NCUC at Paris ICANN meeting

[Konstantinos Komaitis]

I will also be there and I am definitely attending the NCUC meeting.

Konstantinos

Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis

Lecturer in IT&T Law, Panellist,
Chair Membership Committee,
Global Internet Governance Academic Network,
University of Strathclyde,
The Law School,
141 St James Road, 
Glasgow G4 0LT.
 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Non-Commercial User Constituency [mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Robert Guerra
> Sent: 15 May 2008 00:20
> To: NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: NCUC at Paris ICANN meeting
> 
> A short note to let you all know that i'll be at the upcoming Paris
> ICANN meeting. I will be with the ALAC contingent, but would like to
> coordinate my time so that I can spend more time with NCUC then I have
> in the past. I arrive Paris on the 21st, and will only there until the
> 25th . I have to depart early, as I will also be attending the Global
> Voices Bloggers conference in Budapest.
> 
> In terms of issues - let me share an emerging issue .. the so called
> "son of site finder" issue that has been reported this week by
> researchers in the US.   It's a rather serious issue - one that
> basically allows ISPs and registrars that host DNS for registrants to
> inject their own ads under other people's domain names. Likely one of
> the few issues where NCUC, ALAC and the IP lobby all agree that what's
> being done is frankly wrong..
> 
> Below is a reference - a feature article from Wired Magazine..
> 
> ISPs' Error Page Ads Let Hackers Hijack Entire Web, Researcher Discloses
> (NXDOMAIN remapping and wildcard injection by third-parties in a DNS
> query)
> http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/isps-error-page.html
> 
> 
> regards
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 14-May-08, at 4:58 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
> 
> > Hello, all
> > The Paris ICANN meeting is only about a month a way. I'd like to
> > initiate some planning now.
> >
> > First, I believe (not fully confirmed yet, but likely) that the
> > Internet
> > Governance Project and Cotelco will be making a special effort to
> > facilitate remote participation in the NCUC constituency meeting
> > Tuesday
> > June 24. We'll be doing this through Dr. Cogburn's E-lluminate
> > platform,
> > which still seems to be the easiest alternative. So if you can't come
> > but want to stay active in the constituency, please mark your
> > calendars
> > for June and see if it is possible to sit at your computer during part
> > of the f2f meeting.
> >
> > Second, we need to set an agenda.
> > A big part of the agenda will be the GNSO reform process. We will need
> > to discuss it among ourselves, invite in some outside speakers, and
> > will
> > also be having a special meeting with ALAC about that at 5:00 pm. Some
> > of this work will require some advance preparation, such as coming up
> > with a draft charter for a new stakeholder group.
> > We also need to consider the usual business issues: membership, the
> > next
> > elections, funds, etc
> > Other items I can suggest are:
> > The Whois "studies" process
> > JPA issues
> > IANA is offering to meet to discuss some DNSSEC-related change
> > I think .org will want to meet with us again
> >
> > Please use this list to add any other agenda items you are concerned
> > about!
> >
> > Third, we need to make decisions about financial support for travel. I
> > am going to ask NCUC for US$750 towards hotel. I can get there on my
> > own
> > nickel but hotels there are expensive. Others on the Council will
> > probably need more support, and we may want to consider other
> > requests.
> >
> >
> > Milton Mueller
> > Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> > XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
> > ------------------------------
> > Internet Governance Project:
> > http://internetgovernance.org