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May 09, 2009

The EU High-Level Internet Governance Group Hearing

EU to Obama: Privatize ICANN, Internationalize Oversight

European Commission to hold Hearing on Internet Governance Arrangements, international dimensions of security and stability

Hey Washington! A leaderless Internet finds its way, again

Commerce Department: Headed toward ICANN 3.0?

The simple solution to the .SU problem

IGPAlert: ARIN Dir of Govt Affairs/Pub Policy and former NTIA rep C. Handley hits Internet governance trifecta - named to IGF MAG http://tr.im/kSN7

IGPAlert: RT @intgovforum: A press release on the renewal of the MAG, has been issued by the UN in New York http://tr.im/kJ5f

IGPAlert: H.R. 2271: Global Online Freedom Act of 2009 re-introduced http://bit.ly/UyT2L

IGPAlert: Former US cybersecurity chief: "International collaboration is the key" to implementing secure Internet infrastructure. http://tr.im/kDRY

IGPAlert: Mueller files comments on the proposal for an IDN gTLD constituency http://tr.im/kqvG

IGPAlert: Fascinating paper on domain flux techniques used by botnets, suggests regulation of registrars as possible countermeasure http://tr.im/kigN

IGPAlert: More networked governance: FBI rep presents new gov-priv sector collaboration effort: ARIN Government Working Group (AGWG) http://tr.im/jX5C

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* The EU High-Level Internet Governance Group Hearing - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=39172243&f=175425&u=11399690
 
 

Nearly 80 participants attended the EU-sponsored hearing on internet governance Wednesday. The hearing was held the day before a private meeting of the EC’s High Level Internet Governance Group (HLIGG), as a way of gathering opinions and ideas. Participants who came eager to discuss and explore Commissioner Viviane Reding’s call for new forms of accountability and oversight of ICANN quickly learned that her proposal was off-limits. Reding’s paper, we learned, was her own personal initiative, not an official or vetted product of the EC. Members of the HLIGG were as surprised by it as the rest of us and did not want discussion of it to dominate the hearing.

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* EU to Obama: Privatize ICANN, Internationalize Oversight - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=39133342&f=175425&u=11399690
 
 

Saying that "A moment of truth will come on 30 September this year," European Commissioner Viviane Reding proposed a reformed model of global Internet governance. Release of the proposal was timed to enable discussion of it at the May 6th 2009 consultations in Brussels. In the statement, she expressed support for the basic model of a privatized, independent ICANN and pressed President Obama to complete the job. She also made two interesting proposals, one for an independent international tribunal to which ICANN decisions could be appealed, and the other for a forum of 12 governments that would meet twice a year to make recommendations to ICANN on public policy matters.

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* European Commission to hold Hearing on Internet Governance Arrangements, international dimensions of security and stability - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=39077645&f=175425&u=11399690
 
 

IGP's Milton Mueller and Jeanette Hofmann have been invited to attend a European Commission Hearing on Internet Governance Arrangements to be held in Brussels on May 6. The agenda focuses attention on the international dimension of "security and stability" as governments continue to use the "critical infrastructure" rubric to position themselves for a stronger role. For example, it asks whether "self-regulation for critical infrastructures and services [should] be more closely monitored by governments and relevant public authorities?"

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* Hey Washington! A leaderless Internet finds its way, again - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=39164874&f=175425&u=11399690
 
 

With Washington cyberbuzzing from Congressional hearings and report releases over the past week – on topics from the power struggle over who should be the USG’s cyber tsar to how best to prepare the nation for what seems to be imminent "cyberattacks" from Russia or China – you’d think lawmakers are convinced that, unless someone “owns the problem” and the US provides stronger leadership, the Internet as we know it is doomed. 

Fortunately, the experts over at Renesys have again published data suggesting that this is not necessarily the case – that the Internet’s infrastructure (in this case routing) is remarkably resilient in the face of constantly changing threats. Furthermore, their data seemingly indicates that there are high levels of largely uncoordinated (that’s right, leaderless) organizational responses occurring when incidents transpire.

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* Commerce Department: Headed toward ICANN 3.0? - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=39018468&f=175425&u=11399690
 
 

The NTIA has published a Notice of Inquiry, Assessment of the Transition of the Technical Coordination and Management of the Internet's Domain Name and Addressing System, in advance of the expiration of the Joint Project Agreement in September 2009. The document outlines the history and evolution of the MOU between the DoC and ICANN, and the questions posed cover fairly standard territory. However, one caught our attention.

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* The simple solution to the .SU problem - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=38963132&f=175425&u=11399690
 
 

Discussions within ICANN are underway about what to do with the .SU top level domain. The .SU TLD was a country code when the Soviet Union existed. Obviously, that political entity no longer exists. There is now a debate about whether to close down the TLD or not. In the meantime, the people who run it (in some place called "Russia," which already has its own TLD, .ru) are registering new domains like mad. ICANN is in a conundrum.

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* IGPAlert: ARIN Dir of Govt Affairs/Pub Policy and former NTIA rep C. Handley hits Internet governance trifecta - named to IGF MAG http://tr.im/kSN7 - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=39191423&f=175425&u=11399690
 
 

IGPAlert: ARIN Dir of Govt Affairs/Pub Policy and former NTIA rep C. Handley hits Internet governance trifecta - named to IGF MAG http://tr.im/kSN7

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* IGPAlert: RT @intgovforum: A press release on the renewal of the MAG, has been issued by the UN in New York http://tr.im/kJ5f - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=39172241&f=175425&u=11399690
 
 

IGPAlert: RT @intgovforum: A press release on the renewal of the MAG, has been issued by the UN in New York http://tr.im/kJ5f

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* IGPAlert: H.R. 2271: Global Online Freedom Act of 2009 re-introduced http://bit.ly/UyT2L - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=39184446&f=175425&u=11399690
 
 

IGPAlert: H.R. 2271: Global Online Freedom Act of 2009 re-introduced http://bit.ly/UyT2L

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* IGPAlert: Former US cybersecurity chief: "International collaboration is the key" to implementing secure Internet infrastructure. http://tr.im/kDRY - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=39161637&f=175425&u=11399690
 
 

IGPAlert: Former US cybersecurity chief: "International collaboration is the key" to implementing secure Internet infrastructure. http://tr.im/kDRY

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* IGPAlert: Mueller files comments on the proposal for an IDN gTLD constituency http://tr.im/kqvG - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=39133343&f=175425&u=11399690
 
 

IGPAlert: Mueller files comments on the proposal for an IDN gTLD constituency http://tr.im/kqvG

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* IGPAlert: Fascinating paper on domain flux techniques used by botnets, suggests regulation of registrars as possible countermeasure http://tr.im/kigN - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=39112797&f=175425&u=11399690
 
 

IGPAlert: Fascinating paper on domain flux techniques used by botnets, suggests regulation of registrars as possible countermeasure http://tr.im/kigN

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* IGPAlert: More networked governance: FBI rep presents new gov-priv sector collaboration effort: ARIN Government Working Group (AGWG) http://tr.im/jX5C - http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=39191422&f=175425&u=11399690
 
 

IGPAlert: More networked governance: FBI rep presents new gov-priv sector collaboration effort: ARIN Government Working Group (AGWG) http://tr.im/jX5C

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