinvigorate the anti-spam effort, move in a new direction, and develop a suite of tools based on collection, analysis and enforcement. You can be a part of the solution by joining us at the MIT Spam Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 26 and 27. The final list of accepted papers and agenda are now available (see: http://www.knujon.com/mit_spamconf2009.html#schedule) KnujOn’s Dr. Robert Bruen will be leading the discussion Thursday morning by detailing a cascade of anti-spam successes of the past year that started with he disclosure of massive abuse at a minority of providers and ended with the total shutdown of several of those providers. From this case we have been able to identify key policy failures in the Internet infrastructure and initiate policy-based corrections for those failures. A small cadre of dedicated professionals did this stunning work and continues to push against the tide of abuse and fraud. The discussion will follow with a charge from myself, Garth Bruen, to build on these successes with the help of new thought and expanded participation. The charge will encourage developers to create and rework anti-spam tools to utilize a set of positive principles that have guided our work on the problem, the first principle being: “Spam is not an impossible problem to solve.” The second principle is: “It is possible to collect and process every piece of spam email for proper enforcement.” Along with these principles and others we will map the policy structure and architecture to highlight places where new tools and proactive efforts could make a difference. The 14 brilliant presenters that follow KnujOn’s keynote are to present rigorous research and proposals that will set a new course for Anti-spam, one that is needed in our ever-expanding international network daily fraught with fresh criminal misdeeds. Be part of this discussion This conference is of interest to security professionals, network administrators, service providers, law enforcement, public policy developers, system engineers, software developers, consumer advocates, intellectual property attorneys, intelligence analysts, recruiters, product safety advocates, technology media, business development, venture capital, financial transaction specialists, and any other profession who wants a better Internet. Be sure to register so you can attend the Comcast-sponsored event Thursday night(it’s all free). Registration instructions: http://projects.csail.mit.edu/spamconf/ Sincerely, Garth Bruen ------------------------------------- Collect, analyze, enforce, repeat... Garth Bruen gbruen(a)knujon.com http://www.knujon.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/149/724 ICANN, Mexico City - March 1-6 http://mex.icann.org/ MIT Spam Conference, Cambridge Mass. - March 26-27 http://projects.csail.mit.edu/spamconf/ Dr. Robert Bruen at: MAAWG, San Francisco, CA - February 17-19 http://www.maawg.org/news/GeneralMeeting_Feb09/ RSA, San Francisco, CA - April 20-24 https://365.rsaconference.com/index.jspa Antispyware Coalition, Washington D.C. - May 19 http://www.antispywarecoalition.org/events/index.htm

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Re: [NA-Discuss] REMINDER: NARALO Teleconference Monday, March 16 at 19:00 UTC
by Alan Greenberg March 14, 2009

March 14, 2009

And for those of us that are time-zone impaired, with daylight savings, the Eastern NA zone is now only 4 hours behind UTC instead of 5. At 13/03/2009 08:28 PM, Heidi Ullrich wrote: >Dear All, > >This is to remind you that there is a NARALO teleconference >scheduled for Monday, March 16th at 19:00 UTC. >Please find the proposed agenda and participation information linked >to the meeting page at: > >https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?16_march_2009 > >Regards, > >Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella >Gruber-White, Marie-Helene Bouchoms >ICANN At-Large Staff >email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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REMINDER: NARALO Teleconference Monday, March 16 at 19:00 UTC
by Heidi Ullrich March 14, 2009

March 14, 2009

Dear All, This is to remind you that there is a NARALO teleconference scheduled for Monday, March 16th at 19:00 UTC. Please find the proposed agenda and participation information linked to the meeting page at: https://st.icann.org/naralo/index.cgi?16_march_2009 Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White, Marie-Helene Bouchoms ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org

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Presentation on Domain Abuse
by Glenn McKnight March 10, 2009

March 10, 2009

Hi Enclosed is a link to the shorten video of the discussion between Garth Bruen and a registrar during the session at ICANN on Domain Abuse http://blip.tv/file/1861100/ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNEGSlplT58&feature=channel_page This is only 5 minutes and I produced 10 minute video which I need to find out why it is shortening the video I have uploaded the entire podcast at the following sites with the slideshows http://www.slideshare.net/guest09d8443/registrars-and-abuse-of-domains and Http://www.archive.org Glenn -- Glenn McKnight 868 Corbetts Road Oshawa, Ontario L1K 2E1 905-434-6655 mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com

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Mexico City Video
by Glenn McKnight March 7, 2009

March 7, 2009

Hi Here is a short video of Mexico city attractions with a street noise, near the Hotel events in downtown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMpGGmh7KIY -- Glenn McKnight 868 Corbetts Road Oshawa, Ontario L1K 2E1 905-434-6655 mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com

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Evan's Closing speech
by Glenn McKnight March 7, 2009

March 7, 2009

>EVAN LEIBOVITCH: The counter is already going before I even get up. Maybe that's a sign. (No translation to scribes) it's a pleasure to be here with you at the At-Large Summit -- the planning and the staging of the first-ever global gathering of ICANN's public constituency. Soon after my ALS was first recruited to join ICANN At Large about two years ago, I was exposed to a diversity of opinions and emotions about ICANN, most of which I was not prepared for. It was curiosity and confusion, augmented by an unusual amount of cynicism. My first meeting, in San Juan, was what I considered to be the birth place of the current At Large, for it was the first time that every region had formalized and we finally had an ALAC that was mainly elected by and representative of the community. Between then and now, I've come to see that the vision that created the at-large infrastructure was, complex though it may be, it is the best long-term path to providing ICANN with high-quality, diverse, and genuine direction. In the six days that have just passed, I've come to see that that vision is in the right hands. In the time I've been involved, the ALAC has evolved dramatically. As an example, two years ago, I would have told you that AGP actually means a graphics card that you would put in a PC. In the time since then, I've come to know it as something also called the add-grace period, a seemingly benign tool with few equivalents in the normal world of business. At Large had witnessed that the AGP had become the core of a particularly nasty form of name space abuse, domain tasting. It was At Large that identified the tasting as contrary to the public interest, initiated processes to study it, and eventually drove measures that would ultimately lead to a dramatic reduction in its use. Since then, At Large and its representative ALAC have become increasingly involved in other areas of ICANN policy. We have become a primary supporter of Internationalized Domain Names as well as IPv6. We've asserted ourselves into the domain on WHOIS data accuracy and also into gTLD creation. We continue to study the various parts of the RAA, to identify areas of domain abuse, of registrant abuse, and especially of end user abuse. We're holding ICANN increasingly accountable as to its transparency, its enforcement activities, and its respect for the rights and needs of registrants and the billions of Internet users worldwide. The level of maturity, enthusiasm, and talent evident within At Large has clearly been evident in the events being held this past week in this, our first-ever summit. In workshops and thematic sessions, we've not only identified challenges, but we've also proposed concrete solutions that will ultimately benefit both ICANN and the public it is charged to serve. Yesterday's workshop on e-crime, another summit initiative, attracted interest throughout the ICANN community. The vision that's inspired these events was a bold one, and it was not without risk. And it has also not been easy to achieve. It is a continuing challenge to engage the interest of organizations and individuals who do not have a primary interest in Internet governance. It is an even greater challenge to be informed in languages other than English. And sometimes we still find within ICANN that merely having the ability to speak does not guarantee that we get listened to. [ Applause ] >>EVAN LEIBOVITCH: These changes can be addressed, and they are being addressed. The board governance report on the ALAC review has demonstrated admirable understanding of the vision that created At Large. The quality of At Large's policy input has, I believe, naturally led to a heightened awareness of and respect for the voice of what is ICANN's largest constituency. Some of our largest challenges, though, come from within. We need to be more active, more assertive, more educated, and more engaged, both within ICANN and within the greater community of Internet users. We cannot be intimidated by those who care not for the public good, but we must also be constructive and progressive in our approach. Some healthy cynicism is always useful. But we cannot and must not allow ourselves to be obsessed by it. We are well on our way. The summit has been a critical milestone in the maturation of At Large. I hope many of you have had a chance to participate in our many events, and I invite everyone here to go to the Web site that I hope will be on the slide that comes up soon. There we go. Anyway, I encourage you to go to that Web site to read about the constructive and realistic policy work that came out of this week's events. In it, you'll find creative and positive approaches to WHOIS, how ICANN can operate better in a global environment. And you'll also find that, in some ways, we are amongst the strongest advocates of new gTLDs. To me, the summit is an end of one phase of At Large and the beginning of another. In its success, we see a very clear point of transition. From here, that we've demonstrated that we have not only turned vision into mission, but also mission into action. On behalf of the 88 at-large structures attending here and the many more still operating at home, I want to thank ICANN staff -- and you all know who you are and where you are here -- Your help has been invaluable in helping to create an event that has been a complete success by whatever metric you think of. I want to give a special acknowledgment to summit chair Wolf Ludwig and his extraordinary talent at herding cats. [ Applause ] >>EVAN LEIBOVITCH: And I'm delighted to see Nick Ashton-Hart in good enough shape to spend some time with us and finally see the fruits of our collective sweat. [ Applause ] >>EVAN LEIBOVITCH: Stand up. Come on. [ Applause ] >>EVAN LEIBOVITCH: As we prepare to close the summit today, I hope my fellow members of At Large leave here with a strong, clear, and simple message: This is our ICANN. What happens next depends on ICANN's holding true to its vision and our communities' determination to fulfill it. Now, let's go make it happen. Thank you. [ Applause ] -- Glenn McKnight 868 Corbetts Road Oshawa, Ontario L1K 2E1 905-434-6655 mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com

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NARALO Teleconference re-scheduled to March 16
by Heidi Ullrich March 7, 2009

March 7, 2009

Dear All, Since many NARALO Summit participants may still be returning from Mexico City, the Chair and Secretary have re-scheduled the next NARALO teleconference currently scheduled for Monday, March 9 to Monday, March 16. The time will remain at 19:00 UTC. An agenda and participation instructions will be sent shortly. Kind regards, Heidi Heidi Ullrich Manager, At-Large Regional Affairs Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: + 1 (310) 578 - 8647 Fax: +1 (310) 823 - 8649 Cell/Mobile: +1 (310) 437 - 3956

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Mexico City Pictures
by Glenn McKnight March 7, 2009

March 7, 2009

Hi Enclosed is links to my flickr site NARALO shots http://www.flickr.com/photos/32262988@N06/sets/72157614894361982 Mexico City http://www.flickr.com/photos/32262988@N06/sets/72157614626451280/ Aztec Temple http://www.flickr.com/photos/32262988@N06/sets/72157614821346591 Street Art http://www.flickr.com/photos/32262988@N06/sets/72157614765504688 -- Glenn McKnight 868 Corbetts Road Oshawa, Ontario L1K 2E1 905-434-6655 mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight http://newsocialmedia.wordpress.com

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draft Declaration of Impact on Internet Users
by Dharma Dailey March 6, 2009

March 6, 2009

Hello NA, As I mentioned on the list several months ago, I drafted up a kind of assessment tool to try to help make determinations of the social impact of a policy proposal. The draft below is probably far way from being useful. In it's current state it is not specific to ICANN. If we could create a version that was specific to ICANN, it might make it easier for us to methodically discuss the impact on users of policy proposals. In Mexico City I heard reference to other such tools exist in the ICANN context. Apparently, they exist but aren't used. If anyone can point them out, that would be greatly appreciated. Wendy expressed interest in taking a look at this document to see if we might try shaping it into something specific for ICANN. Ideally, we could shape an assessment tool, then model using it. This would probably be an iterative process. Additionally, I will also be sending this off to the working group who are working on the Registrant Rights Charter. They are planning a call next week and have set up a wikispace to work on the charter.

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Re: [NA-Discuss] Posible dinner tonight at Aguila o Sol
by Thompson, Darlene March 4, 2009

March 4, 2009

Hi all, If you are here in Mexico and wish to go out for some decent food tonight, check out the below and then get back to Eduardo. It sounds like a ton of fun! D Darlene A. Thompson CAP Administrator Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP P.O. Box 1000, Sation 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-5631 Fax: (867) 975-5610 E-mail: dthompson(a)gov.nu.ca ________________________________ From: Eduardo Diaz [mailto:eduardodiazrivera@gmail.com] Sent: Tue 3/3/2009 4:22 PM To: Evan Leibovitch; Thompson, Darlene Subject: Posible dinner tonight at Aguila o Sol I am planning to go to this restaurant tonight around 7:30 PM but surely enough I do not want to go alone. It was recommended to me as one of the best restaurants in Mexico City and as far as what I found in the internet - http://www.10best.com/Mexico_City,Mexico/Restaurants/Best_Restaurants/83697… - it looks like it is. Let others in the group know (i do not have everybody's email) and let me know (thank you). I am planning to talk to the hotel concierge around 16:00 to help in making the reservation. So far you and me are the only ones with interest in going. We need to take a taxi to get there. -ed

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