<html><head><base href="x-msg://721/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">23 February 2010 10:16:07 GMT+01:00<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">liaison6c <<a href="mailto:liaison6c@gnso.icann.org">liaison6c@gnso.icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[liaison6c] Mitigating Malicious Conduct in New gTLD - Zone File Access</b><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; 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: 0px; "><div lang="FR" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22feb10-en.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22feb10-en.htm</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><div style="margin-top: 15pt; "><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></div></div><h2 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Mitigating Malicious Conduct in New gTLD - Zone File Access</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">22 February 2010</span><o:p></o:p></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/zfa-concept-paper-18feb10-en.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Zone File Access Concept Paper</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[PDF, 260 KB]<br><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/zone-file-access-en.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Cost Model Information</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">In one of many efforts to mitigate the potential for malicious conduct in new gTLDs, ICANN formed the Zone File Access (ZFA) Advisory Group following an announcement on 3 December 2009 (see,<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03dec09-en.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03dec09-en.htm</a>). ICANN sought the participation of a diverse and knowledgeable set of volunteers to discuss alternatives for Zone File Access. The group was charged with discussing benefits and exploring methods to effectively and efficiently enhance access to zone file information in an environment with many gTLDs. The Anti-Phishing Working Group and others have described access to zone data as an effective tool for combating DNS abuse.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">On behalf of the ZFA Advisory Group, ICANN is opening a public comment forum on the ZFA Concept Paper (the "Paper") that describes standardized forms of access to zone file information. The Paper proposes four alternative implementation models for community consideration.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The Paper focuses on technical, operational, and administrative challenges for data providers and consumers in an environment with a potentially large number of gTLD registry zone files. Specifically, the work of the group targets consumer concerns relating to difficulties of accessing this important information in the new environment. For those combating DNS abuses, the goals of the program are to reduce the differences in and complexity of contractual agreements; standardize approaches; improve security and zone file access methods. Goals for gTLD registries include managing overhead related to zone file access and considering ways to improve service while maintaining administrative control over zone data.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); ">The ZFA Advisory Group plans to conduct<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://nbo.icann.org/node/8876" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); ">a workshop</span></b></a><b><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on its Paper and on-going activities at the ICANN meeting in Nairobi on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 from 12:00-13:30 UTC</span></b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">A copy of the Paper is available<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/zfa-concept-paper-18feb10-en.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">here</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[PDF, 260 KB]. The cost model referenced in the Paper is available<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/zfa-cost-model-18feb10-en.xls" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">here</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[XLS, 106 KB]. Comments on the Paper submitted to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:zfa-concept-15feb10@icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">zfa-concept-15feb10@icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>will be considered until 8 April 2010 23:59 UTC. Comments may be viewed at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/zfa-concept-15feb10/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://forum.icann.org/lists/zfa-concept-15feb10/</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">All documentation related to the work of the group, including an archive of its mailing list and MP3s for its teleconferences, is available at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/zone-file-access-en.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/zone-file-access-en.htm</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>