Introduction to the

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• Introduction to the
• ccNSO and Updates
• A. D. BADIEL
• ccNSO Liaison for AfTLD
• badiel_at_onatel.bf
• http//www.aftld.org
• http//www.ccnso.org
• Marrakesh, June 2006

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Content

• Brief overview of ICANN
• The ccNSO
• The cc Policy Development Process
• Why should we join the ccNSO?
• Miscellaneous

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1. Brief overview of ICANN

• ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
  and Numbers), non profit organization responsible
  for
• IP Ressources management (IANA)
• Internet protocols and indentificators management
• Top Level Domains (ccTLD, gTLD) management
• Protocols identificators assignment
• Root servers system management
• Etc.
• ICANN is composed of sub-organisations such as
• ALAC (At-Large Advisory Committee) responsible
  for the Internet communities interests defense
• ASO (Address Supporting Organization) which is
  in charge of issues related to IP adresses
• ccNSO (country code Name Supporting
  Organization) which adresses issues related to
  the country code Top Level Domains (ex. .sn, .fr,
  .za, etc.)

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Brief overview of ICANN (cd)

• GAC (Government Advisory Committee) which
  represents the governments voices amoung the
  ICANN community
• gNSO (generic Name Supporting Organization) which
  adresses issues related to generic Top Level
  Doamins (eg. .com, .org, .int, .tv, .info, etc.)
• RSSAC (Root-Server System Advisory Committee)
  which adresses technical issues related to DNS
  roorservers
• SSAC (Security and Stability Advisory Committee)
  which adresses issues related to the Security
  and Stability of the Internet
• Etc.
• There are some other organizations working with
  ICANN
• AfTLD, APTLD, LACTLD, CENTR, NATLD
• IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
• IRTF Internet ResearchTask Force
• IAB Internet Architecture Board
• ISOC Internet Society
• W3C World Wide Web Consortium
• Etc.

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Brief overview of ICANN (end)

• ICANN current organzation chart

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2. The ccNSO

• 2.1. Whats the ccNSO?
• The ccNSO (country code Name Supporting
  Organization), one of the key sub-organizations
  of ICANN, is in charge of
• Developing global policies related to the ccTLDs
• Making some proposals and recommendations to the
  ICANN Board on the ccTLDs
• Nurturing consensus among the ccNSO community
• Dealing with ccTLDs activities among the ICANN
  community
• Coordinating ccTLDs related issues with the ICANN
  other Supporting Organizations
• Etc.

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The ccNSO (cd)

• The ccNSO is made of a council where all the 5
  régions of the world are represented by 3
  councillors The African councillors are
• Victor CIZA (Burundi)
• Dr. Paulos B. NYIRENDA (Malawi)
• Mohamed EL BASHIR (Sudan)
• NB The 5 regions are Africa, Asia, Europe,
  Latin America North America
• The ccNSO counts one liaison per continent I am
  your liaison since June 2005
• The ccNSO also includes
• Committees
• Working groups
• Members
• Regional organizations AfTLD, CENTR, LACTLD,
  APTLD, NATLD

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The ccNSO (cd)

• 2.2. The Working Groups (WG)
• Accountability Framework WG
• An informal initiative of the ccNSO with the
  purpose to develop a set of criteria for AF
  between ICANN and ccTLD managers
• A statement to specify clearly what a ccTLD
  manager should be accountable to ICANN for and
  what ICANN should be accountable to the ccTLD
  manager for
• A formalization of relationship between ICANN and
  ccTLD managers

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The ccNSO (cd)

• Budget Fees to ICANN WG
• ICANN activities benefit to ccTLDs eg. Stability
  and Security of the Internet (30 of ICANN
  budget)
• IANA function services
• DNSSEC deployment
• IDNs
• Root-servers management
• Etc.
• Assistance of ICANN in ccPDP issue manager,
  liaison,
• ICANN requires some contribution from the ccTLDs
• Report available at http//www.icann.org/presenta
  tions/eva-ccnso-wellington-28mar06.pdf

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The ccNSO (cd)

• GAC/ccNSO WG purpose
• Improve collaboration between the ccTLDs and the
  governments
• Nurture consensus to avoid or even to solve
  conflicts between ccTLDs policies and national
  laws
• ccNSO/IDN
• Study the impact of IDNs introduction on TLDs
• Work jointly with the gNSO on IDN issues
• M. EL BASHIR is the African councillor in that WG
• http//gnso.icann.org/issues/idn-tlds/issues-repor
  t-28may06.htm

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The ccNSO (cd)

• IANA WG
• Goal improve IANA services to ccTLDs
• African representatives M. El Bashir (.sd) A.
  Levin (.za)
• Scope of the WG
• Review IANA procedures for ccTLD zone file
  changes (except redelegations)
• Recommandations to IANA on procedures
  improvements
• Review of interaction mechanisms betw. ccTLDs
  IANA
• Review improvement of documentation provided by
  IANA to the ccTLDs
• Review improvement of metrics used to monitor
  IANA sces performance
• Docs available at http//ianawg.ccnso.org/

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The ccNSO (cd)

• The ccNSO also has two WG on
• Secretariat ccNSO fees
• Seeking for a good proposal to host the ccNSO
  secretariat
• Studying the ccNSO functioning budget
• The WSIS
• Following the World Summit on Information Society
  process for the ccNSO
• All the documents related to the ccNSO
  activities are available online at
  http//www.ccnso.icann.org/

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3. The cc Policy Development Process (ccPDP)

• A mechanism for the cccNSO council to develop
  policies by consensus amoung the ccNSO community
  and address them to the ICANN board for approval
• A council recommendation is adopted if
• At least 50 of the members vote
• Among the voters, if 66 vote in favor the
  recommendation
• For instance, the ccNSO has initiated a ccPDP to
  improve the ICANN bylaws related to the ccTLDs
  (http//www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htmIX)
  precisely concerning
• ICANN Bylaws Article IX Country-Code Names
  Supporting Organization
• Annex B ccNSO Policy-Development Process
• Annex C the Scope of the ccNSO
• The details of those recommendations are
• Council Recommendation 1 Issue ANO BINDING
  POLICY FOR NON-MEMBERS OF THE CCNSO
• Council Recommendation Change Article IX Section
  4.2 in accordance with Proposal A to resolve
  Issue A as defined in the Issues report.

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Recommendations details (cd)

• Council Recommendation 2 Issue BIANA SERVICES
• Council Recommendation Change Article IX Section
  4.3 in accordance with Proposal B to resolve
  Issue B as defined in the Issues report
• Council Recommendation 3 Issue C AMENDMENT OF
  ARTICLE IX
• Council Recommendation Change Article IX Section
  6 in accordance with Proposal C to resolve Issue
  C as defined in the Issues report
• Council Recommendation 4 Issue DSETTING BINDING
  POLICIES
• Council Recommendation Change Article IX Section
  4.10 and Annex B sections 2, 3 and 15 in
  accordance with Proposal D to resolve Issue D as
  defined in the Issues report.

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Recommendations details (cd)

• Council Recommendation 5 Issue EBINDING
  POLICIES OUTSIDE CCPDP
• Council Recommendation Change Article IX Section
  1 in accordance with Proposal E to resolve Issue
  E as defined in the Issues report
• Council Recommendation 6 Issue FCHANGES TO
  CCPDP AND SCOPE
• Council Recommendation Change Article IX Section
  6 in accordance with Proposal F to resolve Issue
  F as defined in the Issues report
• Council Recommendation 7 Issue IMEMBERSHIP
  QUORUM VOTING ON PDP RECOMMENDATIONS
• Council Recommendation Change Annex B Section 13
  of the ICANN bylaws in accordance with Proposal I
  to resolve Issue I as defined in the Issues
  report.

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Recommendations details (end)

• Council Recommendation 8 Issue JREJECTION OF
  PDP RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE ICANN BOARD
• Council Recommendation Change Annex B Section
  15(2c) of the ICANN Bylaws in accordance with
  Proposal J to resolve Issue J as defined in the
  Issue Report
• The member report PDP is available
• http//www.ccnso.icann.org or at
  http//www.aftld.org

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4. Why should African ccTLDs join the ccNSO?

• African ccTLDs face some problems such as
• DNS instability in some African countries.
• DNS insecurity due to some attacks (eg. DDoS).
• Lack of DNS root server in Africa (only a few
  mirrors in some countries)
• Lack of IPv6 and DNSSEC experimentation at a
  great scale.
• Lack of collaboration and cooperation between
  African ccTLDs.
• Insufficiency of training.
• ccNSO is an opportunity offered to African ccTLDs
  managers to
• Cooperate and exchange experience with other
  ccTLD managers
• To be aware of any policy development related to
  ccTLDs
• Take part in the Internet development process at
  a decision level
• Contribute to the Internet development and
  stability in Africa and in the world
• But first participate in the AfTLD development!
• To join the ccNSO http//www.ccnso.org/about/Joi
  ning/Form.htm

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5. Miscellaneous

• A proposal was received from .tw to host the
  ccNSO secretariat discussions are still going on
• Victor Ciza (African ccNSO councillor) stepped
  down and was re-nominated for 3 years
• The ICANN board adopted 7 of the 8
  recommendations at the Wellington ICANN meeting
• The remaining recommendation shall be adopted at
  this ICANN meeting
• See http//ccnso.icann.org/pdps/bylaws-sup-rec-24m
  ay06.pdf

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• Thanks
• for your attention!
• http//www.ccNSO.org

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