[council] IETF issues relevant to the GNSO

[David Cake <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

        A couple of council meetings I undertook to keep council up to date on 
some issues relevant to the GNSO happening within the IETF DNSOP working group.
        As described in a previous update to council, a recent RFC has placed 
the .onion TLD on the Special Use Names registry, which is a list of TLD names 
(maintained by IANA) that the IETF has recommended to be retained for special 
uses, and therefore should not be delegated by ICANN. While this RFC did go 
through, it was controversial and there are several other names that have in 
the past been proposed for the Special Use Names that may still be proposed 
again.
        There is now a suggestion that the RFC 6761 process for reserving 
Special Use Names needs some work, and the DNSOP group is working on how to do 
this. Currently a small  design group has been formed.
        How the RFC 6761 Special Use Names interacts with ICANN (and by 
implication, the GNSO, as such names are generally gTLDs) is expected to be 
clarified by these efforts, and I think it is important that we maintain aware 
of that process, and that documents produced are reviewed with a focus on 
GNSO/ICANN processes. I will endeavour to do so, and I will keep the GNSO 
Council informed.

        David

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