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<div>Dear All, </div><div><br></div><div>ICANN Monthly Policy Update is below.</div><div><br></div><div>If anyone would like to participate on ANY of these working groups, drafting teams, committees, or other <a href="http://ncdnhc.org/groups">GNSO groups</a>, please let me know, as you are more than welcome to participate and your input would be much appreciated. We need volunteer participants for just about every group in the GNSO.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div>Robin</div><div><br></div><div>Available at:</div><div> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial"><b>ICANN POLICY UPDATE</b></font></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Volume 09, Issue 08 – August 2009</b></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#155476" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #155476"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/"><b>http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/</b><b></b></a></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>CONTENTS:</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Across ICANN</b></font></p> <ol> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#1"><u><b>Policy-Related Issues Currently Open for Public Comment</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> </ol><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>ccNSO</b></font></p> <ol> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#2"><u><b>ccTLD Delegation / Redelegation Working Group Launches</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#3"><u><b>Cocos Islands Arrive as Member 95</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#4"><u><b>Last Call Issued for DNSSEC Survey</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> </ol><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>GNSO</b></font></p> <ol> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#155476" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #155476"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#5"><u><b>Board Approves GNSO Stakeholder Group Charters, Looks toward Seating New Council in Seoul</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#6"><u><b>GNSO Council Charters New Working Group on Inter-Registrar Transfer Policies</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#7"><u><b>Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group Begins Deliberations</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#8"><u><b>Registration Abuse Policies Group Defines the Problem</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#9"><u><b>Fast Flux Group Publishes Final Report</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> </ol><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>ASO</b></font></p> <ol> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#10"><u><b>RIRs Progress on Global Policy Proposal for Recovered IPv4 Addresses</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> </ol><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Joint Efforts</b></font></p> <ol> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#11"><u><b>Cross-Community Geographic Regions Review Publishes Initial Report for Public Input</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#12"><u><b>New GNSO/SSAC Group to Explore Feasibility of Internationalized Whois</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#13"><u><b>Joint GNSO/ALAC Working Group to Draft Registrant Rights</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> </ol><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>SSAC</b></font></p> <ol> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#14"><u><b>SSAC Recommends Measures to Protect Domain Registration Services from Misuse</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> </ol><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At-Large</b></font></p> <ol> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#15"><u><b>At-Large Annual Elections Are Underway</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/update-aug09-en.htm#16"><u><b>At-Large Continues Analyzing, Advising on Record Number of Policy Issues</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"></font></li> </ol><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Read <i>Policy Update</i> in Your Preferred Language</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>ICANN Policy Update</i> is available in all six official languages of the United Nations: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Arabic (AR), Chinese (Simplified – siZH), and Russian (RU). <i>Policy Update</i> is posted on ICANN’s <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/"><font color="#155476" style="color: #155476"><u>website</u></font></a> and available via online subscription. To receive these updates in your Inbox each month, simply go to the ICANN <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/newsletter/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>subscriptions page</u></font></a>, enter your e-mail address, and select “<i>Policy Update</i>” to subscribe. This service is free of charge.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#155476" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #155476"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/"><u><b>ICANN Policy Update statement of purpose</b></u><u><b></b></u></a></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Send questions, comments and suggestions to: <a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>policy-staff@icann.org</u></font></a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>What’s on the Calendar for Today?</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Keep up-to-date on ICANN policy development by visiting the online calendars of ICANN’s policy development and advisory bodies. Three of the most active calendars include:</font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">At-Large Calendar at <a href="http://www.atlarge.icann.org/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.atlarge.icann.org/</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) Master Calendar, including links to agendas and MP3 recordings of meetings at <a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar/</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Master Calendar, including links to agendas and MP3 recordings of meetings, at <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/index.html"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/index.html</u></font></a></font></li> </ul><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial"><b>Across ICANN</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>1. Policy Issues Currently Open for Comment</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Numerous public comment periods are open on issues of interest to the ICANN community. Act now for the opportunity to share your views on such items as:</font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#geo-regions-review"><u>Initial Report of Geographic Regions Review Working Group</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">. The ICANN Bylaws currently define five geographic regions. Are the criteria for assigning geopolitical entities to an ICANN Geographic Region resulting in fair, consistent, yet appropriately diverse representation in ICANN? Comment period closes on 4 September 2009.</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#iic-bylaws"><u>Proposed Bylaw Changes to Improve Accountability</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">. The latest step in the Improving Institutional Confidence process. Comment period closes 25 September 2009.</font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More Information</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">For the full list of issues open for public comment, as well as a list of recently closed and archived public comment forums, refer to the <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>Public Comments</u></font></a> page.</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial"><b>ccNSO</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>2. ccTLD Delegation / Redelegation Working Group Launches</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At a Glance</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>The country code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) created a new working group to advise them on launching a policy development process on the delegation, re-delegation and retirement of ccTLDs.</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Recent Developments</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The ccNSO has officially chartered a working group to consider these issues. The group is in its beginning stages, but you can read its charter and see the names of members (and in the near future, find updated material) on the working group’s <a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/drdwg.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>wiki page</u></font></a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Next Steps</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The working group will begin their deliberations.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Background</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Currently, the ICANN policy and practices for delegation and re-delegation are reflected in established <a href="http://www.iana.org/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>IANA</u></font></a> processes. In carrying out these processes, IANA follows the <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>ISO 3166-1 list of country-codes published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency</u></font></a>. For more information about establishing new ccTLDs, see the IANA's Procedures for Establishing ccTLDs and <a href="http://www.iana.org/reports/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>IANA’s delegation reports</u></font></a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>Re-delegation</i> of ccTLDs refers to the process of changing the designated manager(s) of a ccTLD. This process is conducted according to the principles described in <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/icp/icp-1.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>ICP-1</u></font></a> and <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1591.txt"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>RFC 1591</u></font></a>. The policy and process are also reflected in IANA reports that illustrate many of the considerations made in deciding whether or not to re-delegate.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">In light of the changed environment and circumstances since RFC 1591 was last revised in 1999, the ccNSO considered it time to review the current policies. The ccNSO wants a better understanding of any issues relating to the current policies, before taking possible further steps.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More Information</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/drdwg.htm"><u>http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/drdwg.htm</u><u></u></a></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Staff Contact</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><u>Bart Boswinkel</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">, Senior Policy Advisor, ccNSO</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>3. Cocos Islands Arrive as Member 95</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At a Glance</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>The country code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) welcomes a new member.</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Recent Developments</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The Cocos (Keeling) Islands, using the country code .cc, applied to join the ccNSO. The ccNSO Council approved the application at their meeting on 24 August, making Cocos Islands the 95</font><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Arial"><sup>th</sup></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> <a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/about/members.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>member of the ccNSO</u></font></a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More information</b></font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">List of all ccNSO members: <a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/about/members.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://ccnso.icann.org/about/members.htm</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Application Archives: <a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/applications/summary-date.shtml"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://ccnso.icann.org/applications/summary-date.shtml</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Application Form: <a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/applications/form.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://ccnso.icann.org/applications/form.htm</u></font></a></font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Staff Contact</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><u>Gabriella Schittek</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">, ccNSO Secretariat</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>4. Last Call Issued for DNSSEC Survey</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At a Glance</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>DNSSEC could make a major difference to the security and stability of the Internet. But does the Internet community understand and embrace what DNSSEC offers? To answer this question, the ccNSO Council re-launched a ccNSO DNSSEC Survey first conducted in 2007.</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Recent Developments</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">This survey of country code registries will close just days from now (in early September), so appropriate parties are encouraged to <a href="http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB229C76TPWJ4"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>take the survey</u></font></a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Results will be compared to the survey findings from 2007, which indicated that merely 7% of country code registries had implemented DNSSEC at that time. In the same survey, 85% of participants said that they planned to implement DNSSEC. The new survey will reveal how many have done so in the intervening two years.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Background</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The Swedish Registry (<a href="http://www.iis.se/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>IIS.SE</u></font></a>) and the European Network and Information Security Agency (<a href="http://www.enisa.europa.eu/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>ENISA</u></font></a>) jointly requested that the DNSSEC survey be repeated. During its teleconference on 12 May 2009, the ccNSO Council agreed. Results will be compared to those of the 2007 survey.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More Information</b></font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">DNSSEC 2007 Survey Results<br> <a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/surveys/dnssec-survey-report-2007.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://ccnso.icann.org/surveys/dnssec-survey-report-2007.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">DNSSEC 2007 Survey Questions<br> <a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/surveys/ccnso-survey-on-dnssec.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://ccnso.icann.org/surveys/ccnso-survey-on-dnssec.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Staff Contact</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><u>Gabriella Schittek</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">, ccNSO Secretariat</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial"><b>GNSO</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>5. Board Approves GNSO Stakeholder Group Charters</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Looks toward Seating New Council in Seoul</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At a Glance</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) community is working to implement a comprehensive series of organizational and structural changes designed to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and accessibility of the organization. To become familiar with the GNSO's new structure and organization, please see the discussion and diagrams on the</i> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>GNSO Improvements webpage</u></font></a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Recent Developments</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>New Stakeholder Groups Approved.</i> At its 30 July meeting, the ICANN Board passed an important milestone toward seating a new GNSO Council. The Board approved four new Stakeholder Group charters for the Registries Stakeholder Group, the Registrars Stakeholder Group, the Commercial Stakeholders Group (CSG) and the Non Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG). The charters for the CSG and the NCSG are transitional and will be subject to further community review and discussion over the coming year as those groups transition to permanent structures.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>New GNSO Constituencies Discussed. </i>All four of the proposed new GNSO Constituency charters (CyberSafety, Consumers, City TLDs and IDNgTLD) have now been subject to full 30-day public comment forums. The Board discussed the proposals at it 30 July meeting and has asked Staff to conduct follow-up discussions with the various Constituency proponents to learn more about the various proposals.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>ICANN Bylaw Amendments Reviewed. </i>A 30-day Public Comment Forum on the recommended Bylaws Amendments necessary to implement the GNSO Restructuring concluded shortly before the 30 July Board meeting. A second 21-day Public Comment Forum on a revised package of amendments was initiated shortly after the Board meeting. <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200908.html#gnso-restructure"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>Community comments</u></font></a> on this second comprehensive package concluded on 24 August.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>New Process for Electing GNSO Board Seats #13 and #14 Approved.</i> At its 30 July meeting, the Board approved the original recommendation of the Working Group on GNSO Council Restructuring with respect to the election of Board seats #13 and #14. The Contracted Party House of the GNSO Council will nominate candidates for Board Seat #13 and select a Board member candidate by a 60% majority of that voting house. The Non-Contracted Party House will nominate candidates for Board Seat #14 and select a Board member candidate by a 60% majority of that voting house.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>Council and Work Team Implementation Efforts. </i>The Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC), which were created by the GNSO Council, established five Work Teams that are staffed by volunteers from the GNSO and ALAC communities to develop specific proposals, processes and mechanisms for implementing the GNSO Improvement Recommendations endorsed and adopted by the Board. These Recommendations include improving the Policy Development Process (PDP); standardizing the Working Group model for GNSO Policy development; revising GNSO Council, Stakeholder Group, and Constituency processes and operations; and improving the various communications functions in the GNSO community to increase participation in policy development activities. Since March 2009 these five Work Teams have made significant progress on the following activities:</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Policy Process Efforts:</b></font></p> <ol> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="https://st.icann.org/icann-ppsc/index.cgi?pdp_team"><u>PDP Team</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><br> The GNSO’s PDP Work Team is developing a new policy development process (PDP) (including a report of proposed new bylaws, rules and procedures) that is better aligned with the contractual requirements of ICANN’s consensus policies, expands early issue scoping and fact-finding prior to launch of a PDP, is more flexible and effective, and includes a post-PDP assessment process to measure the effectiveness of policy recommendations. The team is meeting weekly and currently is discussing the ‘proposal review and voting threshold’ stage (stage two out of five policy development stages) and is expected to review shortly a first draft of the recommendations for the ‘planning and initiation’ stage (stage one out of five).</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="https://st.icann.org/icann-ppsc/index.cgi?working_group_team"><u>Working Group Team</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><br> The GNSO’s Working Group Model Work Team is developing two new guidebooks that are targeted to separate audiences, as follows: 1) "Working Group Implementation and Charter Drafting Guidelines" is intended for sponsoring organizations such as the GNSO Council and will contain a comprehensive set of elements to be considered in creating, purposing, funding, staffing, and instructing a WG to accomplish the desired outcome. 2) "Working Group Operating Model Guidebook" is intended for leaders of working groups and will provide guidance on such elements as structuring, tasking, reporting, and delivering the outcome(s) as chartered. As of 6 July, both outlines have been completed and drafting has begun on both documents.</font></li> </ol><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Operations Efforts:</b></font></p> <ol> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The <a href="https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?gnso_operations_team"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>GNSO Operations Work Team</u></font></a> completed a key task in July. It produced a document containing ideas for a revised GNSO Council structure relating to the Board recommendation to establish the Council as a "strategic manager of the policy process." At the end of July the team distributed the document to the Constituencies for comment. In addition, the Work Team has produced a draft "Statement of Interest"/"Declaration of Interest" policy document, currently under review by ICANN legal staff. Most importantly, however, the Work Team began developing a revised version of the GNSO Council Operating Procedures to reflect the ICANN Board's GNSO Improvement recommendations and incorporate draft amendments to the ICANN Bylaws. The Work Team agreed to revisions relating to key provisions, including the definition of a quorum and voting. The Work Team has decided to meet weekly during the month of August in order to finalize recommendations relating to the procedures as quickly as possible.</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The GNSO <a href="https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?constituency_operations_team"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>Constituency & Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team</u></font></a> is meeting biweekly and has established three Sub Teams to determine recommendations for best practices in the following areas: a framework for participation in any ICANN Constituency that is objective, standardized, and clearly stated; operating principles that are representative, open, transparent, and democratic; and creating and maintaining a database of all constituency members and others not formally a part of any constituency that is up-to-date and publicly accessible. In addition, the Team is developing recommendations relating to the Board Recommendation for a “tool kit” of basic administrative, operational and technical services that could be made available to all Constituencies.</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The GNSO <a href="https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?osc_communications_team"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>Communications Work Team</u></font></a> has drafted a set of Business Requirements to improve the GNSO website and, in a phased approach, address basic collaboration as well as limited document management capabilities that were identified as deficient in the Board’s Report on GNSO Improvements. The Work Team has submitted this document for review by the Operations Steering Committee. In addition, the team has made significant progress on back-end improvements to the GNSO website, including completing plans to migrate gnso.icann.org from a static design to a database/Drupal design that will be much more dynamic and adaptable. In addition, ICANN staff — in coordination with the Work Team — invited GNSO “power users” to be interviewed re: GNSO user experience with the goal to interview one dozen users in order to have a real-world basis for design decisions. The Work Team also is working on recommendations to enhance the GNSO’s ability to solicit meaningful community feedback. In addition, the Work Team is considering the current ICANN translation process for documents associated with policy development and recommendations to improve GNSO’s coordination with other ICANN structures.</font></li> </ol><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Next Steps</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The Board, GNSO Council and community Work Teams are collectively resolving the critical path issues necessary to seat the newly structured GNSO Council at the Seoul, South Korea ICANN meeting in October 2009.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The Board is expected to discuss and resolve the Bylaws amendments to implement the GNSO Council restructuring at its 27 August meeting. In the meantime, the GNSO Council will work to complete its planning to ensure a smooth transition in Seoul. That work will include developing new Council operating procedures currently being reviewed by the GNSO Council Operations Work Team. Additional work will likely focus on the review of existing GNSO Constituency charters and dialogue with the proponents of the potential new GNSO Constituencies.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Background</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Through a series of decisions at its February, June, August and October 2008 meetings, the ICANN Board has endorsed a series of goals for improving several aspects of the GNSO’s structure and operations. These decisions are a culmination of a two-year effort of independent review, community input and Board deliberations. <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/background/gnso-improvements-05dec08-en.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>Click here</u></font></a> for background details.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More Information</b></font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">GNSO Improvements Information Web Page<br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Announcements – GNSO IMPROVEMENTS IMPLEMENTATION – How You Can Become Involved: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-08jan09-en.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-08jan09-en.htm</u></font></a> – Help Build the New GNSO: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09jan09-en.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09jan09-en.htm</u></font></a></font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Staff Contact</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><u>Robert Hoggarth, Senior Policy Director</u><u></u></a></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>6. GNSO Council Charters New Working Group on Inter-Registrar Transfer Policies</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At a Glance</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) aims to provide a straightforward procedure for domain name holders to transfer their names from one ICANN-accredited registrar to another. The GNSO is reviewing and considering revisions to this policy.</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Recent Developments</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">As expected, at its meeting on 23 July, the GNSO Council chartered an IRTP Part B Working Group with the task of considering the following questions (as outlined in the issues report) and making recommendations to the GNSO Council:</font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Whether a process for urgent return/resolution of a domain name should be developed, as discussed within the SSAC hijacking report (<a href="http://www.icann.org/announcements/hijacking-report-12jul05.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>PDF</u></font></a>; see also <a href="http://www.icann.org/correspondence/cole-to-tonkin-14mar05.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/correspondence/cole-to-tonkin-14mar05.htm</u></font></a>);</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Whether additional provisions on undoing inappropriate transfers are needed, especially with regard to disputes between a Registrant and Admin Contact (AC).;</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Whether special provisions are needed for a change of registrant when it occurs near the time of a change of registrar. The policy does not currently deal with change of registrant, which often figures in hijacking cases;</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Whether standards or best practices should be implemented regarding use of a Registrar Lock status (e.g. when it may/may not, should/should not be applied);</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Whether, and if so, how best to clarify denial reason #7: A domain name was already in 'lock status' provided that the Registrar provides a readily accessible and reasonable means for the Registered Name Holder to remove the lock status.</font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The Council expects the Working Group to pursue the availability of further information from ICANN compliance Staff to understand how relevant elements of the existing Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy are enforced. The WG should also request compliance Staff to review any policy recommendations it develops and provide advice on how the recommendations may best be structured to ensure clarity and enforceability.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Following the adoption of the charter, a call for volunteers was launched (see the announcement’s <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/call-pdp-irtp-30jul09.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>PDF</u></font></a>).</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Next Steps</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">A first meeting of the IRTP Part B Working Group is expected to be held shortly. For further information, please consult the IRTP Part B Working Group Workspace on <a href="https://st.icann.org/irtp-partb/index.cgi?irtp_part_b"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>https://st.icann.org/irtp-partb/index.cgi?irtp_part_b</u></font></a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Background</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">As part of a broader review of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy, the first in a set of five distinct policy development processes (PDPs) has now been completed and a second one has begun. Click <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/background/irtp-en.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>here</u></font></a> for background details.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More Information</b></font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Public comment period<br> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-09jan09-en.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-09jan09-en.htm</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Draft Advisory on how IRTP requirements apply to registrars <br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/gnso-draft-transfer-advisory-14nov07.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/gnso-draft-transfer-advisory-14nov07.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">PDP Recommendations <br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/transfer-wg-recommendations-pdp-groupings-19mar08.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/transfer-wg-recommendations-pdp-groupings-19mar08.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Issues Report, Set A <br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/transfer-issues-report-set-a-23may08.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/transfer-issues-report-set-a-23may08.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Charter Inter Registrar Transfer Policy – Part A PDP Working Group<br> <a href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?irtp_pdp_a_wg_charter"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?irtp_pdp_a_wg_charter</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy <br> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/transfers/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/transfers/</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">IRTP Part B Issues Report <br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/irtp-report-b-15may09.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/irtp-report-b-15may09.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Staff Contact</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><u>Marika Konings</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">, Policy Director</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>7. GNSO’s Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group Begins Deliberations</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At a Glance</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>To what extent should registrants be able to reclaim their domain names after they expire? At issue is whether the current policies of registrars on the renewal, transfer and deletion of expired domain names are adequate.</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Recent Developments</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The GNSO Council adopted a charter for a Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group (PEDNR WG) at its meeting on 24 June in Sydney.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Following the adoption of the charter, a call for volunteers was launched (<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/post-expiration-recovery/call-pdp-pednr-06jul09.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>PDF</u></font></a>). In addition, a PEDNR workshop was held at the ICANN meeting in Sydney, enabling a first exchange of views with the broader ICANN community on the issues outlined in the charter above. (For a transcript and audio recording of the workshop, please see <a href="http://syd.icann.org/node/3869"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://syd.icann.org/node/3869</u></font></a>.)</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Next Steps</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The Working Group has begun meeting and will continue meeting on a bi-weekly basis to discuss and address the questions outlined in its <a href="https://st.icann.org/post-expiration-dn-recovery-wg/index.cgi"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>charter</u></font></a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The Working Group is expected to organize an issue update / workshop at the Seoul meeting, in addition to providing an update to the GNSO Council. The Working Group should consider recommendations for best practices as well as – or instead of – recommendations for Consensus Policy.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Background</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">During the ICANN meeting in Cairo, the ALAC voted to request an Issues Report on the subject of registrants being able to recover domain names after their formal expiration date. The ALAC request was submitted to the GNSO Council on 20 November 2008. ICANN Staff prepared the Issues Report on post-expiration domain name recovery and submitted it to the GNSO Council on 5 December 2008. ICANN Staff provided the GNSO Council with clarifications on the questions raised in a motion that was adopted at its 18 December meeting. The GNSO Council reviewed these clarifications during its meeting on 29 January and agreed to create a Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery drafting team to eventually propose a charter and to provide recommendations answering certain <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/background/domain-name-recovery-en.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>questions</u></font></a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More Information</b></font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">GNSO Issues Report on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/post-expiration-recovery/report-05dec08.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><br> <u>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/post-expiration-recovery/report-05dec08.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Translations of the GNSO Issues Report on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery<br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/policies/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/policies/</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">ICANN Staff response to GNSO request for clarifications<br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg06162.html"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg06162.html</u></font></a></font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Staff Contact</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><u>Marika Konings</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">, Policy Director</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>8. Registration Abuse Policies Group Defines the Problem</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At a Glance</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>Registries and registrars seem to lack uniform approaches to dealing with domain name registration abuse, and questions persist as to what actions "registration abuse" refers to. The GNSO Council has launched a Registration Abuse Policies (RAP) Working Group to take a closer look at registration abuse policies.</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Recent Developments and Next Steps</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The RAP Working Group is meeting on a bi-weekly basis to address the issues outlined in its charter, such as: the difference between registration abuse and domain name use abuse; the effectiveness of existing registration abuse policies; and which areas, if any, would be suitable for GNSO policy development to address registration abuse. Most recently, they have generated (and are reviewing) a document that provides working definitions of types and categories of abuse, and cites the primary target for each abuse type.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Background</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Click <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/background/rap-en.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>here</u></font></a> for more details.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More Information</b></font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Registration Abuse Policies Issues Report, 29 October 2008<br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/registration-abuse/gnso-issues-report-registration-abuse-policies-29oct08.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/registration-abuse/gnso-issues-report-registration-abuse-policies-29oct08.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Translations of the Executive Summary of the Issues report<br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/policies/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/policies/</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Registration Abuse Policies WG Charter<br> <a href="https://st.icann.org/reg-abuse-wg/index.cgi?action=display_html;page_name=registration_abuse_policies_working_group"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>https://st.icann.org/reg-abuse-wg/index.cgi?action=display_html;page_name=registration_abuse_policies_working_group</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Registration Abuse Policies Mexico City Workshop Transcript<br> <a href="http://mex.icann.org/files/meetings/mexico2009/transcript-gnso-registration-abuse-policies-workshop-03mar09-en.txt"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://mex.icann.org/files/meetings/mexico2009/transcript-gnso-registration-abuse-policies-workshop-03mar09-en.txt</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Registration Abuse Policies Working Group Workspace (Wiki)<br> <a href="https://st.icann.org/reg-abuse-wg/index.cgi?registration_abuse_policies_working_group"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>https://st.icann.org/reg-abuse-wg/index.cgi?registration_abuse_policies_working_group</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Registration Abuse Policies WG Status Update<br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/registration-abuse/rap-wg-status-update-02jun09.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/registration-abuse/rap-wg-status-update-02jun09.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Staff Contacts</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><u>Marika Konings</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">, Policy Director, and <a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>Margie Milam</u></font></a>, Senior Policy Counselor</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>9. Fast Flux Group Publishes Final Report</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At a Glance</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>Fast flux attacks refer to techniques used by cybercriminals to evade detection by rapidly modifying IP addresses and/or name servers. Though fast flux is notorious as a technique used maliciously, it also has legitimate uses. The GNSO is exploring appropriate action.</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Recent Developments</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The Fast Flux Hosting Working Group has now submitted its final report (<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/fast-flux-hosting/fast-flux-final-report-06aug09-en.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>PDF</u></font></a>) providing answers to the questions posed by the GNSO Council. The group also developed a definition of fast flux attacks, to distinguish these from legitimate uses of fast flux; and compiled fast flux metrics, also in the report.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The Fast Flux Hosting Working Group has not made any recommendations for new consensus policy, nor changes to existing policy, but it has provided a number of ideas for next steps. These ideas include:</font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Highlight which solutions / recommendations could be addressed by policy development, best practices and/or industry solutions</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Consider whether registration abuse policy provisions could address fast flux by empowering registries / registrars to take down a domain name involved in malicious or illegal fast flux</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Explore the development of a Fast Flux Data Reporting System</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Explore the possibility of ICANN as a best practices facilitator</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Explore the possibility to involve other stakeholders in the fast flux policy development process</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Redefine the issue and scope.</font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Next Steps</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The report will now be reviewed and discussed by the GNSO Council, which will decide on the next steps.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Background</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Following a SSAC Advisory on Fast Flux Hosting and an Issues Report, the GNSO Council launched a Policy Development Process (PDP) on Fast Flux Hosting in May 2008. The Working Group published its Initial Report in January 2009, which discusses a series of questions about fast flux hosting and the range of possible answers developed by Working Group members. The Report also outlines potential next steps for Council deliberation. These next steps may include further work items for the Working Group or policy recommendations for constituency and community review and comment, and for Council deliberation.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">For more details, see “<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/background/fast-flux-hosting-en.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>Background on Fast Flux Hosting</u></font></a>.”</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More Information</b></font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Fast Flux Hosting Final Report<br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/fast-flux-hosting/fast-flux-final-report-06aug09-en.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/fast-flux-hosting/fast-flux-final-report-06aug09-en.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">SSAC Report 025 on Fast Flux Hosting, January 2008<br> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/ssac-documents.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/ssac-documents.htm</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Issues Report on Fast Flux Hosting, corrected 31 March 2008<br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/fast-flux-hosting/gnso-issues-report-fast-flux-25mar08.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/fast-flux-hosting/gnso-issues-report-fast-flux-25mar08.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Limited translations of the Issues Report on Fast Flux Hosting<br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Fast Flux Hosting Initial Report<br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/fast-flux-hosting/fast-flux-initial-report-26jan09.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/fast-flux-hosting/fast-flux-initial-report-26jan09.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Limited translations of the Executive Summary of the Initial Report on Fast Flux Hosting <br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Fast Flux Public Comment Forum <br> <a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/fast-flux-initial-report/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://forum.icann.org/lists/fast-flux-initial-report/</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Fast Flux Workspace (Wiki) <br> <a href="https://st.icann.org/pdp-wg-ff/index.cgi?fast_flux_pdp_wg"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>https://st.icann.org/pdp-wg-ff/index.cgi?fast_flux_pdp_wg</u></font></a></font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Staff Contact</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><u>Marika Konings</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">, Policy Director</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial"><b>ASO</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>10. RIRs Progress on Global Policy Proposal for Recovered IPv4 Addresses</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At a Glance</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) are currently discussing a proposed global policy for handling IPv4 address space returned from the RIRs to IANA. According to the proposal, IANA should act as a repository of returned address space and allocate such space to the RIRs in smaller blocks than it currently does, once the free pool of IANA IPv4 address space has been depleted.</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Recent Developments</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The RIRs discussed the proposal at their most recent meetings. APNIC has adopted the proposal, which has passed final call in AfriNIC and LACNIC. The proposal remains in the discussion stage in ARIN and RIPE.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Next Steps</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">If adopted by all RIRs, the Number Resource Organization Executive Committee and the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) will review the proposal and then forward it to the ICANN Board for ratification and implementation by IANA.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">A third update of the Background Report on recovered IPv4 addresses will be announced in September on the ICANN web site.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Background</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">IPv4 is the Internet Protocol addressing system used to allocate unique IP address numbers in 32-bit format. With the massive growth of the Internet user population, the pool of such unique numbers (approximately 4.3 billion) is being depleted and a 128-bit numbering system (IPv6) will need to take its place.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The proposed global policy has two distinct phases; 1) IANA only receives returned IPv4 address space from the RIRs and 2) IANA continues to receive returned IPv4 address space and also reallocates such space to the RIRs. This proposal is connected to a recently adopted global policy for allocating the remaining IPv4 address space. When that global policy takes effect, it also triggers phase two in the proposal.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">For more details, see “<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/background/ipv4-en.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>Global Policy Proposal for Handling Recovered IPv4</u></font></a>.”</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Next Steps</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">A Background Report on recovered IPv4 addresses is soon to be announced on the ICANN web site.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More Information</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Background Report, updated 11 June 2009<br> <a href="http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-12may09-en.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-12may09-en.htm</u></font></a></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Staff Contact</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><u>Olof Nordling, Director Services Relations</u><u></u></a></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial"><b>Joint Groups</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>11. Cross-Community Geographic Regions Review Publishes Initial Report for Community Input</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At a Glance</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>The Geographic Regions Review Working Group has published its Initial Report for community review and comment.</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Recent Developments</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">After several months of dialogue between the Board and the Geographic Regions Working Group, the Board approved the group’s proposed charter of work at its 26 June meeting in Sydney, Australia.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The Charter outlines a three-part process in which the working group first prepares an Initial Report outlining the current applications of ICANN’s geographic regions in various ICANN structures and processes and confirming the issues to be addressed by the working group during its deliberations.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The Working Group completed its Initial report and it has been published in all six UN languages for community review and comment. A 35-day <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#geo-regions-review"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>public comment forum is now open</u></font></a> through 4 September 2009.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Next Steps</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">At the end of this public comment period, the ICANN Staff will provide a summary and analysis of the comments submitted regarding the proposed charter document. That summary/analysis will be shared with the community and the Working Group.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">According to the Charter, the Initial Report will be followed by an “Intermediate Report,” currently scheduled to be drafted and prepared by the October 2009 Seoul ICANN meeting. A third “Final Report” that will include the working group’s recommendations (if any) is currently scheduled to be published early next year. The Working Group will review the community input on the Initial Report to guide its deliberations and future work on the Intermediate Report and Final Report documents.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Background</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">“<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/background/geo-regions-en.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>Background on Geographic Regions Working Group</u></font></a>”</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More Information</b></font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">ccNSO Working Group Final Report and Recommendations<br> <a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccnso-final-report-regions-wg-240907.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccnso-final-report-regions-wg-240907.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">ICANN Board Resolutions: November 2007<br> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-02nov07.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-02nov07.htm</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">ICANN Board Resolutions; November 2008<br> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-07nov08.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-07nov08.htm</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Approval of Geographic Regions WG Charter <br> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun09.htm#1.2"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun09.htm - 1.2</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Public Comment Forum on Initial Report of Working Group<br> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200909.html#geo-regions-review"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200909.html#geo-regions-review</u></font></a></font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Staff Contact</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><u>Robert Hoggarth</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">, Senior Policy Director</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>12. New GNSO/SSAC Group to Explore Feasibility of Internationalized Whois</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At a Glance</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>WHOIS is the data repository containing registered domain names, registrant contacts and other critical information. Questions persist concerning the use and misuse of this important resource. The GNSO Council continues its inquiries into the suitability of Whois going forward.</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Recent Developments</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">From public comments and from the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), suggestions in 2008 outlined two dozen areas worthy of study. These “hypotheses” have since been grouped into broad areas.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The first three study areas are: Whois Misuse; Whois data representation; and Whois proxy and privacy services. Staff is currently managing the preparation of RFPs so that research firms can quote the cost and feasibility of studying these areas. Part of the ongoing effort requires defining Terms of Reference (TOR), which are being prepared now. The goal is to post RFPs on the ICANN web site in time for the October international meeting in Seoul.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">During June’s international meeting in Sydney, the ICANN Board passed a resolution asking the GNSO and the SSAC to form a joint Working Group, which would look at the feasibility of introducing display specifications so that the introduction of internationalized domain names (IDNs) and related non-ASCII registration data does not corrupt the accuracy of Whois. The community is in the early stages of convening this technical Working Group. The group will be soliciting input from other SOs and ACs, especially the GAC and ccNSO. The findings and output of this group may make further work unnecessary in the fourth broad area of study, the impact on Whois accuracy/readability of international characters (non-ASCII).</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The fifth important study area, separately requested by the GNSO in May, would compile a list of Whois service requirements, based on previous policy discussions. Expect to see a study plan outlined in Seoul.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Staff intends to release study assessment information serially (as specific analyses on the individual study areas are complete). However, this work is an ongoing effort in which the initial feasibility assessments and cost determinations will take several months to complete. Staff will keep the GNSO Council informed of progress, so that the GNSO can then consider next steps.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Background</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The GNSO Council specified study areas related to Whois, involving data misuse, use of non-ASCII character sets, proxy and privacy services, and the provision of inaccurate information. <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/background/whois-05dec08-en.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>Click here</u></font></a> for background details.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More Information</b></font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">SSAC 027: Comment to GNSO Regarding WHOIS Studies<br> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/sac027.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/sac027.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">SSAC 033: Domain Name Registration and Information Services<br> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/sac033.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/sac033.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">SSAC 038: Registrar Abuse Point of Contact<br> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/sac038.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/sac038.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">GNSO WHOIS policy development page<br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">IRTP Working Group A Final Report<br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/irtp-final-report-a-19mar09.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/irtp-final-report-a-19mar09.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">GAC WHOIS study suggestions,16 April 2008<br> <a href="http://www.icann.org/correspondence/karlins-to-thrush-16apr08.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>ttp://www.icann.org/correspondence/karlins-to-thrush-16apr08.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">WHOIS Study Hypothesis Report, 26 August 2008<br> <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-study-hypothesis-group-report-to-council-26aug08.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-study-hypothesis-group-report-to-council-26aug08.pdf</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The GNSO Council Motion in Mexico City, March 2009<br> <a href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?04_mar_2009_motions"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?04_mar_2009_motions</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Motion on WHOIS Service Tools<br> <a href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?07_may_motions"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?07_may_motions</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">ICANN Board Resolution regarding display and usage of internationalized registration data, approved in Sydney, 26 June 2009<br> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun09.htm#6"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun09.htm#6</u></font></a></font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Staff Contact</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><u>Liz Gasster</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">, Senior Policy Counselor</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>13. Joint GNSO/ALAC Working Group to Draft Registrant Rights</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At a Glance</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>In order to be accredited by ICANN, registrars sign a Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) that commits them to certain performance standards. ICANN community groups are drafting a charter identifying registrant rights and discussing amendments to the RAA.</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Recent Developments</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">On 21 May 2009, the ICANN Board approved a new form of a Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) to be applicable to all registrars. The revised RAA, widely recognized by the Community as an improvement over the existing version of RAA, provides ICANN with additional compliance tools and provides registrants some extra protections. The RAA amendments received broad support among registrars in Sydney, where many registrars participated in a signing ceremony displaying their commitment to the new agreement.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Next Steps</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The GNSO is undertaking a further review of the RAA to identify even more amendments. To accomplish this review, a joint working group has been created with ALAC. This joint Working Group is expected to draft a Registrant Rights Charter, discuss further amendments to the RAA, and identify those on which further action may be desirable.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Background</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">To learn more about this RAA-related working group, please see: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/raa/"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/topics/raa/</u></font></a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More Information</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The joint Working Group has just started, but when they post information, it will be on their <a href="https://st.icann.org/raa-related/index.cgi%3Fjoint_alac_gnso_wg_and_at_large_on_raa_related"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>wiki page</u></font></a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Staff Contacts</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><u>Margie Milam</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">, Senior Policy Counselor</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial"><b>SSAC</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>14. SSAC Recommends Measures to Protect Domain Registration Services from Misuse</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At a Glance</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>The Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) has numerous initiatives underway or recently completed, all intended to assure the security and stability of the Internet.</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Recent Developments</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">SSAC has concluded its work on SAC040, Measures to Protect Domain Registration Services from Exploitation or Misuse. The report details major episodes of unauthorized access to domain accounts and malicious alteration of registration data to identify exploitable areas in current registration service models. It also describes measures that e-merchants, financial bodies, and enterprise intranets apply to mitigate certain exploits. Some GNSO Registrar Constituency (RC) members worked collaboratively with SSAC on this important issue, providing insightful and constructive comments to SAC040. The report will be issued later this month.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Next Steps</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">On a separate issue – SSAC and ICANN Staff are working in response to the Board of Director's resolution calling for the formation of a working group on internationalizing registration data. An SSAC member is preparing and will host a webinar to present the issues identified in <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/ssac-documents.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>SAC037</u></font></a>, “Display and Usage of Internationalized Registration Data,” to all interested parties in September. With the community at large, members are also studying alternatives for collecting, storing and enabling display of registration data in local scripts.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Background</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Malicious use of domain names has become a mainstay for criminals, “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacktivist"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>hacktivists</u></font></a>,” and notoriety seekers. Much of SSAC's attention is by necessity directed at these events. At the same time, the Internet community is preparing for dramatic changes over the next several years, including the introduction of DNSSEC, IPv6, IDN, and new gTLDs. Each of these changes individually poses new issues; introduced together, even over a span of years, they represent additional complexity and could have cumulative side-effects. SSAC will be reviewing these changes for potential new vectors for attacks.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More Information</b></font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Internationalizing Registration Information (Whois Data)<br> <a href="http://syd.icann.org/node/4159"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://syd.icann.org/node/4159</u></font></a></font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">SSAC Reports and Advisories<br> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/ssac-documents.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/ssac-documents.htm</u></font></a></font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Staff Contact</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0032e6"><a href="mailto:policy-staff@icann.org"><u>Dave Piscitello</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> Senior Technology Specialist</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial"><b>At-Large</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>15. At-Large Annual Elections Are Underway</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At a Glance</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>Each year around this time, the At-Large community elects its leaders for the forthcoming year, and appoints voting delegates to the ICANN Board’s Nominating Committee. This process has an impact on the whole ICANN community.</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Recent Developments</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">From August to the beginning of October, the At-Large community is engaging in a series of elections. Each of the five Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs) is:</font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Recommending nominees for the ALAC to consider for appointment to voting positions on the Nominating Committee (NomComm);</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Electing one member of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC);</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Electing RALO Officers (Secretariat and in some regions a Chair and Vice-Chair);</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Proposing candidates for ALAC Board Liaison.</font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The ALAC will then vote on the slate of all candidates proposed by all RALOs. The ALAC also is:</font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Appointing five Delegates (voting members) of the NomCom;</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Appointing the ALAC Liaison to the ICANN Board, from the list of candidates provided by the RALOs;</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Electing its Chair, two Vice-Chairs, and Rapporteur;</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Electing liaisons to the GNSO Council, ccNSO Council, IDN Policy, NCUC, and the SSAC.</font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More Information</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Complete information may be found at the <a href="http://www.atlarge.icann.org/elections/2009"><font color="#155476" style="color: #155476"><u>At-Large Elections 2009</u></font></a> page.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Staff Contact</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">At-Large Secretariat at <a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>staff@atlarge.icann.org</u></font></a>.</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><br></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>16. At-Large Continues Analyzing, Advising on Record Number of Policy Issues</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>At a Glance</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><i>At-Large continues providing input on behalf of the individual Internet user community on a diverse range of issues. Thus far in 2009 they have already weighed in on an unprecedented number of issues.</i></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Recent Developments</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">At-Large provided their official input into public consultations, referred to as Advisories to the Board of ICANN, on the following subjects in July and early August:</font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Second Report of the Board Review Working Group</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">IRT Working Group Final Report</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">IDN Fast Track Implementation Plan v3</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Root Server System Scaling Study</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Bylaw Amendment related to Organizational Review Cycles and the Organizational Reviews Process</font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">All official At-Large statements, including those above, may be found at <a href="http://www.atlarge.icann.org/correspondence"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.atlarge.icann.org/correspondence</u></font></a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">At-Large work also is underway on the following subjects:</font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">“Improving Institutional Confidence: The Way Forward” documents posted by the ICANN Staff; and the Bylaw Amendment Proposals related to the same.</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">At-Large proposals for Improvements to the Public Consultation Process</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Initial Report of the Geographic Regions Working Group</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Proposed Meeting Dates for 2011-2013</font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>More Information</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Complete information on the policy advice development schedule in At-Large, including links to draft statements, is always available in one place: <a href="http://www.atlarge.icann.org/policycalendar"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.atlarge.icann.org/policycalendar</u></font></a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Staff Contact</b></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">At-Large Secretariat at <a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>staff@atlarge.icann.org</u></font></a></font></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>IP JUSTICE</div><div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div><div>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</div><div>p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451</div><div>w: <a href="http://www.ipjustice.org">http://www.ipjustice.org</a> e: <a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>