ICANN''' update

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ICANN... update

• Pablo HinojosaManager, Regional RelationsGlobal
  and Strategic Partnerships

2007 Caribbean Internet Forum St. Lucia, 5
November 2007
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In the beginning . . .
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From thin pipe to fat pipe
The greater the demand for Internet-based
services, the larger and more complex the
Internet ecosystem becomes
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Internet

• Is a powerful and pervasive technology for
  empowering economies and individuals
• It is the foundation of 2.4 trillion in
  e-commerce that flowed online last year
• Its evolved due to collaboration and cooperation
  of an overall eco-system - technology does not
  recognize boundaries or politics
• The Internet itself (in fact the entire
  communications system) and issues surrounding it
  are still evolving
• Maintaining a single interoperable Internet is
  key to all of this -- ICANN and its coordination
  role has some responsibilities in this regard

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Operating layers
Content and applications standards (HTML, XML,
Java) Promotes creativity and innovation in
applications leading to email, World Wide Web,
ebanking, wiki, Skype, and much more
ICANNS Responsibility
Internet protocols and standards (TCP/IP, DNS,
SSL) TCP/IP, controls traffic flow by dividing
email and web data into packages before they are
transmitted on the Internet
Telecommunications infrastructure Physical
network made up of underwater cables, telephone
lines, fiber optics, satellites, microwaves,
wi-fi, and so on facilitates transfer of
electronic data over the Internet

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ICANN mission

• To coordinate, overall, the global Internet's
  system of unique identifiers
• Allocation and assignment of the three sets of
  unique identifiers for the Internet
• Domain names (forming a system called the DNS)
• Internet protocol (IP) addresses and autonomous
  system (AS) numbers
• Protocol port and parameter numbers
• Operation and evolution of the DNS root name
  server system
• Policy development reasonably and appropriately
  related to these technical functions

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Core Operations

• IANA operations
• Automate IANA processes where appropriate to
  enhance productivity and efficiency
• gTLD Registry operations
• Registry Contractual Provisions and Whois,
  delegations of new gTLDs and IDNs
• gTLD Registrar operations
• Promote competition and choice of consumers in
  all regions of world
• Protection and choice for registrants such as
  escrow of data and clear description of market
  choices
• Contractual compliance
• Accreditation and policy processes
• Collect data for proper problem resolution

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Multi-stakeholder model
Supporting Organizations
At-Large Organizations
Advisory Committees

• Address Supporting Organization
• Generic Names Supporting Organization (including
  business, Intellectual Property, ISPs
  constituencies)
• Country Code Names Supporting Organization

• Latin America-Caribbean
• European Union
• Africa
• Asia/Australia/Pacific
• North America

• Governmental Advisory Committee
• Security and Stability Advisory Committee
• Root Server Security and Stability Advisory
  Committee
• At-Large Advisory Committee

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Agenda Issues

• Introduction of Internationalized Domain Names
  (IDNs)
• Introduction of New TLDs
• Migration from IPv4 to IPv6
• Security and stability and emerging issues
• Accountability and transparency
• Whois database service
• Registrar data escrow services
• Registry failover plan
• Accountability frameworks with ccTLD managers

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Priority areas

• Strategic priorities for the next 3 years
• Implementing IDNs and new TLDs
• Transition from IPv4 to IPv6
• Enhancing security and stability of the
  Internets unique identifiers
• Strengthening ICANNs multi-stakeholder model to
  manage increasing demands and changing needs
• Strengthening accountability and governance

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Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)

• Goal is IDN deployment in 2008
• Technical testing of example.test in 11 languages
• With regard to policy areas -- extensive
  discussion and work in the GNSO, ccNSO and in the
  GAC
• On a ccTLD level, request for Issues Report
  (launch of IDN ccPDP)
• Exploring potential two-track approach to enable
  establishment of IDNs for ccTLD specific
  situations
• Importance to businesses
• Multilingual use of users and consumers
• Multilingual audience to address
• Multilingual use of domain names
• Increased user audience on the Internet

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New gTLDs

• New gTLDs are about choice
• ICANN is developing a new application and
  approval policy
• New gTLDs could work in tandem with progress on
  IDNs for the introduction of new TLDs in new
  character sets
• Anticipate progress in 2008

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IPv6

• Pool of unallocated IPv4 addresses is projected
  to be fully distributed at some point. when is
  being debated.
• There is a perception its merely a technical
  issue which has had an impact on slowing the
  transition and movement to IPv6
• Many organizations and governments are stressing
  its importance publicly

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Security and stability

• Provide mechanisms that permit users of
  ICANN-maintained unique identifiers to
  independently validate those identifiers, e.g.
  through DNSSEC, digital signatures, etc.
• Continue to strengthen DNS stability and
  resilience (e.g. analysis of root operations and
  scaling, deploying secondaries for IANA
  administered zones)
• Work with RIRs to provide leadership relating to
  issues regarding IPv4 and IPv6 transition

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ICANNs multi-stakeholder model

• Participation
• Fellowships program, outreach program
• Capacity building
• On current and future PDPs
• Regional initiatives
• Organizational systems
• Transcribes, automatic translation, wiki, remote
  participation tools IT as a strategic asset
• Reviews
• NomCom review, gNSO review, Board review, ALAC
  review etc.
• Organizational capability
• Building ICANNs leadership
• Enhancing communications across a globally
  distributed staff

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Accountability and governance

• Joint Project Agreement / Affirmation of
  Responsibilities Independence!
• Progress steps to transition to private sector
• Accountability and Transparency
• Annual reports, management operating principles,
  governance best practices
• Independent review by One World Trust
• ICANNs role in the international arena
• Roles of technical, policy making, advisory,
  governmental, regional, service and educational
  groups with whom ICANN partners
• A range of existing external legal and internal
  rule based accountabilities

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