RE: [council] Fwd: [soac-discussion] Board Resolution re: SAC051 Recommendations

[Liz Gasster <liz.gasster@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff and all,

In the crush of recent email, I think I overlooked this question.

The SSAC 051 recommendation #2  really focuses on deficiencies in the current 
underlying technical protocol, as do the previous reports referred to in this 
recommendation -- recommendations in SAC 003, SAC 027 and SAC 033. These 
reports all recommend the adoption of a new Internet standard directory 
service-based protocol for technical reasons, and the reports also identify 
protocol-related capabilities that may raise policy issues, including 
internationalization in the case of SAC 051, accuracy, machine-parsing, privacy 
and searchability (SAC 003), authentication, data accuracy, data 
confidentiality, and data integrity (SAC 027), and improving accuracy, adopting 
a data schema, authentication, auditing, etc…(SAC 033).

The pending studies are focused on different policy aspects of Whois, which 
while potentially relevant to setting new policies, are not concerned with 
technical or protocol issues.  The WHOIS Relay and Reveal Pre-study Survey will 
likely be completed very early next year, the other three studies will not be 
completed for at least a year.

Please let me know if you have further questions.

Thanks, Liz




From: Neuman, Jeff [mailto:Jeff.Neuman@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 11:15 AM
To: Liz Gasster; Stéphane Van Gelder; GNSO Council
Subject: RE: [council] Fwd: [soac-discussion] Board Resolution re: SAC051 
Recommendations

Liz,

How will the WHOIS studies figure into this equation, if at all?  And if they 
do, can you remind us to the timing of when each of those will be completed?

Thanks.

Jeffrey J. Neuman
Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Law & Policy

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From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
[mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]<mailto:[mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]>
 On Behalf Of Liz Gasster
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 12:30 PM
To: Stéphane Van Gelder; GNSO Council
Subject: RE: [council] Fwd: [soac-discussion] Board Resolution re: SAC051 
Recommendations

Stéphane and all,

If I may add to Stéphane’s point about whether the Council wishes to make 
comments on the SAC 051 Recommendations as requested by the Board, I would note 
in particular the Board’s Resolved to:

Resolved (2011.10.28.27), the Board directs staff to produce, in consultation 
with the community, a roadmap for the coordination of the technical and policy 
discussions necessary to implement the recommendations outlined in SAC 051.

The WHOIS Service Requirements Survey Working Group had a preliminary 
discussion about this at its working group meeting yesterday, noting the 
possibility that information from the survey could contribute to informing such 
a roadmap.  In addition, the joint SSAC-GNSO IRD Working Group has a draft 
Final Report currently out for public comment that is also relevant to 
Recommendation 2 of the SAC report, which states:

The ICANN community should evaluate and adopt a replacement domain name 
registration data access protocol that supports the query and display of 
Internationalized DNRD as well as addressing the relevant recommendations in 
SAC 003, SAC 027 and SAC 033.
At minimum, it might be advisable to provide an update to the Board on these 
pending GNSO Whois protocol-related activities to ensure that the roadmap and 
any subsequent related actions take into consideration the work of these 
groups. Staff would be happy to prepare a draft of update from the Council on 
these matters if you would like.

Best regards, Liz

From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
[mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]<mailto:[mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]>
 On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:05 AM
To: GNSO Council
Subject: [council] Fwd: [soac-discussion] Board Resolution re: SAC051 
Recommendations

Councillors,

Please see the message below. At this point, we do not have to respond if we do 
not think we have anything to add. However, we may wish to respond if there are 
comments to be made. Please share with your groups and let me know if there is 
a desire to discuss this at our next Council meeting.

Thanks,

Stéphane



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De : Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx>>
Objet : [soac-discussion] Board Resolution re: SAC051 Recommendations
Date : 9 novembre 2011 21:24:34 HNEC
À : "soac-discussion@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:soac-discussion@xxxxxxxxx>" 
<soac-discussion@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:soac-discussion@xxxxxxxxx>>

Dear Chairs and Vice Chairs of the ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory 
Committees,

Per the Board Resolution passed on 28 October 2011 at: 
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct11-en.htm#5 and listed below, 
the Board directed staff to forward SAC051 “SSAC Report on WHOIS Terminology 
and Structure” to ICANN’s Advisory Committees and Supporting Organizations for 
their advice, if any, with regards to implementing the SSAC recommendations.  
Please refer to SAC051 at: 
http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/sac051.pdf and, in particular, to 
the recommendations listed below.

Please send your advice to me at julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx<UrlBlockedError.aspx> 
not later than 09 January 2011.  Please also let me know if you have any 
questions.

Thank you very much for your assistance in this matter.

Best regards,

Julie Hedlund
Director, SSAC Support

Recommendations from Security and Stability Advisory Committee Report on Whois 
Terminology & Structure (SAC051)
Whereas, WHOIS service has been an important information service for the 
Internet community, and is part of all ICANN TLD contracts.

Whereas, the shortcomings of the WHOIS protocol have been known for some time.

Whereas, on 20 September 2011, ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory 
Committee (SSAC) published a report "SSAC Report on Domain Name WHOIS 
Terminology and Structure" (SAC 051), including specific recommendations aimed 
at clarity of terminology and structure with regard to discussions regarding 
WHOIS.

Resolved (2011.10.28.26), the Board hereby acknowledges the receipt of SAC 051, 
and thanks SSAC and other contributors for their efforts in the creation of the 
report.

Resolved (2011.10.28.27), the Board directs staff to produce, in consultation 
with the community, a roadmap for the coordination of the technical and policy 
discussions necessary to implement the recommendations outlined in SAC 051.

Resolved (2011.10.28.28), the Board directs staff to forward SAC 051 to ICANN's 
Advisory Committees and Supporting Organizations for their advice, if any, with 
regards to implementing the SSAC recommendations, and to forward SAC 051 to the 
Whois Review Team

SAC051 Recommendations:

Recommendation 1: The ICANN community should adopt the terminology outlined in 
this report in documents and discussions, in particular:
·     Domain Name Registration Data (DNRD).  The data that domain name 
registrants provide when registering a domain name and that registrars or 
registries collects.
·     Domain Name Registration Data Access Protocol (DNRD-AP). The components 
of a (standard) communications exchange—queries and responses—that specify the 
access to DNRD.
·     Doman Name Registration Data Directory Service (DNRD-DS). The service(s) 
offered by domain name registries and registrars to implement the DNRD-AP and 
to provide access to DNRD-DSD.
Additional terminology includes “DNRDe,” “DNRD Policy,” “DNRD-DS Policy,” 
“Internationalized DNRD,” and “Localized DNRD.” The term “WHOIS” should only be 
used when referring to the protocol as currently specified in RFC 3912.

Recommendation 2: The ICANN community should evaluate and adopt a replacement 
domain name registration data access protocol that supports the query and 
display of Internationalized DNRD as well as addressing the relevant 
recommendations in SAC 003, SAC 027 and SAC 033.

Recommendation 3: The ICANN community should develop a uniform and standard 
framework for accessing DNRD that would provide mechanisms to define and 
implement a range of verification methods, credential services, and access 
control capabilities.