RE: [council] e-Crime and Abuse of the DNS Forum: a global perspective

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I guess it is a matter of definition Mike, but I respectfully disagree.

Chuck 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Rodenbaugh
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:02 AM
> To: denise.michel@xxxxxxxxx; 'ccNSO Council'; 
> ccnso-members@xxxxxxxxx; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 'liaison6c'; 
> 'At-Large Worldwide'; 'Steve Crocker'; jun@xxxxxxxxxx; 'Louis 
> Lee'; adiel@xxxxxxxxxxx; 'Janis Karklins'
> Subject: RE: [council] e-Crime and Abuse of the DNS Forum: a 
> global perspective
> 
> 
> ICANN does not have a "narrow mission" -- as clearly proved 
> by its $60 million annual budget.  So I respectfully request 
> that Staff please stop saying so in public materials. 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Mike Rodenbaugh
> Rodenbaugh Law
> 548 Market Street
> San Francisco, CA  94104
> +1.415.738.8087
> www.rodenbaugh.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Denise Michel
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 2:15 PM
> To: ccNSO Council; ccnso-members@xxxxxxxxx; 
> council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; liaison6c; At-Large Worldwide; Steve 
> Crocker; jun@xxxxxxxxxx; Louis Lee; adiel@xxxxxxxxxxx; Janis Karklins
> Subject: [council] e-Crime and Abuse of the DNS Forum: a 
> global perspective
> 
> Greetings.
> 
> The main session of "e-Crime and Abuse of the DNS Forum: a 
> global perspective" scheduled for Wednesday, March 4, 
> 14:00-18:00 in Don-Alberto
> 2-4 (Main Room), will be scribed, and the transcript and all 
> presentations will be publicly posted at 
> <http://mex.icann.org/node/2653>.  Included below and 
> attached in Word is an updated agenda.  I know that 
> overlapping meetings have been scheduled and not all 
> interested community members will be able to attend the 
> Forum, but rest assured that all available information will 
> be publicly posted, including the results of the break-out sessions.
> 
> Regards,
> Denise
> 
> Denise Michel
> ICANN Vice President
> Policy Development
> -----------------------------------
> 
> 
> e-Crime and Abuse of the DNS Forum: a global perspective
>       
> Organized by ICANN Staff in Cooperation with the At-Large Summit
> 
> Wednesday, March 4
> 14:00-18:00
> Hotel Sheraton Centro Historico
> Don-Alberto 2-4 Conference Room
> 
> The Forum will provide participants with an opportunity to 
> discuss numerous global activities and issues related to 
> e-Crime and DNS abuse that involve a broad array of 
> international stakeholders.  While not all of these issues 
> fall within ICANN's narrow mission, the Forum is intended to 
> facilitate public dialogue and working relationships on 
> e-Crime and DNS abuse among members of the global Internet 
> community, as requested by the ICANN community.
> 
> Welcome   Alejandro Pisanty (former Director, ICANN Board; National
> University of Mexico) Time:  14:00 - 14:10
> 
> Alejandro Pisanty will provide an introduction to the Forum 
> including its format, aims, and objectives.
> 
> Session 1. The e-Crime Landscape         (Time: 14:10 - 15:03)
> 
> Moderator: Cheryl Langdon-Orr (Chair, At-Large Advisory Committee)
> (14:10-14:13)
> 
> Panel: Beau Brendler (Consumer Reports WebWatch Project); 
> Fred Felman (MarkMonitor); and Jeffrey Bedser (Internet Crimes Group)
> 
> Introduction to E-Crime (20 minutes) (14:13 - 14:33) Beau 
> Brendler will provide an overview of the manner in which 
> e-Crime affects consumers as well as discuss activities that 
> aim to educate the public regarding e-Crime risks.  Fred 
> Felman will review recent e-Crime trends, and highlight types 
> of harms to end-users.
> 
> Sizing and Scoping e-Crime (20 minutes) (14:33-14:53) Jeffrey 
> Bedser will describe the e-Crime ecosystem and explain how 
> organized crime uses the Internet and the DNS to facilitate 
> criminal acts against end-users. Jeffrey will also discuss 
> emerging legal efforts that focus on protecting end-users 
> against Internet-based crime. Jeffrey will use the results of 
> extensive attack traffic, DNS, and domain name data analysis 
> to illustrate that e-Crime is able to exploit resources from 
> virtually any user and provider in the global Internet. He 
> will describe how criminal attack network activity is 
> distinguished from legitimate (production) traffic. Jeffrey 
> will also show the hotspots for bot and malware activity and 
> where domain names are used to abet e-crime are registered.
> 
> Audience Questions (10 minutes) (14:53-15:03)
> 
> Session 2. Criminal Attacks and Abuse Response Today   (Time: 
> 15:03-16:11)
> 
> Moderator: Greg Rattray (Chief Internet Security Advisor, ICANN) Time:
> 15:03 - 15:06
> 
> Panel:  Rod Rasmussen (Internet Identity); Tim Ruiz 
> (GoDaddy), Greg Aaron (Afilias), Law Enforcement (TBD); Vanda 
> Scartezini (At-Large Advisory Committee); Jeff Neuman 
> (NeuStar); Oscar Robles-Garay
> (NIC.mx)
> 
> Case studies in global criminal attacks (20 minutes) 
> (15:06-15:26) Rod Rasmussen will describe the chronology of 
> events leading to the discoveries and cessations of two 
> noteworthy security incidents.  He will describe both the 
> parties involved in, and the events leading up to, the 
> disconnection of the McColo hosting provider, and the 
> sustained disruption of Srizbi bot communications with their 
> command and control servers by preventing the automated 
> registrations of botnet domains.  Rod will describe the 
> events surrounding the attack against the e-billing company, 
> CheckFree, through its domain names, the immediate effects, 
> related phishing of registrars, and the prospects for future, 
> similar attacks against the financial sector and end-users.
> 
> Abuse Response Today - (30 minutes) (15:26-15:56) The 
> speakers will describe their respective roles in responding 
> to, and acting upon, criminal complaints where domain names 
> are used to abet criminal activities, and how to protect 
> legitimate end-users from erroneous shut-downs (false positives).
> A law enforcement expert will describe the role of the 
> private sector in cooperating with law enforcement agencies, 
> and in proactively responding to E-crime so as to protect consumers.
> 
> Audience Questions (15 minutes) (15:56-16:16:11)
> 
> Session 3.  Role of ICANN Stakeholders and Staff in 
> Responding to e-Crime
> (45 minutes) Time: 16:11-17:01
> 
> Moderator:  Lyman Chapin (former Director, ICANN Board) (16:11-16:14)
> 
> Panel: Jon Nevett (Network Solutions); Garth Bruen (Knujon); 
> Steve Metalitz (Intellectual Property Constituency); David 
> Giza (ICANN Compliance Office); Roelof Meijer (SIDN); Adam 
> Palmer (Public Interest Registry); Rudi Vansnick (ISOC.be); 
> Marc Ottawa (Royal Canadian Mounted Police); Andy Steingruebl 
> (PayPal); Tony Harris (Cabase)
> (16:14-16:56)
> 
> The speakers will describe how current ICANN gTLD and ccTLD 
> policies and contractual obligations of registries and 
> registrars help combat E-crime.
> The role of ICANN's Compliance Office in reinforcing these 
> efforts, such as in the areas of WHOIS accuracy, and 
> registrar breach notices, will be explained.  The speakers 
> will also discuss the efforts among industry groups to 
> develop voluntary guidelines and share data to enhance the 
> private sector's responses to e-Crime.
> 
> Audience Questions (15 minutes) (16:56 - 17:01)
> 
> Next Steps - e-Crime Break-Out Sessions (60 minutes) Time: 
> 17:01 - 18:01
> 
> Instructions: Denise Michel, ICANN Vice President, Policy Development
> 
> The public will have an opportunity to participate in further 
> detailed discussion and exchange of information by joining 
> one of several break-out sessions on specific issues 
> moderated by the individuals identified below:
> 
> .     Law Enforcement and ccTLDs (Marc Moreau and Erick Iriarte Ahon)
> .     Consumer Protection  in Existing and New TLDs (Beau Brendler and
> Holly Raiche, Executive Director, ISOC-AU)
> .     The Role of ICANN (Jon Nevett, Kristina Rosette, and Doug Brent,
> Chief Operating Officer, ICANN)
> .     e-Crime in Latin America  - conducted in Spanish  
> (Vanda Scartezini
> and Alejandro Pisanty)
> 
> The moderators of each break-out session will summarize any 
> suggested next steps and recommendations from their 
> respective group during the Public Forum.
> 
>