[WSIS CS-Plenary] [IGP Announce] Internet Governance Project Headlines

[Internet Governance Project]

December 02, 2009

The ICANN Independent Review Process: complete the trial before modifying it

IGP provides leadership, expertise and analysis at 2009 IGF

"It could be the end of multistakeholderism"

The IGF and the Internet Society-ITU rivalry

ICANN, Inc.: Accountability and participation in the governance of critical Internet resources

Chinese takedown, all notice at IGF

Abbreviated Guide to the Economics and Politics of DNSSEC

"Crypto-nationalism" and competition in secure DNS

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* The ICANN Independent Review Process: complete the trial before modifying it - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=42713223&f=175425&u=11399690&c=3012894
 
 

The law firm representing ICM Registry in its pioneering Independent Review of the ICANN decision on the .xxx top level domain has issued a call for ICANN to wait until the process is concluded and the community can assess the results before making any changes to the Independent Review Process (IRP). We think that is a reasonable request. Changing the IRP before one can take into account the only experience we have with it is like modifying the design of an airplane before it has gone on its first test flight.• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://www.feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;8193546;Main Page;The ICANN Independent Review Process: complete the trial before modifying it;3012894 • •

 
 

* IGP provides leadership, expertise and analysis at 2009 IGF - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=42711009&f=175425&u=11399690&c=3012894
 
 

IGP Scientific Committee members were prominent in all phases of this year’s Internet Governance Forum meeting in Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt. The IGP brought expertise in political science, economics, sociology and other disciples to bear on discussions ranging from cyber security and critical Internet resources to institutional governance.• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://www.feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;8193546;Main Page;IGP provides leadership, expertise and analysis at 2009 IGF;3012894 • •

 
 

* "It could be the end of multistakeholderism" - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=42685376&f=175425&u=11399690&c=3012894
 
 

The gem above, heard over lunch at IGF Egypt, illustrates the apparently tenuous ground upon which some feel the IGF now stands. But to understand why there was so much concern one needs to sort out the issues at play. 

First, there is the issue of who will conduct the formal review of the IGF. The review will be the basis for any decision to continue the forum under the aegis of the UN and in what format (including any outputs).  Second, there is the issue of where financial support for the forum will come from going forward. That these issues are being tussled over within the UN bureaucracy importantly illustrates the soft power that the IGF has accumulated within Internet governance.• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://www.feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;8193546;Main Page;"It could be the end of multistakeholderism";3012894 • •

 
 

* The IGF and the Internet Society-ITU rivalry - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=42519117&f=175425&u=11399690&c=3012894
 
 

This year’s IGF was characterized by intensified rivalry between the backers of the Internet Society/ICANN and the supporters of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which would like to contest the former’s hegemony over Internet names and number governance. Many workshops and main sessions of the Forum get sucked into this polarity one way or the other, especially if they discuss critical internet resources. Talk to the ISOC/ICANN supporters and one will get the impression they are engaged in a fight for their life. I am skeptical of this.• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://www.feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;8193546;Main Page;The IGF and the Internet Society-ITU rivalry;3012894 • •

 
 

* ICANN, Inc.: Accountability and participation in the governance of critical Internet resources - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=42372325&f=175425&u=11399690&c=3012894
 
 

IGP releases today a new paper assessing the relationship between public participation and accountability in ICANN. It explains how ICANN has responded to accountability concerns by creating new opportunities for public comment, review, and participation. Is public participation an adequate means of making this global Internet governance organization accountable to the public?  ICANN is fundamentally a private corporation. Private corporations are held accountable in three ways: 1) directly through their membership or shareholders, 2) through competition, which gives the public the opportunity to avoid their products or services, and 3) through external regulation or supervision by judicial or public authorities. None of these forms of accountability apply to ICANN.  Instead, the public is given a wide range of opportunities to participate in ICANN’s processes and to voice their opinions. This paper questions whether participation is an adequate substitute for accountability. It analyzes three distinct reforms in ICANN’s history to show how participation can displace accountability rather than improve it.• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://www.feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;8193546;Main Page;ICANN, Inc.: Accountability and participation in the governance of critical Internet resources;3012894 • •

 
 

* Chinese takedown, all notice at IGF - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=42356301&f=175425&u=11399690&c=3012894
 
 

The problem with linking inter-governmental organizations and Internet governance were on display today, the very first day of the Egypt Internet Governance Forum. The Open Network Initiative (ONI) planned a reception to launch its new edited collection book, Access Controlled. Outside the room a banner with the book cover graphics and your standard promotional blurb was on display. The blurb mentioned "the great Chinese firewall." Apparently a representative of the Chinese government complained and someone from the UN or the government of Egypt brought in security and (after about 15 minutes of bizarre discussions) insisted that the banner be taken away.• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://www.feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;8193546;Main Page;Chinese takedown, all notice at IGF;3012894 • •

 
 

* Abbreviated Guide to the Economics and Politics of DNSSEC - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=42258155&f=175425&u=11399690&c=3012894
 
 

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The following federal contracts were announced by federal agencies as having been awarded to companies operating in Maryland.

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MILITARY $4.1 Million Federal Contract Awarded to Shinkuro Inc.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Shinkuro Inc., Bethesda, Md., won a $4,103,348 federal contract from the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command, Rome, N.Y., for the Domain Name System Security Protocol (DNSSEC) deployment.

[Founder and CEO of Shinkuro, Inc. is ICANN Board member and SSAC chair Steve Crocker]

• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://www.feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;8193546;Main Page;Abbreviated Guide to the Economics and Politics of DNSSEC;3012894 • •

 
 

* "Crypto-nationalism" and competition in secure DNS - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=42198367&f=175425&u=11399690&c=3012894
 
 

The public forum at the recent ICANN-Seoul meeting included an exchange between IGP's Milton Mueller and ICANN Board member Steve Crocker concerning cryptographic algorithms used in DNSSEC and the requirement in ICANN's new gTLD application to deploy DNSSEC. Both raised points which bear repeating and further elaboration of the underlying competition issues that comes with signing the root.• Email to a friend • Article Search - http://www.feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Search=175425;8193546;Main Page;"Crypto-nationalism" and competition in secure DNS;3012894 • •

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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