September 2020 - rssac-caucus

Initial implementation of RSSAC047
by Paul Hoffman Nov. 28, 2020

Nov. 28, 2020

Greetings again. As we discussed during the preparation of RSSAC047, ICANN org was going to create an initial implementation of the requirements in the document. The primary goal of this implementation is to help the RSSAC Caucus think more about metrics collecting. I have prepared a very early cut of the initial implementation: https://github.com/icann/root-metrics It is mostly (but not completely) functional, but could probably use a lot of help from the Caucus to make it more useful. If you have a GitHub account, please feel free to open issues or send pull requests. Note that I'm doing this as part of ICANN org, not as a formal part of the Caucus work. I'll add and fix things as a best-effort task among the rest of my work. One important note is that I have not set up the expected 20 vantage points, but am starting to do so now. I expect to have 20 up before the end of June so that the report at the end of July is representative (although it is likely to have flaws due to this being a very early implementation). I am having problems finding enough locations for vantage points in South America and Africa, but believe that I can have those regions filled in adequately in August. Let me know what you think, either in email or by opening issues. I'll send periodic progress reports to the Caucus mailing list. --Paul Hoffman

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RSSAC Caucus Local Perspective Tool WP Teleconference #7 | Thursday, 15 October | 14:00-15:00 UTC
by Ozan Sahin Sept. 30, 2020

Sept. 30, 2020

ICANN69 Schedule page: https://69.schedule.icann.org/meetings/W5mobZvsR595JurZy#/?limit=10&sortByF… Agenda: TBD Participation Information: TBD Work party wiki space: https://community.icann.org/x/gInsBw

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RSSAC Caucus Rogue RSO WP Teleconference #7 | Tuesday, 13 October | 14:00-15:00 UTC
by Ozan Sahin Sept. 30, 2020

Sept. 30, 2020

ICANN69 Schedule page: https://69.schedule.icann.org/meetings/jYsMTZngAhRthts5h#/?limit=10&sortByF… Agenda: TBD Participation Information: TBD Work party wiki space: https://community.icann.org/x/IonsBw

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RSSAC Caucus Meeting | Tuesday, 13 October 2020 | 12:00-13:30 UTC
by Ozan Sahin Sept. 30, 2020

Sept. 30, 2020

ICANN69 Schedule page: https://69.schedule.icann.org/meetings/rY2CbwMRhxjJ2mSND#/?limit=10&sortByF… Agenda: TBD Participation Information: TBD

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ICANN69 Schedule Is Now Available
by Ozan Sahin Sept. 30, 2020

Sept. 30, 2020

Dear RSSAC Caucus, On Monday, 28 September, ICANN published the schedule for ICANN69, Virtual Annual General Meeting. ICANN69 will be composed of Community Days (13-15 October) and Plenary Week (19-22 October). In addition, there will be a Prep Week (5-8 October) to help prepare the community for ICANN69. In order to access the schedule, you must first register for ICANN69 here: https://events.icann.org/icann69-agm/registration. Once you have registered, you will be able to access the schedule here: https://69.schedule.icann.org/, sign-up for the sessions of interest and create your agenda. Please note that participation links will only be published one day prior to the session for security purposes. You can read a blog by Ashwin Rangan, SVP and Chief Information Officer, on ICANN69 meeting experience here: https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann69-update-improving-your-meeting-exper…. I will circulate calendar invitations shortly for the three RSSAC Caucus sessions that will take place during the Community Days. These invitations will be updated with agenda and participation link information once they are available: * RSSAC Caucus Meeting | Tuesday, 13 October 2020 | 12:00-13:30 UTC * RSSAC Caucus Rogue RSO Work Party Meeting | Tuesday, 13 October 2020 | 14:00-15:00 UTC * RSSAC Caucus Local Perspective Tool Work Party Meeting | Thursday, 15 October 2020 | 14:00-15:00 UTC Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, Ozan Sahin Policy Specialist Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +90 212 999 6218 Mobile: +90 533 641 0007 Skype: ozan.sahin.icann www.icann.org<applewebdata://021EB1F1-F6B6-443A-908F-419605BF3A61/www.icann.org>

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RSSAC Caucus Membership Survey
by Ozan Sahin Sept. 28, 2020

Sept. 28, 2020

(This message has been sent on behalf of the RSSAC Caucus Membership Committee) Dear RSSAC Caucus , The RSSAC annual work plan<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-work-plan-05feb20-en.pdf> suggests the RSSAC Caucus Membership Committee to conduct an annual membership survey for the RSSAC Caucus in August/September. The goal is to evaluate the level of engagement in the RSSAC Caucus every year. You will receive a link to the survey from Ozan Sahin, support staff for the RSSAC Caucus Membership Committee. The survey will take between 7 to 10 minutes to complete depending on any comments you may provide. Please complete the survey by Tuesday, 29 September. We plan to present the findings from the survey and discuss next steps with you at the RSSAC Caucus meeting during ICANN69. Do not hesitate to contact us with any questions. We look forward to your feedback. Best regards, Jeff Osborn, Alejandro Acosta, Dave Lawrence, and Brad Verd RSSAC Caucus Membership Committee

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REMINDER: RSSAC Caucus Rogue RSO WP Teleconference #6 | Tuesday, 22 September | 13:00-14:00 UTC
by Ozan Sahin Sept. 22, 2020

Sept. 22, 2020

***REMINDER*** Ozan Sahin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: RSSAC Caucus Rogue RSO WP Teleconference #6 Time: Sep 22, 2020 01:00 PM Universal Time UTC Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e2aEqpPbflWyAAEWFHtU-e-gToNrdQ4c0L4vETw… Work party wiki space: https://community.icann.org/x/IonsBw Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/99714434182?pwd=RkwxblZqV1g4TEY1MFJyanZiUVhhUT09 Meeting ID: 997 1443 4182 Passcode: =b^0y%Yxi# One tap mobile +16699006833,,99714434182#,,,,,,0#,,9233227008# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,99714434182#,,,,,,0#,,9233227008# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location         +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)         +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)         +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)         +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)         +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)         +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)         877 853 5247 US Toll-free         888 788 0099 US Toll-free         +61 861 193 900 Australia         +61 8 7150 1149 Australia         +61 2 8015 6011 Australia         +61 3 7018 2005 Australia         +61 731 853 730 Australia         1800 945 157 Australia Toll-free         1800 317 562 Australia Toll-free         1800 893 423 Australia Toll-free         +1 587 328 1099 Canada         +1 647 374 4685 Canada         +1 647 558 0588 Canada         +1 778 907 2071 Canada         +1 204 272 7920 Canada         +1 438 809 7799 Canada         855 703 8985 Canada Toll-free         +81 524 564 439 Japan         +81 3 4578 1488 Japan         +81 363 628 317 Japan         00 663 381 4092 Japan Toll-free         0 800 100 5040 Japan Toll-free         +31 20 794 6519 Netherlands        +31 20 794 6520 Netherlands         +31 20 794 7345 Netherlands         +31 707 006 526 Netherlands         +31 20 241 0288 Netherlands         +31 20 794 0854 Netherlands         0 800 022 1954 Netherlands Toll-free         0 800 220 0040 Netherlands Toll-free         +46 8 5050 0828 Sweden         +46 8 5050 0829 Sweden         +46 8 5052 0017 Sweden         +46 850 539 728 Sweden         +46 8 4468 2488 Sweden         +46 8 5016 3827 Sweden         0 200 123 514 Sweden Toll-free         0 200 123 720 Sweden Toll-free Meeting ID: 997 1443 4182 Passcode (for dial-ins only): 9233227008 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/akOAh9wSf

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On "Government wanting to Improve General Internet Connectivity/Access" (Local Perspective Tool Party)
by Mukund Sivaraman Sept. 21, 2020

Sept. 21, 2020

I want to add the following on "Government wanting to Improve General Internet Connectivity/Access" that was discussed in the "RSSAC: User Narratives for the Local Perspective Tool Work Party". Apologies if this is the wrong list (please point me to the right one if there is a different one for it). Though the currently described measurements appear weak, this topic itself is a real concern. In June 2018 I got a phone call from a person at meity.gov.in where they expressed that they were concerned about the number of root zone queries that were exiting India. In those days, routing was crappy too. I am in Chennai and there is an F instance in Chennai run by Cloudflare, and there was an ISC F instance in Chennai before that too. But my route to it went through Mumbai which is a far away city. It's like touching your nose circling your head. There are two aspects here: * The latency and performance of access (where a geographically distant root instance may have a smaller RTT and fewer hops) which may matter to end users as user experience * The concern from government about resolutions being dependent on infrastructure outside the country, which may matter to governments for reasons other than user experience We may not need to make measurements via resolvers for this. We may be able to assume that anyone may want to run a resolver, and measure RTT, hopcount?, manually look at NSIDs and any other metrics that anycast service operators use to check if users reach the closest/fastest pop to them. We can also figure out if users reach root instances in their own country or not (as much as this can be determined, perhaps by following the route). Mukund

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REMINDER: RSSAC Caucus Local Perspective Tool WP Teleconference #6 | Monday, 21 September | 15:00-16:00 UTC
by Ozan Sahin Sept. 20, 2020

Sept. 20, 2020

***REMINDER*** Ozan Sahin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: RSSAC Caucus Local Perspective Tool WP Call #6 Time: Sep 21, 2020 03:00 PM Universal Time UTC Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oguuJCzYJnJqw6WD50LQgBn5CcxBpTfxP--FvtI… Work party wiki space: https://community.icann.org/x/gInsBw Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/99577871025?pwd=OUNBV0FlN1BQUHRvekNkR1l1bTJ6Zz09 Meeting ID: 995 7787 1025 Passcode: @&tw=mwgM8 One tap mobile +16699006833,,99577871025#,,,,,,0#,,6885209188# US (San Jose) +13462487799,,99577871025#,,,,,,0#,,6885209188# US (Houston) Dial by your location         +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)         +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)         +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)         +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)         +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)         +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)         888 788 0099 US Toll-free         877 853 5247 US Toll-free         +61 2 8015 6011 Australia         +61 3 7018 2005 Australia         +61 731 853 730 Australia         +61 861 193 900 Australia         +61 8 7150 1149 Australia         1800 317 562 Australia Toll-free         1800 893 423 Australia Toll-free         1800 945 157 Australia Toll-free         +1 647 374 4685 Canada         +1 647 558 0588 Canada         +1 778 907 2071 Canada         +1 204 272 7920 Canada         +1 438 809 7799 Canada         +1 587 328 1099 Canada         855 703 8985 Canada Toll-free         +81 3 4578 1488 Japan         +81 363 628 317 Japan         +81 524 564 439 Japan         0 800 100 5040 Japan Toll-free         00 663 381 4092 Japan Toll-free         +31 20 794 6520 Netherlands         +31 20 794 7345 Netherlands         +31 707 006 526 Netherlands         +31 20 241 0288 Netherlands         +31 20 794 0854 Netherlands         +31 20 794 6519 Netherlands         0 800 220 0040 Netherlands Toll-free         0 800 022 1954 Netherlands Toll-free         +46 8 5050 0829 Sweden         +46 8 5052 0017 Sweden         +46 850 539 728 Sweden         +46 8 4468 2488 Sweden         +46 8 5016 3827 Sweden         +46 8 5050 0828 Sweden         0 200 123 720 Sweden Toll-free         0 200 123 514 Sweden Toll-free Meeting ID: 995 7787 1025 Passcode (for dial-ins only): 6885209188 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/adtHEcpjDW

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Tool Work Party User Narratives
by Andrew McConachie Sept. 16, 2020

Sept. 16, 2020

Dear RSSAC Caucus Members, The RSSAC Caucus Tool Work Party has been discussing user groups that would benefit from a local perspective tool. For more information on this work party please see their statement of work. <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-sow-rss-local-perspective… <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-sow-rss-local-perspective…>> I had an action item to draft some user narratives based on the user groups that the work party came up with. <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1enH6LjICyAbKVr7ssps_4KapecRAROK0nZrw2ih… <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1enH6LjICyAbKVr7ssps_4KapecRAROK0nZrw2ih…>> The narratives are simple ways to describe how users might interact with such a tool, and how the tool could solve a genuine problem that each user group has. What I left out from the narratives is which measurements each user group would likely require to accomplish this. This is the next step, and primarily what we will be talking about on our next call on August 24th. The work party also has another working document full of comments where much of this was developed. <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DD3zHlbipvTGPiiUxtiZk6qPCxOttBQEvmo-m9M… <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DD3zHlbipvTGPiiUxtiZk6qPCxOttBQEvmo-m9M…>> Thanks, Andrew

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