[ncdnhc-discuss] proposed resolution on sec&stab.

Vany Martinez vany_martinez at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 3 16:23:54 CEST 2001 

Hi Alejandro, Michael and all:

I support Alejandro's motion.  Also I support Michael
aproach of steps to follow as a base of work for the
NCDNHC in this issue, if the motion is aprooved.  

Meaning that we don't have to wait to ICANN Board
determines the threads, subjects pertaining to ICANN
and which to other bodies, etc...If motion is aprooved
by the NCDNHC, we can begin to work in this issues in
order to develop a work that would contribute to the
ICANN Board with its work and objectives regarding
this issue, as the motion itself indicates.

Best Regards
Vany




--- "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law"
<froomkin at law.miami.edu> wrote:
> I think this resolution has strengths and
> weaknesses.
> 
> If we are going to have recitals, I'd also like to
> see mention of the
> greatest strength of the Internet -- it's
> distributed nature -- and call
> on the Board to emphasize solutions that reinforce
> this character rather
> than centralizing matters in a single point of
> failure which becomes
> vulnerable and attractive to attack.
> 
> I also particularly wish to see a 3-step process: 
> 
> 1) People identify the threats that need to be
> addressed.  I have
> seen remarkably few concrete examples discussed so
> far -- the chief one
> being the failure of ICANN to actually implement the
> escrow for which a
> policy was I gather agreed more than 2 years ago?
> 
> 2) Work items are parceled out properly.  I would
> like to see the
> resolution request the Board to identify the work
> items that are properly
> ICANN's, and those properly directed to standards
> bodies and other
> institutions.
> 
> 3) Concrete proposals are brought forward and
> discussed.
> 
> Thus, I'd amend the resolution to make it clear that
> this is the initiation
> of a process, not an (unreasonable) demand that
> everything be done
> yesterday (I'm sure that's not the author's
> intention, but it reads that
> way).
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Alejandro Pisanty - CUAED y FQ,
> UNAM wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > a lot has ben said and done about security and
> stability in the NCDNHC
> > these days. We have seen questions, answers,
> knowledgeability, expedrtise,
> > etc. It may be time to see what the NCDNHC can
> offer to the community.
> > This need not derail other significant issues, of
> course. Only focus on
> > many of our members- preoccupations and
> capabilities. We are offering,
> > not only demanding.
> > 
> > For other issues that have been mentioned (e.g.
> the .org divestiture) it
> > would be nice to see some of the background work
> that has been done on
> > them in order for the constituency to decide which
> go first.
> > 
> > I hope we can work from this draft:
> > >
> > >I move to consider and, after appropriate
> procedure, pass the following
> > >resolution:
> > >
> > >The recent, tragic events and their fallout have
> heightened the need to
> > >assess the stability and security of the
> Internet's centrally coordinated
> > >resources, and also of the need of strong
> international cooperation for
> > >this purpose regardless of the lucrative or
> non-commercial nature of all
> > >organizations active and dependent on the
> Internet.
> > >
> > >The non-commercial organizations and entities
> which are represented in the
> > >NCDNHC of ICANN's DNSO may stand to suffer
> disruptions in their
> > >functioning from a variety of disruptions in the
> operations of the DNS and
> > >the allocation processes for domain names and IP
> addresses, from which
> > >the expense and work of recovery may be much less
> available than for
> > >large, commercial organizations.
> > >
> > >While a significant portion of the non-commercial
> interests in the DNS and
> > >IP allocation system is embodied in universities
> and research institutes
> > >with high levels of technical expertise around
> the world, many other
> > >non-commercial organizations have very limited
> financial and technical
> > >resources to reroute around or recover from a
> crisis, and to train for
> > its prevention and recovery.
> > >
> > >Also, the expertise embodied in non-commercial
> organizations is frequently
> > >made available to a wider community by
> publications and advice and not
> > >protected from public access to secure
> proprietary interests or knowledge,
> > >so academic and other non-commercial
> organizations may become optimal
> > >poles for the diffusion of knowledge referred to
> threats to the stability
> > >and security of the systems under ICANN's purview
> and the ways to avoid
> > >such threats and the damage that could result
> from their materialization.
> > >
> > >Therefore the NCDNHC calls upon the Names
> Council, the ASO, the PSO, and
> > >the ICANN Board, to promptly assess the threats
> to the stability and
> > >security of the matters under ICANN's
> coordination, and to establish
> > >measures to address these threats, their
> avoidance, and the avoidance of
> > >the collateral damage they may produce, in order
> that non-commercial
> > >organizations with limited technical, human and
> financial resources be
> > >least affected by the materialization of such
> threats, and have affordable
> > >access to the corresponding preventive measures.
> > >
> > >Further, the NCDNHC calls upon its technically
> strong members, and their
> > >peers, as well as on organizations with
> appropriate policy orientation and
> > >expertise, to aid ICANN in the aforementioned
> effort to assess the threats
> > >to stability and security of the DNS and address
> allocation system and to
> > >provide the community with their expertise. The
> NCDNHC organization
> > representatives will call on people from their
> communities to provide
> > further assistance.
> > >
> > >The NCDNHC offers the technical and policy
> expertise of its members, the
> > >high standing of some of them in their societies,
> and the intercultural
> > >experience of the constituency, to the process of
> assessing and securing
> > >the stability and security of the matters under
> ICANN's purview.
> > >
> > >Alejandro Pisanty
> > >
> > >.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
>  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
> > >      Dr. Alejandro Pisanty
> > >UNAM  -  Educacion Abierta y a Distancia
> > >Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico
> > >Tel. (+52-5) 622-8713, 622-8633 Fax 550-8405
> > >
> > >http://www.cuaed.unam.mx
> > >---->> Unete a ISOC Mexico, www.isocmex.org.mx,
> www.isoc.org
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> > >---->> Internet y Sociedad? www.istf.org
> > >.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
>  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales
Information Technology Specialist
Sustainable Development Networking Programme/Panama
http://www.sdnp.org.pa e-mail: vany at sdnp.org.pa

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