Amodio's proposal seems to me relevant. The consumers or end users account for overall about 80% of customers of all digital technology products. It would be convenient and even informative to have objective statistics about their preoccupations concerning multiple numerical products of which they make use daily. I note in my opinion that regularly we assist a aggresive and burning marketing of several products not giving the choice to consumers or to end users to make a critical analysis. I support Amodio's proposal. SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN COORDONNATEUR DU CENTRE AFRICAIN D'ECHANGE CULTUREL (CAFEC) COORDONNATEUR NATIONAL REPRONTIC MEMBRE FACILITATEUR GAID AFRIQUE GNSO and NCUC MEMBER (ICANN) Téléphone mobile: +243998983491/+243999334571 +243811980914 email: [log in to unmask] blog: http://akimambo.unblog.fr siège temporaire : Boulevard du 30 juin Immeuble Royal, Entrée A,7e niveau. 2010/3/2 Jorge Amodio <[log in to unmask]> > And what about consumers/end users ? I think it would be nice if ICANN > also funds a similar survey for consumer grade CPE (Customer Premises > Equipment). > > What's the opinion of other NCSG members about this subject ? > > Regards > Jorge > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: ICANN News Alert <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:08 PM > Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Survey of IPv6 Availability on Commercial > Firewalls > To: [log in to unmask] > > > ICANN News Alert > > http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-01mar10-en.htm > > ________________________________ > > Survey of IPv6 Availability on Commercial Firewalls > > 1 March 2010 > > ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) is conducting > a survey of the commercial firewall market to obtain information > relating to IPv6 security service availability. The purpose of this > survey is to update and compare the results against a similar survey > SSAC conducted in October 2007, see Survey of IPv6 Support Among > Commercial Firewalls [SAC 021 > http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/sac021.pdf] [PDF, 236 KB]. > > The initial survey invited vendors of commercial firewalls to answer > certain questions: > > * How broadly is IPv6 transport supported by commercial firewalls? > * Is IPv6 support available from commercial firewalls for all market > segments? > * Which commonly used security enforcement features can be deployed > from commercial firewalls when IPv6 transport is used? > * Can an organization enforce a security policy from commercial > firewalls when using IPv6 that is commensurate to a policy currently > supported when IPv4 is used? > > SSAC invites vendors to assist in updating that survey for 2010. > > Unlike the 2007 survey, SSAC will also invite business users of > commercial firewalls to answer a similar set of questions: > > * Are user organizations that have adopted IPv6 using commercial > firewalls to protect their networks? > * What features are user organizations employing when they deploy > firewalls in IPv6 networks? > * Are user organizations finding that the security services they used > at IPv4 firewalls are available for IPv6 transport as well? > * Are user organizations satisfied that commercial firewalls can > enforce the same security policy whether IPv6 or IPv4 transport is > used? > > As was the case for the 2007 survey, SSAC will analyze and publish > aggregated responses. We will aggregate and analyze vendor results > separately from user organization responses. We will compare the 2010 > vendor responses against the 2007 responses to measure how > availability has changed since the first survey. > > Vendors and business users of commercial firewalls are invited to > participate in the survey online at: > http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB22A9WG4UQWG > > Vendors, please consider providing an email address. (We ask you to > provide an email address as the final question of the vendor survey.) > SSAC will not share this email address but will use it to contact you > should we have questions related to survey responses for your > products. > > User organizations (Businesses) > > We are asking persons responsible for the administration > (configuration) of the commercial firewalls to participate in the > survey. "Businesses" thus includes all non-exclusively personal use > commercial firewalls. 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