[council] FW: Joint Working Group to consider concept of DNS CERT

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

Please note the request from Chris Disspain and the ccNSO below.  I
recognize that this is short notice before our meeting tomorrow, but I
plan to add this to the agenda and squeeze it in.  If there are no
objections to pursuing the possible establishment of a joint DNS-CERT WG
with the ccNSO, I will ask for a few volunteers to draft a charter that
could be considered in Brussels.

 

Chuck

 

From: Chris Disspain [mailto:ceo@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 9:54 PM
To: Gomes, Chuck
Cc: 'Cheryl Langdon-Orr'
Subject: Joint Working Group to consider concept of DNS CERT

 

Chuck,

 

In our conversation last week we discussed the possibility of the gNSO
and ccNSO (along with other relevant ACs and independent experts)
setting up the working group contemplated in the joint Chair's letter to
ICANN of 25 March 2010 as soon as possible. 

 

I put this proposal to the ccNSO council on our call of 8 June and
confirm that the council has agreed that in the event of the proposal
also being agreed by the gNSO council, a small joint drafting team
should work before Brussels to draft the charter for the establishment
of a Working Group comprising representatives of ICANN's Security and
Stability Advisory Committee, Root Server System Advisory Committee,
GAC, ALAC, CERT operators and ccTLD and gTLD managers to draw upon their
collective expertise and to solicit their input on:

*         the broad concept of a DNS-CERT;

*         the current work being undertaken to mitigate DNS-related
threats;

*         the actual level, frequency and severity of these threats;

*         the gaps (if any) in the current security response to DNS
issues;

*         whether or not a DNS-CERT is a proposal they support; and

*         if so, the logistics of the proposal.

The goal would be to have the charter approved by the ccNSO and gNSO in
Brussels if possible so that we can announce the formation of the
working group. I'm guessing that formally the working group will need to
be a joint gNSO ccNSO group (as the 2 relevant supporting organisations
that can actually make policy) with the charter mandating the
involvement of the relevant ACs and outside experts. 

 

In the event that the gNSO council does approve the proposal then the
action items will be a) to call for some volunteers to do the drafting
along with Bart Boswinkel as ccNSO staff and an equivalent gNSO person
and b) to approach the other ACs to inform them that this is occurring.

 

I understand your council meets on 10 June 2010 and look forward to
hearing from you regarding your discussions.

 

Cheers,

 

 

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