[council] Updated: Request for Information Issued on Proposed High Security Zone Verification Program

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22sep10-en.htm


Updated: Request for Information Issued on Proposed High Security Zone 
Verification Program

Updated 13 October 2010
22 September 2010

ICANN is updating today this posting on the Request for Information (RFI) [PDF, 
432 KB] for the proposed High Security Zone Verification Program (the "HSTLD 
Program"). The purpose of the RFI is to assist the ICANN community in 
understanding potential frameworks and approaches to evaluate new gTLD 
registries against the criteria in the draft HSTLD Program, determine where 
improvements to draft criteria and the overall program may be necessary to 
ensure its success, and to assess the viability of the proposed HSTLD Program.

ICANN, in cooperation with its community-led Advisory Group, has developed a 
proposed voluntary HSTLD Program consisting of control elements to increase 
security and trust in the Domain Name System (DNS) for those Top-Level Domain 
(TLD) registry operators that elect to participate in the program. This 
proposed program has been identified as one of nine measures intended to 
mitigate malicious conduct in new gTLDs.

For additional information about the HSTLD Program or the Advisory Group, 
please see the concept paper, Model for a High Security Zone Verification 
Program [PDF, 214 KB], the Public Archive of HSTLD Proceedings, and the Draft 
Program Development Snapshot #2 - High Security Zone Top-Level Domain Advisory 
Group (HSTLD Advisory Group) [PDF, 771 KB].

Respondents should pay careful attention to Appendix A of Snapshot #2 [PDF, 343 
KB] as it outlines potential control elements for registries, registrars and 
registrants in the proposed HSTLD Program.

Respondents are requested to reply to hstldrfi@xxxxxxxxx by 23 November 2010. 
Questions about the RFI should be submitted to the same email address by 27 
October 2010. In response to inquiries ICANN has received about the RFI, a 
conference call will be convened shortly after 27 October 2010, to respond to 
questions. Participation in the call will be open to anyone that submitted 
questions prior to 27 October 2010.

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org