Blog from July, 2014
Dear All,
Please kindly note that the At-Large Workspace for the following public comment has been created: .NGO and .ONG Registry Services Evaluation Process Request – Introduction of Technical Bundlin
Regards,
Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew
ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge
Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge
ICANN Weekly Newsletter
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org/Week ending 25 July 2014
Announcements This Week
China’s 21Vianet Contributes to Stable and Resilient Internet with L-Root Instance | Introduction on Instance Helps Mitigate Network Outages, Delivers Improved Internet Experience
A new instance of L-Root has been installed in China, increasing the Domain Name System's (DNS) overall fault tolerance and its resilience against certain types of cyber threats, such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
24 July 2014
Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .LUXURY, .WANG, XN--3BST00M, XN--6QQ986B3XL, XN--CZRU2D, XN--45Q11C, .BUILD, .REN, .PIZZA, .RESTAURANT, .GIFTS, .SARL, XN--55QX5D, XN--IO0A7I, and 20 TLDs associated with Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
Seven (7) Registry Services Evaluation Process (RSEP) requests were submitted by the registry operators to allow the introduction of two-character domain names for the below TLDs.
23 July 2014
Upcoming Events
12-16 October 2014: 51st International Public ICANN Meeting – Los Angeles
About ICANN
Our bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security, stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and transparent. Learn more at www.ICANN.org.
Reminder: Monthly GNSO WG Newcomer Open House Session
These ongoing monthly sessions are for new GNSO WG participants to come together and discuss any questions they may have about GNSO Working Groups, procedures and/or processes. We know there is a lot of information to digest when you join a GNSO Working Group and these monthly meetings are an opportunity for newcomers and more experienced participants to meet in an informal setting without the pressure of “real work” that needs be done.
The agenda is flexible. The presenters will be ready with a standard set of materials if people would like to discuss them. Feel free to submit questions, either in advance or at the beginning of the meeting, if there is a topic that you would like to explore in more depth . Providing useful answers to a wide range of questions is part of the reason why these meetings are
Thursday 7 August at 12.00 UTC
Thursday 4 September at 20.00 UTC
Thursday 2 October at 12.00 UTC
Thursday 6 November at 20.00 UTC
Thursday 4 December at 12.00 UTC
To convert to your local time zone, please see http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
If you are interested to join the next meeting on 7 August or any of the future meetings, please let the GNSO Secretariat know (gnso-secs@icann.org) and we will send you the call details. If there are any specific questions you already have, or any overviews or introductions you think would be helpful (e.g. GNSO Policy Development Process or GNSO Working Group guidelines), please let us know in advance and we will prepare materials accordingly. Feel free to share this invitation with others that you think may be interested.
We look forward to welcoming you at the next meeting!
Nathalie Peregrine
GNSO Secretariat
News Alert
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-24-en
ICANN News Alert -- China’s 21Vianet Contributes to Stable and Resilient Internet with L-Root Instance | Introduction on Instance Helps Mitigate Network Outages, Delivers Improved Internet Experience
25 July 2014
A new instance of L-Root has been installed in China, increasing the Domain Name System's (DNS) overall fault tolerance and its resilience against certain types of cyber threats, such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
The launch of the server node is a joint operation between ICANN and China's 21Vianet Group, Inc (NASDAQ:VNET). As China's largest carrier-neutral Internet data center with more than 80 data centers in over 40 cities in China, 21Vianet supplied the equipment necessary for the installation of the new L-Root node.
"We have selected Beijing as the initial site as Beijing is one of the largest Chinese cities, with one of the highest Internet penetration rates in the country," said Frank Meng, President of 21Vianet Group, Inc (NASDAQ:VNET). "But we will deploy in other major cities very shortly as part of our DNS Open Network program". DNS Open Network is a program by 21Vianet to build a trusted and robust DNS infrastructure that provide open peering with any ISPs and ICPs in China.
This cooperation between both organizations is an effort to provide security, stability and resiliency to Chinese Internet users and reduce the response time they experience when making Domain Name System (DNS) queries.
"The stability and resiliency of the global Internet continues to be strengthened with 21Vianet installation of the L-Root instances," said ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehadé.
"ICANN is working with other Chinese partners to bring in more L-Root instances into the country," said Kuek Yu-Chuang, ICANN's Vice President and Managing Director for ICANN Asia Pacific Hub.
There are 13 "root," or fully authoritative, DNS servers, identified by alphabetic letters A through M — the "L" root being one. Computers locate one another on a network by using numeric addresses, while humans find it easier to use and remember names (for instance, users typically remember the domain name "ICANN.org" more easily than the Internet Protocol address, 2620:0:2d0:200::7). The Domain Name System (DNS) matches domain names with numeric addresses, in much the same way a phone book matches names to phone numbers.
Spreading root information out geographically by duplicating the root servers leads to a resilient, dispersed system that cannot be taken offline by a problem at any single instance of a given DNS root server.
For more information about L-root, please visit www.dns.icann.org/.
Dear all,
Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of the 28 July 2014. Updates will follow as Doodles close.
Monday 28 July
14 :00 UTC : At-Large Technology Taskforce call https://community.icann.org/x/x7vhAg
15:00 UTC : GNSO IRTP D https://community.icann.org/x/B4JwAg
Tuesday 29 July
14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9iCfAg
Wednesday 30 July
18:30 UTC: At-Large AFRALO Monthly meeting: https://community.icann.org/x/JgUt
19:00 UTC: GNSO Policy and Implementation WG https://community.icann.org/x/y1V-Ag
Thursday 31 July
13:00 UTC: GNSO Translation and Transliteration Contact https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag
Friday 01 August
None at this time
Please confirm your dial-out requests
For GNSO calls:
GNSO Secretariats gnso-secs@icann.org
For At-Large calls:
At-Large Staff : staff@atlarge.icann.org
Kind regards,
Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew
ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge
Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge
Dear All,
Please kindly note that the At-Large workspace for the following public comment has been created:
Regards,
Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew
ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge
Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge
Dear All,
Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a vote be held by the ALAC on the proposed ratification of the “ALAC Statement on the Report: Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions."
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Question: Do you support the ratification of the "ALAC Statement on the Report: Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions" for communication to the relevant parties?
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Additional information on this Statement can be found on the At-Large Report: Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions Workspace.
Please note that the poll will be open from 23-July-2014 23:59 UTC to 30-July-2014 23:59 UTC.
Regards,
Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew
ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge
Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge
ICANN Weekly Newsletter
News from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org/Week ending 18 July 2014
Announcements This Week
Los Angeles Fellowship Participants Selected
50 fellows from 38 countries have been selected to participate in ICANN's Fellowship program at the 51st Public Meeting in Los Angeles, 12-16 October 2014.
18 July 2014
Request for Proposal for Global Consumer Survey
ICANN is seeking one or more providers to conduct a global survey assessing aspects of consumer trust and perceived consumer choice and the Internet domain name system (DNS).
16 July 2014
IANA Functions Stewardship Transition Updates
The first face-to-face meeting of the ICG was held in London from 08:00-17:00 UTC on 17-18 July at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel. The meeting was streamed live in seven languages and participation was available through a Virtual Meeting Room. Transcripts of these recordings are available.
16 July 2014
Fraudulent ICANN Domain Name Certificates
It has been brought to ICANN's attention that some online entities have attempted to sell fraudulent "certificates", which they claim are required to protect generic top-level domain names.
15 July 2014
Upcoming Events
12-16 October 2014: 51st International Public ICANN Meeting – Los Angeles
About ICANN
Our bylaws are very important to us. They capture our mission of security, stability and accessibility, and compel the organization to be open and transparent. Learn more at www.ICANN.org.
Dear all,
Please find below the list of At-Large and GNSO WG meetings in which At-Large members are participants for the week of the 21 July 2014. Updates will follow as Doodles close
Monday 21 July
15:00 UTC : GNSO IRTP D https://community.icann.org/x/B4JwAg
23 :00 UTC : LACRALO Monthly call https://community.icann.org/x/mIwi
Tuesday 22 July
05:00 UTC: APRALO Monthly call https://community.icann.org/x/rogi
14:00 UTC: GNSO PPSAI WG https://community.icann.org/x/9iCfAg
14:00 UTC: ALAC Monthly https://community.icann.org/x/PgCuAg
19:00 UTC: GNSO Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation meeting (SCI) https://community.icann.org/x/5ILT
20:00 UTC: GNSO non-PDP Data & Metrics for Policy Making Working Group (DPMP) https://community.icann.org/x/myt-Ag
Wednesday 23 July
19:00 UTC: GNSO Policy and Implementation WG https://community.icann.org/x/y1V-Ag
Thursday 24 July
13:00 UTC: GNSO Translation and Transliteration Contact https://community.icann.org/x/FTR-Ag
14:00 UTC: GNSO Review Working Party: https://community.icann.org/x/X5LhAg
Friday 25 July
None at this time
Please confirm your dial-out requests
For GNSO calls:
GNSO Secretariats gnso-secs@icann.org
For At-Large calls:
At-Large Staff : staff@atlarge.icann.org
Kind regards,
Regards,
Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew
ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge
Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge
News Alert
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-18-en
Los Angeles Fellowship Participants Selected
18 July 2014
50 fellows from 39 countries have been selected to participate in ICANN's Fellowship program at the 51st Public Meeting in Los Angeles, 12-16 October 2014. 17 of the fellows are alumni from at least one of the past 22 programs who will mentor newcomers as well as engage with community, 25 are first-time attendees to an ICANN meeting, and 8 have attended meetings in past but are fellows for the first time. The fellows represent all sectors of society including civil, government, academia, business, not-for-profit and user groups. The country code supporting groups are also represented.
Here is the list of selected fellows:
Ahlam Abu-Jadallah – Jordan – Gov't
Mayyad Ihmidan – Jordan – Not For Profit
Ibrahim Alfayoumi – State of Palestine – Technical Community
Mohamed Adas – State of Palestine – End User
Osama Tamimi – State of Palestine – Business
Hanane Boujemi – Morocco – Not For Profit
Shabnam Shafiei – Islamic Republic of Iran – End User
Mehrzad Azghandi – Islamic Republic of Iran – Civil Service
Arsene Tungali Baguma – The Dem. Republic of the Congo – End User
Ann Ibrahim – Egypt – Gov't
Hanen Idoudi – Tunisia – Academic
James Mutandwa Madya – Zimbabwe – Gov't
Oluwaseun Samson Ojedeji – Nigeria – Academic
Anna Secka Saine – Gambia – Business
Patricia Marie Thérèse Gnilane Senghor – Mauritius – Not For Profit
Roger Oteng Baah – Ghana – Business / IETF
Wisdom Kwasi Donkor – Ghana – Gov't
Sarah Kiden – Uganda – Academic
Fawaz Saleem Bokhari – Pakistan – Academic
Igor Mkrtumyan – Armenia – Not For Profit
Ganeswar Sahoo – India – Academic / NCUC
Omar Mansoor Ansari – Afghanistan – Business
Shakeel Ahmed – Pakistan – Not For Profit
Geoffrey Harris – Nauru – Gov't
Amata Kabua – Marshall Islands – Technical Community
Md. Jahangir Hossain – Bangladesh – Not For Profit
Sonam Penjor – Bhutan – Academic – Gov't
Sourakatou Ramanou Biaou – Benin – Academic
Pierre Dovonou Lokossou – Benin – Not For Profit
Ephraim Percy Kenyanito – Kenya – Not For Profit
Souop Soufo Bruno Serges – Cameroon – Business
Aida Mahmutović – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Not For Profit
Inga Cucer – Republic of Moldova – Government
Yuriy Kargapolov – Ukraine – Business
Sergey Povalishev – Belarus – Business
Denis Otvalko – Belarus – Business
Dorian Bodiu – Republic of Moldova – Gov't
Marilia Monteiro – Brazil – Gov't
Everton Teles Rodrigues – Brazil – End User
Julian Esteban Lescano Cameriere – Argentina – Business
Gloria Patricia Meneses Portilla – Columbia – Civil Service
Alejandra Reynoso Barral – Guatemala – Academc
Bruno Marcel Duarte Coscia – Paraguay – Not For Profit
Allan Carlton Soogrim – Trinidad and Tobago – Academic
Kamica Fortune – Trinidad and Tobago – Gov't
Joseph Marc Antoine Ridore – Haiti – End User
Wanda Miguelina Pérez Peña – Dominican Republic – Business
Bionda Fonseca-Hoeve – Aruba – Business
Krishna Kumar Rajamannar – India – Not For Profit
Wen Zhai – China – Not For Profit
ICANN received 355 fellowship applications for the Los Angeles meeting; an independent selection committee assesses applications for each meeting. Priority is given to applicants who meet minimum program requirements, are current residents of developing and least developed nations in the five ICANN regions, and who are interested in participating in ICANN and its supporting organizations, advisory committees or stakeholder groups.
Click here to find out more about the fellowship program and how to apply: http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships
Dear All,
Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, has asked that a vote be held by the ALAC on the proposed ratification of the "ALAC Statement on the Universal Acceptance of TLDs Draft Roadmap."
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Question: Do you support the ratification of the "ALAC Statement on the Universal Acceptance of TLDs Draft Roadmap" for communication to the relevant parties?
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Additional information on this Statement can be found on the At-Large Universal Acceptance of TLDs Draft Roadmap Workspace.
Please note that the poll will be open from 19-July-2014 23:59 UTC to 26-July-2014 23:59 UTC.
Regards,
Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew
ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge
Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge
Dear All,
Kindly see the agenda for the f2f meeting of the NTIA IANA Functions’ Stewardship Transition Coordination Group 17-18 July in London: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/agenda-stewardship-coordination-18jul14-en.pdf
Regards,
Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew
ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge
Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge
News Alert
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-07-16-en
Request for Proposal for Global Consumer Survey
16 July 2014
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") is seeking one or more providers to conduct a global survey assessing aspects of consumer trust and perceived consumer choice and the Internet domain name system (DNS). The selected provider(s) will design and execute an initial survey to create a meaningful baseline of data on consumer attitudes and will perform a follow-on survey one year later, to generate a set of comparison data. ICANN is seeking qualified providers to manage this set of complex survey activities in a timely and efficient manner.
The survey is intended to contribute to one of the reviews mandated by ICANN's Affirmation of Commitments ("Affirmation"). The Affirmation outlines ICANN's responsibilities to the global community of Internet users, who are all served by the DNS. The Affirmation focuses on three primary areas of accountability: (a) ensuring accountability, transparency and the interests of global Internet users; (b) preserving security, stability and resiliency of the DNS; and (c) promoting competition, consumer trust and consumer choice. Each of the focus areas includes regular reviews by the community to gauge ICANN's performance. The survey will serve as one source of data to inform the analysis of how the New gTLD Program has promoted competition, consumer trust and consumer choice.
The consumer survey will capture some of the metrics proposed by ICANN's community members from the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) to evaluate the impact of the New gTLD Program on competition, consumer trust and consumer choice. A review team, to be formed, will include the survey results as it examines other measures, such as the geographic spread of new gTLD registrations, the number of internationalized domain names (IDNs or domains in scripts that include characters outside the letters a-z, numbers 0-9 and a hyphen) available, and the relative incidence of compliance complaints, among many others.
As the DNS is relevant to all Internet users worldwide, the survey must be globally representative of all geographic regions, and thus the selected provider(s) must be able to conduct its work across multiple countries and languages. The proposed methodology must also be replicable one year after the initial survey is conducted to measure changes in attitudes as new gTLDs become more prominent in the domain name space.
For additional information and instructions for submitting responses please click here [ZIP, 1.08 MB].
Proposals should be submitted to globalconsumersurvey-rfp@icann.org by 23:59 UTC ON 6 August 2014.
News Alert
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-16-en
IANA Functions Stewardship Transition Updates
16 July 2014
On 14 March 2014, the NTIA announced its intention to transition its stewardship role of IANA functions, and called upon ICANN to launch and facilitate a process with the community to derive a proposal to transition the IANA functions to the global multistakeholder community, meeting the criteria set out by the NTIA.
Following community dialogue, the process for developing a proposal for this transition was posted on 6 June 2014. As a part of this process, a Coordination Group will be responsible for preparing a transitional proposal respective of the differing needs of the various affected parties of the IANA functions.
See here for a full list of the Coordination Group Representatives.
The first face-to-face meeting of the Coordination Group will take place in London from 08:00-17:00 UTC on 17-18 July at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel.
The global multistakeholder community will be able to follow the Coordination Group's first meeting through the Virtual Meeting Room and through audio translations into these languages:
In addition, the community is encouraged to join the conversation through use of the online discussion forum or ICANN's dedicated IANA Transition mailing list to discuss the transition process.
For more information about the Coordination Group and the IANA Function's Stewardship Transition, please visit the NTIA IANA Functions' Stewardship Transition microsite.
Dear All,
The first face-to-face meeting of the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group will take place in London from 17-18 July at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel. Remote participation options will be available for the community through access to a Virtual Meeting Room (https://icann.adobeconnect.com/coordinationgroup/ ) and through audio translations into these languages:
English:
http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-en.m3u
French:
http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-fr.m3u
Spanish:
http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-es.m3u
Chinese:
http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-zh.m3u
Russian:
http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-ru.m3u
Arabic:
http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-ar.m3u
Portuguese:
http://stream.icann.org:8000/coordinationgroup-pt.m3u
Regards,
Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew
ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC
E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge
Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge
