I will also be there and I am definitely attending the NCUC meeting. Konstantinos Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis Lecturer in IT&T Law, Panellist, Chair Membership Committee, Global Internet Governance Academic Network, University of Strathclyde, The Law School, 141 St James Road, Glasgow G4 0LT. tel:+44 (0)141 548 4306 fax:+44 (0)141 548 3639 email: [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Non-Commercial User Constituency [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Robert Guerra > Sent: 15 May 2008 00:20 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: NCUC at Paris ICANN meeting > > A short note to let you all know that i'll be at the upcoming Paris > ICANN meeting. I will be with the ALAC contingent, but would like to > coordinate my time so that I can spend more time with NCUC then I have > in the past. I arrive Paris on the 21st, and will only there until the > 25th . I have to depart early, as I will also be attending the Global > Voices Bloggers conference in Budapest. > > In terms of issues - let me share an emerging issue .. the so called > "son of site finder" issue that has been reported this week by > researchers in the US. It's a rather serious issue - one that > basically allows ISPs and registrars that host DNS for registrants to > inject their own ads under other people's domain names. Likely one of > the few issues where NCUC, ALAC and the IP lobby all agree that what's > being done is frankly wrong.. > > Below is a reference - a feature article from Wired Magazine.. > > ISPs' Error Page Ads Let Hackers Hijack Entire Web, Researcher Discloses > (NXDOMAIN remapping and wildcard injection by third-parties in a DNS > query) > http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/isps-error-page.html > > > regards > > Robert > > > > > On 14-May-08, at 4:58 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote: > > > Hello, all > > The Paris ICANN meeting is only about a month a way. I'd like to > > initiate some planning now. > > > > First, I believe (not fully confirmed yet, but likely) that the > > Internet > > Governance Project and Cotelco will be making a special effort to > > facilitate remote participation in the NCUC constituency meeting > > Tuesday > > June 24. We'll be doing this through Dr. Cogburn's E-lluminate > > platform, > > which still seems to be the easiest alternative. So if you can't come > > but want to stay active in the constituency, please mark your > > calendars > > for June and see if it is possible to sit at your computer during part > > of the f2f meeting. > > > > Second, we need to set an agenda. > > A big part of the agenda will be the GNSO reform process. We will need > > to discuss it among ourselves, invite in some outside speakers, and > > will > > also be having a special meeting with ALAC about that at 5:00 pm. Some > > of this work will require some advance preparation, such as coming up > > with a draft charter for a new stakeholder group. > > We also need to consider the usual business issues: membership, the > > next > > elections, funds, etc > > Other items I can suggest are: > > The Whois "studies" process > > JPA issues > > IANA is offering to meet to discuss some DNSSEC-related change > > I think .org will want to meet with us again > > > > Please use this list to add any other agenda items you are concerned > > about! > > > > Third, we need to make decisions about financial support for travel. I > > am going to ask NCUC for US$750 towards hotel. I can get there on my > > own > > nickel but hotels there are expensive. Others on the Council will > > probably need more support, and we may want to consider other > > requests. > > > > > > Milton Mueller > > Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies > > XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology > > ------------------------------ > > Internet Governance Project: > > http://internetgovernance.org