ALAC: Advice to the ICANN Board on Subsequent Procedures (R-03A)
| Date Issued | Reference ID | Current Phase |
|---|---|---|
| AL-ALAC-ST-0421-02-01-EN (R-03A) | Phase 2 | Understand |
Description:
The ALAC deems the SubPro WG’s approach of Recommendation 9.15 (which is to defer the issue of DNS Abuse mitigation solely to a wider ICANN community effort or “holistic approach”) as foregoing a valuable opportunity to modernize existing contracts with Registries and Registrars in order to contractually compel more immediate, increased efforts to stem ‘abuse’ (as defined by the contracted parties themselves).
STATUS UPDATES
| Date | Phase | Type | Status Updates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 2 | AP Feedback | Without question, discussions surrounding DNS Abuse, within the ICANN community, have intensified considerably since ICANN66. The ALAC have endeavored to take a leadership role in these discussions and engage constructively with the rest of the community. There have also been some very promising voluntary efforts including the Framework for Domain Generation Algorithms and the Framework for Trusted Notifiers. ICANN org too has engaged in valuable efforts including the DAAR and direct efforts regarding Conflicker. A new plan for DAAR is pending and the ALAC anticipates that the next version will prove more actionable. It is a certainty that efforts to combat DNS Abuse will be ongoing and never reach anything close to perfection. The ALAC wishes to clarify that perfection is not our goal but rather the establishment of official metrics, related to DNS Abuse, goals established for improvement and measurement of efforts against those goals. Again, to be clear, the ALAC does not suggest that the Board dictate the substance of these objectives, but instead demand that such metrics and objectives be put in place, by the community, including measurable objectives that precede the launch of a new round. It would be the intention of the ALAC to participate in the community discussions around what might represent reasonable objectives. The ALAC looks forward to discussing this further with the Board to achieve the most possible clarity because creating an impossible task, to prevent a new round is most certainly not the objective of the Advice. Instead, the ALAC take a new round to be a given and are looking to accomplish as much as possible, with regards to DNS Abuse, before a new round is initiated. Definition of DNS Abuse The At-Large community have not yet reached consensus on a definition of DNS Abuse. Consequently, the ALAC has no intention to endorse the CPH definition per se. Instead, the ALAC wishes to table the discussion of definition and simply work with the CPH definition as it is the only definition around which there is community consensus. The ALAC believes there is plenty that can be done to combat DNS Abuse, as defined by the CPH, in the near term, and that those efforts should be the priority. As the ALAC believes that the landscape of DNS Abuse will continue to evolve, thus expanding the definition of DNS Abuse in some way, corresponding anti-abuse measures must be continuously updated to also recognize and address new forms of harm being perpetrated by bad actors. |
| Phase 2 | Clarifying Question | The Board seeks recognition that efforts are taking place and that, by necessity, such efforts will be ongoing and never truly complete. Additionally, the Board has asked if the ALAC agrees with the CPH definition of DNS Abuse. |
| Phase 2 | Phase Change | Now Phase 2 |
| Phase 1 | Phase Update | Acknowledgment sent to ALAC |
