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11éme réunion du registre de l'internet pour l'Afrique: L'Afrique appelée à songer à \
une meilleure inter connectivité Aïssatou Doucoure
25 Novembre 2009
« Protéger l'avenir de l'Internet en Afrique : en prévision de la mise en oeuvre du \
protocole ipv6 ». Tel est le thème de la 11ème réunion du registre de l'internet pour \
l'Afrique qui s'est ouverte hier mardi 24 novembre à Dakar. Le début de cette \
rencontre de quatre jours a permis à Adiel Akplogan, directeur général d'AfriNic de \
rappeler aux africains que « Le continent africain devrait réfléchir sur la manière \
d'arriver à un meilleur inter connectivité de son réseau Internet et se préparer aux \
évolutions notées dans ce domaine », déclare M. Adiel.
NTIC - INFORMATIQUE
AfriNic a organisé la 11ème réunion du registre de l'internet pour l'Afrique avec la \
collaboration de l'Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes (Artp) \
dans le cadre de la mission de promotion des Tic en général et des Télécommunications \
en particulier. Cette rencontre « permettra à l'ensemble des participants d'apprécier \
l'étendue des avancées technologiques et leur impact socioéconomique et politique sur \
le continent », a annoncé Adiel Akplogan, directeur général d'AfriNic. Cette \
cérémonie qui a eu lieu dans un hôtel de la place hier 24 novembre avait pour thème « \
Protéger l'avenir de l'Internet en Afrique : en prévision de la mise en oeuvre du \
protocole ipv6 ».
Cette réunion « est présentée comme un appui aux milieux universitaires et \
professionnels en vue d'organiser la réflexion sur les grandes questions relatives \
aux Tic en Afrique telle que la gouvernance de l'Internet », a informé le directeur \
d'AfriNic. C'est dans cette perspective que « le continent africain devrait réfléchir \
sur la manière d'arriver à un meilleur inter connectivité de son réseau Internet et \
se préparer aux évolutions notées dans ce domaine », a renseigné Adiel Akplogan. \
Selon toujours lui, « l'Afrique fait face à un défi éducationnel en relation avec \
l'utilisation et le développement d'Internet ».
Dans cette mouvance, Nongo Diaw, directeur général de l'Artp déclare : « Internet est \
un médium de communication, et l'Afrique a besoin de former les jeunes en particulier \
à une meilleure utilisation de cet instrument ». Avant d'ajouter que la culture de \
l'Internet « doit être adaptée dès le bas âge aux réalités africaines en \
sensibilisant les pouvoirs publics et les utilisateurs, pour une meilleure adaptation \
à l'Internet de demain ».
source : sud quotidien
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> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-24nov09-en.htm
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> New Registrar Agreement Covers Most Registrations
>
> Over 88 percent of domain names covered by new protections
>
> 24 November 2009
>
> Less than six months after new registrant protections were approved by the
> ICANN Board, over 88 percent of all generic domain names are now covered.
>
> The protections include improved ways of storing data that require
> registration companies to submit to more stringent rules. These are included
> in a revised contract between ICANN and registrars, called the Registrar
> Accreditation Agreement (RAA).
>
> Since the revised RAA was approved on 21 May 2009, 650 registrars have
> voluntarily agreed to be bound by the new agreement; collectively they
> represent 88 percent of all generic top-level domains registered. In return,
> those that have signed the new agreement are recognized by ICANN on its
> listing of accredited companies.
>
> Under their existing contract, registrars are not required to sign up to the
> new RAA until their existing agreement ends, but they can voluntarily sign
> up early. The high level of coverage achieved to date is due primarily to
> these voluntary early adopters.
>
> ICANN CEO and President Rod Beckstrom said of the high sign-up rate: “The
> fact that the vast majority of generic domain names are now covered by these
> protections is a clear sign of the industry’s goodwill and its commitment to
> effective self-regulation - especially since some of these protections come
> at a cost to the companies themselves. It is an extraordinary achievement in
> a very short time.”
>
> Some of the additional protections afforded registrants under the new
> contract include:
>
> - Enhanced enforcement tools to assure registrar compliance with ICANN
> policies
> - Enhanced data escrow requirements to protect registrants that use
> privacy or proxy services
> - A Registrant Rights & Responsibilities document
> - New requirements placed on resellers
> - Improved contact information requirements
> - Registrar required training program
>
> “Registrars and the ICANN community successfully collaborated to make sure
> consumers are well protected while respecting the competitive marketplace
> ICANN has made part of its mandate,” said Mason Cole, Vice President of
> Oversee.net and chair of the Registrar Stakeholder Group. “It’s encouraging
> to see how quickly and assertively registrars have adopted the terms of the
> new agreement.”
>
> As an aid to potential registrants, ICANN has added an indicator on each of
> our public lists of registrars to show which registrars have adopted the
> 2009 RAA. See:
>
> - http://www.internic.net/regist.html
> - http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/accreditation-qualified-list.html
> - http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/accredited-list.html
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> November 2009 — Volume 2 | Issue 10 In this issue:
>
> - Special Seoul Edition
> - Internationalized Domain Names (IDN's)
> - New gTLDs
> - Strategic Planning
> - Affirmation of Commitments
> - GNSO Improvements
> - Independent Reviews
> - Board Members & Councillors
> - Board Resolutions
> - Fellowship Update
>
> Special Seoul Edition
>
>
>
> *WHAT WAS IT?*
>
>
>
> ICANN's 36th international public meeting was the last of three held
> annually to conduct policy development and outreach. It was hosted by ICANN
> (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and KISA (Korea
> Internet & Security Agency), a public agency that plays a major role in
> developing and researching the Internet in Korea.
>
> The meeting was opened by three local dignitaries: Mr. See Joong Choi,
> chairman of the Korea Communications Commission; Mr. Heung Kil Ko, Senator
> and Chairman of the Culture, Sports, and Tourism, Broadcasting and
> Communications Committee of the National Assembly; and Ms. Hee Jung Kim,
> president of KISA.
>
> Mr. See Joong Choi spoke about how the Internet was 40 years old, and the
> impact it has had in that time. He talked about how important IP addresses
> were as assets for the future and that they become a common resource for
> all. And he welcomed the introduction of IDNs as paving a "new way toward
> the future".
>
> Mr. Heung Kil Ko spoke about how Korea was a leader in the knowledge and
> information society, with 77.6 percent of its citizens online. He spoke of
> the importance of an efficiently and stably managed IP address system, as
> well as dealing with security threats such as hacking and phishing. The
> conference would hopefully lead to close ties between ICANN and Korea, he
> added.
>
> Ms. Hee Jung Kim also heralded the introduction of IDNs, and welcomed a
> recent change in the agreement that ICANN has with the United States
> government as strengthening the autonomy of the IP addressing system.
>
> There were 1,207 attendees to the conference from 111 different countries.
> The participants engaged in a wide range of discussions about the Internet's
> domain name system and related issues.
>
> *WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? *
>
> Many meetings, workshops, public forums and informal discussions were held
> over seven days by the different stakeholders of the ICANN model:
>
> - Business interests
> - Civil society – – including the At-Large Summit of individual Internet
> user representatives
> - Governments and government agencies
> - Internet service providers
> - Registrants
> - Registrars
> - Registries
> - The technical community
>
> Several key issues and themes evolved over the course of the meeting. They
> are summarized in this magazine.
>
> Further information about the meeting, including presentations and
> transcripts, is available at http://sel.icann.org.
>
> ICANN's next international public meeting will take place in Nairobi, Kenya
> beginning on 7 March 2010.
> Internationalized Domain Names (IDN's)
>
> *WHAT HAPPENED *
>
> The most significant progress at the Seoul meeting was the approval of the
> "fast track", which will see a limited number of internationalized domain
> names introduced to the Internet's root possibly before the end of the year.
> To celebrate the occasion, a special evening reception was held on the
> Monday.
>
> The fast track was formally approved by the
> Board<http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-30oct09-en.htm#2>on
> Friday, and although there remain concerns about their introduction,
> the
> Chairman noted it as an historic achievement and the vote was met with a
> standing ovation by the audience. Dozens of press articles from across the
> world also recognized the event.
>
> For the first time, Internet users that speak something other than Western
> languages will be able to represent an entire Internet address in their own
> language.
>
> *NEXT STEPS *
>
> Applications to the fast track will open on 16 November.
>
> *MORE INFORMATION *
>
> Official announcement of the approval:
> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30oct09-en.htm
>
> Fast track webpage:http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/
>
> Check out the IDN video on our home page: http://www.icann.org/.
> New gTLDs
>
> *WHAT HAPPENED *
>
> The third version of the Applicant Guidebook, as well as a range of other
> papers and explanatory memoranda, were produced for discussion at the
> meeting. A main session <http://sel.icann.org/node/6739> on the program was
> held on the Monday.
>
> In particular, additional work was done on the “overarching issues” that
> need to be addressed before the introduction of new top-level domains (see
> below for more specific information).
>
> ICANN staff revised the deadline to the opening application date for new
> gTLDs. Instead of giving a date, or quarter, the launch date will be
> dependent on community efforts to find solutions to the overarching issues.
> This approach prompted some in the community to argue that ICANN needed to
> demonstrate its determination to the process.
>
> The result at the end of the week was a compromise solution, approved in a
> Board resolution<http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-30oct09-en.htm#5>,
> that asked staff to look into how to introduce a system for allowing
> “expressions of interest” to be shown in new gTLDs. That process may allow
> for likely demand to be gauged and provide useful data to move some
> discussions from theoretical to pragmatic.
>
> The Applicant Guidebook is out to public comment until 22 November.
>
> - Trademark Protection
>
> The issue of how to protect trademarks in the event of a massive expansion
> in the domain name space continued to be an issue of much debate. A special
> session <http://sel.icann.org/node/7116> was held on the Wednesday to
> discuss the issue.
>
> Following public comment on a report produced for the previous meeting in
> Sydney (the IRT report), possible solutions to the issue were reduced from
> four to two in a staff paper released prior to the meeting. Those solutions
> are: the creation of an IP Clearinghouse, or database of validated
> trademarks; and a Uniform Rapid Suspension process for use in clear-cut
> cases of trademark infringement.
>
> That paper has been put to the GNSO for review.
>
> - Malicious Conduct
>
> Two sessions on Monday afternoon addressed the concern that a large
> expansion of the domain name space will present new opportunities for abuse
> of the DNS, such as phishing, malware, the distribution of illegal content,
> and so on.
>
> The broad concern is that with a large number of new companies entering the
> domain name market – both registries and registrars – that there will not be
> sufficient awareness of the problems of dealing with the criminal element
> online.
>
> Summaries of the input received so far on this issue as well as a report by
> ICANN staff with proposed mitigation measures were posted for review prior
> to the meeting and a panel discussion <http://sel.icann.org/node/7116> dug
> further into both.
>
> - Security and Stability
>
> A session on Wednesday <http://sel.icann.org/node/7084> focused on a report
> that reviewed how the Internet's current systems could scale to accommodate
> new Internet extensions, as well as other security related issues such as
> the introduction of a more secure form of the current system, called DNSSEC.
>
> Broadly, there are some concerns that if a large number of extensions were
> introduced to the Internet at the same time, that the systems currently in
> place would not be able to cope.
>
> There was some discussion about whether the report effectively recommended
> that new gTLDs would need to be delayed or spread out over time, although
> there was no agreement on that point and it remains for ICANN's Advisory
> Committees in this area (RSSAC and SSAC) to review the report, public
> comments on the issue, and report back to the community.
>
> The root scaling report is out for public
> comment<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#rsst-report>until 29
> November.
>
> - Demand and Economic Analysis
>
> Further economic analysis will be commissioned by ICANN in order to address
> outstanding concerns raised following review of the two previous economic
> studies.
>
> *NEXT STEPS *
>
> Feedback from the meeting, as well as comments sent to comment periods
> covering the third version of the Applicant Guidebook and papers related to
> the overarching issues, will be used to produce a fourth version of the
> guidebook for the Nairobi meeting in March.
>
> Staff will review the possibility of introducing a system where potential
> gTLD applicants are able to provide “expressions of interest” in new
> Internet extensions in order to help the work move forward more effectively.
>
> *MORE INFORMATION*
>
> The new gTLD program webpage contains the latest information as well as
> extensive background information on the whole process:
> http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm
>
> Root scaling study session: http://sel.icann.org/node/7084
>
> Trademark Protection session: http://sel.icann.org/node/7116
>
> Malicious Conduct and new gTLDs session: http://sel.icann.org/node/7117
>
> Malicious Conduct and Consumer Protection: http://sel.icann.org/node/7288
>
> Registry/registrar separation session: http://sel.icann.org/node/7083
>
> New gTLD update session:
> http://sel.icann.org/node/6739.<http://sel.icann.org/node/6739>
> Strategic Planning
>
> *WHAT HAPPENED *
>
> ICANN held its first strategic planning session for 2010 on Wednesday
> morning.
>
> The strategic plan is the process by which the organization's priorities are
> mapped out, feedback is received from the community, and all the input is
> pulled into an Operating Plan, from which the organization's budget is
> decided and allocated.
>
> The session was more interactive than previous years with an online survey
> asking people to rank the importance of various areas of work e.g. implement
> new gTLDs, strengthen accountability, etc.
>
> The plan recognized four main areas of focus for ICANN:
>
> - Preserve DNS stability and security
> - Promote competition, trust and consumer choice
> - Excel in IANA and other core operations
> - Maintain ICANN's long term role in the Internet eco-system.
>
> Within these, no less than 18 projects were highlighted as being of
> strategic priorities over the next three years.
>
> * NEXT STEPS *
>
> A draft plan will be drawn up based on community feedback and provided to
> the Board for review. The plan will then be put out to public comment in
> early December, with the second set of feedback used to draw up a revised
> plan to be put before the Board for approval in February 2010.
>
> *MORE INFORMATION*
>
> Strategic plan session: http://sel.icann.org/node/7103
>
> Online survey<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Auve9xOKvl0YbWhg1NLKmA_3d_3d>
> GNSO Improvements
>
> *WHAT HAPPENED *
>
> After years of hard work, the new GNSO Council sat for the first time in
> Seoul. There are now two main stakeholder groups: Contracted (made up of
> registries and registrars), and Non-Contracted (made up of commercial and
> non-commercial interests).
>
> A new chair was chosen by both houses – Chuck Gomes – and he will work
> alongside two new vice-chairs: Olga Cavalli (Non-Contracted) and Stephane
> van Gelder (Contracted).
>
> *MORE INFORMATION *
>
> The GNSO Improvements webpage: http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/
>
> The GNSO Council session: http://sel.icann.org/node/6708*.*
> Independent Reviews
>
> *WHAT HAPPENED *
>
> A number of sessions that covered the review of specific parts of ICANN were
> held during the week.
>
> Currently, two bodies are in the implementation phase: GNSO and ALAC. The
> GNSO process was largely finished with the sitting of the new Council;
> whereas the ALAC met the Board's Structural Improvements
> Committee<http://sel.icann.org/node/7183>to discuss the implementation
> of its changes.
>
> Meanwhile, going through the Working Group stage (i.e. just before
> implementation) there is: the Nominating
> Committee<http://sel.icann.org/node/7094>;
> Board <http://sel.icann.org/node/7252>; and SSAC<http://sel.icann.org/node/7098>
> .
>
> Other reviews ongoing included: RSSAC (just at the start of the working
> group period); ccNSO (just about to head into the review process); and ASO
> (terms of reference for its review being drawn up).
>
> *NEXT STEPS *
>
> The reviews will progress through the clearly defined processes in each
> case. More sessions will be held in Nairobi to discuss and review that
> progress.
>
> *MORE INFORMATION: *
>
> ALAC and Board SIC session: http://sel.icann.org/node/7183
>
> Nominating Committee review session: http://sel.icann.org/node/7094
>
> Board review session: http://sel.icann.org/node/7252
>
> SSAC review session: http://sel.icann.org/node/7098.
> Board Members & Councillors
>
> Since this was ICANN's annual general meeting, there was turnaround in Board
> and Council members.
>
> In particular, Roberto Gaetano, Steve Goldstein, Wendy Seltzer and Thomas
> Roessler left the Board.
>
> > From ALAC: Jose Ovidio Salgueiro, Fatimata Seye Sylla, Vanda Scartezini,
> Nguyen Thu Hue, and Sivasubramanian Muthusamy all ended their terms.
>
> > From the GNSO: Tony Harris, Philip Sheppard, Greg Ruth, Tony Holmes, Ute
> Decker, Cyril Chua, Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza, Maggie Mansourkia, Jon
> Nevett, and Steve Metalitz all left the Council.
>
> Special mention was given to leaving GNSO chair Avri Doria and leaving
> NomCom chair Tricia Drakes.
>
> Peter Dengate Thrush was re-elected as chair of the Board, and Dennis
> Jennings as vice-chair.
> Board Resolutions
>
> The full set of Board Resolutions at the public meeting on Friday can be
> found online at:http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-30oct09-en.htm.
>
> A transcript of the meeting can be found at:
> http://sel.icann.org/meetings/seoul2009/transcript-board-meeting-30oct09-en.txt
>
> And video recordings of proceedings can be found in two parts at:
> http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/p77419459/ and
> http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/p19863704/
> Fellowship Update
>
> My name is Fahd A. Batayneh and I'm Jordanian – home to the Rose City of
> Petra, one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. I'm a systems engineer at
> Jordan's National Information Technology Center (NITC) – part of the
> Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MoICT).
>
> My focus is IT consultancy and policy development and I am a key member of
> the team running the DNS mission of dot-jo. I am also an active member of
> Jordan's IPv6 committee and ENUM committee. I also provide training to
> university interns. It is thanks to this network that I was asked by my
> government to represent Jordan within ICANN.
>
> I have been involved with ICANN since the Paris meeting in June 2008 and now
> sit on no less than four working groups. I am also involved in the Asia
> Pacific Top-Level Domains (APTLD) organization, the Arabic Domain Names and
> Internet Governance Team (ADNIGT), and the Usage of Arabic Scripts in Domain
> Names Working Group (ASIWG).
>
> So how did my involvement in the fellowship program start?
>
> On a rainy winter day in February of 2008, I sat down at work and started
> going through that morning's emails when I was delighted to see one from
> ICANN congratulating me on being selected to attend the Paris meeting as a
> fellow. I was speechless! To be honest, at first I thought it was a scam,
> but after a few phone calls I found out it was for real and I was extremely
> happy that it was! It was the beginning of my – hopefully – long lasting
> adventures with ICANN.
>
> At the Paris meeting, I was totally lost since I barely knew anybody and
> hearing terms such as ccNSO, gNSO, GAC, ALAC, SSAC, RSSAC, and ASO - the
> ICANN language - was confusing and misleading at first. But with the help of
> ICANN's regional manager to the Middle East, Baher Esmat, I got to know some
> people and soon grew accustomed to the terminology.
>
> A few months later, ICANN asked for volunteers to work on two working
> groups: the Strategic and Operational Planning Interaction Committee, and
> the Community Wide Working Group on Geographical Regions. I applied to both,
> and with an excellent recommendation from my DNS advisor, I was accepted.
> Then, in September 2009, the ccNSO announced their need for extra volunteers
> to two ongoing working groups: the Incident Response Working Group, and the
> Joint ccNSO/gNSO IDN Working Group. I was accepted on board with the first
> working group a few days later, but it was not until the Seoul meeting that
> I was informed of my involvement with the later one.
>
> Working with these groups, or with any work group established for the cause
> of ICANN and the evolution of the Internet, is done on a volunteer basis and
> can be time consuming, especially during the first steps of producing a
> preliminary draft charter. But it is also very exciting as you have the
> opportunity to work with and learn from interesting people who operate
> different organizations in various ways.
>
> Back home, I am very keen to introduce my community to ICANN, and I
> encourage my colleagues to apply to the fellowship program so that, if
> successful, they could attend an ICANN meeting and get to know the community
> and how they operate. They can then reflect on what they learned and share
> their learnings with the local community.
> Upcoming Meetings
>
> - December 7-9: Australian IPv6 Summit 2009—Melbourne, Australia—event
> link http://www.ipv6.org.au/summit/
> - December 9: ICANN Board Meeting
> - December 25—31: Closed for the Holidays
>
> We Want to Hear From You
>
> If you have a comment about an article you've read, want to know more about
> a particular topic, are confused about an acronym, or if you would you like
> to submit an Op-Ed article? We invite you to submit your thoughts, ideas,
> and feedback to us at: michele.jourdan@icann.org
> Links
>
> *Policy update: *http://www.icann.org/en/topics/policy/
>
> *Compliance newsletter:*
>
> http://www.icann.org/en/compliance/newsletter/
>
> *Monthly magazine:*
>
> http://www.icann.org/en/magazine/
>
> *Blog: *http://blog.icann.org/
>
> *Announcements:*
>
> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/
> Participate
>
> *HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD*
>
> Visit the Public Participation Site and let us know what you think about the
> current issues.
>
> If you care about the Internet and how it evolves, your voice will only be
> heard if you get involved.
>
> http://public.icann.org/
>
>
> Affirmation of Commitments
>
> *WHAT HAPPENED *
>
> The Joint Project Agreement (JPA) that ICANN had with the US government
> concluded in September and was replaced by an Affirmation of Commitments.
>
> Under that Affirmation, ICANN becomes accountable to the global Internet
> community and a series of reviews are outlined that help ensure a high
> degree of public, global accountability.
>
> A special session <http://sel.icann.org/node/7481> was held on the Wednesday
> afternoon where the Chairman and CEO took questions about the Affirmation
> and also outlined a path forward for carrying out the reviews.
>
> The Affirmation was also given an hour-long slot at the public forum on
> Thursday.
>
> *NEXT STEPS *
>
> The Affirmation outlines a number of reviews. An initial draft of how these
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<H1 class=headline><FONT size=2 face=Arial>11éme réunion du registre de l'internet \
pour l'Afrique: L'Afrique appelée à songer à une meilleure inter \
connectivité</FONT></H1> <P class=reporter>Aïssatou Doucoure</P>
<P class=date>25 Novembre 2009</P>
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« Protéger l'avenir de l'Internet en Afrique : en prévision de la mise en oeuvre du \
protocole ipv6 ». Tel est le thème de la 11ème réunion du registre de l'internet pour \
l'Afrique qui s'est ouverte hier mardi 24 novembre à Dakar. Le début de cette \
rencontre de quatre jours a permis à Adiel Akplogan, directeur général d'AfriNic de \
rappeler aux africains que « Le continent africain devrait réfléchir sur la manière \
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AfriNic a organisé la 11ème réunion du registre de l'internet pour l'Afrique avec la \
collaboration de l'Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes (Artp) \
dans le cadre de la mission de promotion des Tic en général et des Télécommunications \
en particulier. Cette rencontre « permettra à l'ensemble des participants d'apprécier \
l'étendue des avancées technologiques et leur impact socioéconomique et politique sur \
le continent », a annoncé Adiel Akplogan, directeur général d'AfriNic. Cette \
cérémonie qui a eu lieu dans un hôtel de la place hier 24 novembre avait pour thème « \
Protéger l'avenir de l'Internet en Afrique : en prévision de la mise en oeuvre du \
protocole ipv6 ».<BR> Cette réunion « est présentée comme un appui aux milieux \
universitaires et professionnels en vue d'organiser la réflexion sur les grandes \
questions relatives aux Tic en Afrique telle que la gouvernance de l'Internet », a \
informé le directeur d'AfriNic. C'est dans cette perspective que « le continent \
africain devrait réfléchir sur la manière d'arriver à un meilleur inter connectivité \
de son réseau Internet et se préparer aux évolutions notées dans ce domaine », a \
renseigné Adiel Akplogan. Selon toujours lui, « l'Afrique fait face à un défi \
éducationnel en relation avec l'utilisation et le développement d'Internet ».<BR> \
Dans cette mouvance, Nongo Diaw, directeur général de l'Artp déclare : « Internet est \
un médium de communication, et l'Afrique a besoin de former les jeunes en particulier \
à une meilleure utilisation de cet instrument ». Avant d'ajouter que la culture de \
l'Internet « doit être adaptée dès le bas âge aux réalités africaines en \
sensibilisant les pouvoirs publics et les utilisateurs, pour une meilleure adaptation \
à l'Internet de demain ».<BR> <BR>
source : sud quotidien<BR> <BR>> Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:13:18 \
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<BR>> <BR>> Today's Topics:<BR>> <BR>> 1. New Registrar Agreement Covers \
Most Registrations<BR>> (Anne-Rachel Inn?)<BR>> 2. ICANN November Magazine \
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<BR>> Message: 1<BR>> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:38:52 +0000<BR>> From: \
Anne-Rachel Inn? <annerachel@gmail.com><BR>> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] New \
Registrar Agreement Covers Most<BR>> Registrations<BR>> To: \
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<BR>> <BR>> News Alert<BR>> \
<BR>> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-24nov09-en.htm<BR>> \
------------------------------<BR>> New Registrar Agreement Covers Most \
Registrations<BR>> <BR>> Over 88 percent of domain names covered by new \
protections<BR>> <BR>> 24 November 2009<BR>> <BR>> Less than six months \
after new registrant protections were approved by the<BR>> ICANN Board, over 88 \
percent of all generic domain names are now covered.<BR>> <BR>> The protections \
include improved ways of storing data that require<BR>> registration companies to \
submit to more stringent rules. These are included<BR>> in a revised contract \
between ICANN and registrars, called the Registrar<BR>> Accreditation Agreement \
(RAA).<BR>> <BR>> Since the revised RAA was approved on 21 May 2009, 650 \
registrars have<BR>> voluntarily agreed to be bound by the new agreement; \
collectively they<BR>> represent 88 percent of all generic top-level domains \
registered. In return,<BR>> those that have signed the new agreement are \
recognized by ICANN on its<BR>> listing of accredited companies.<BR>> <BR>> \
Under their existing contract, registrars are not required to sign up to the<BR>> \
new RAA until their existing agreement ends, but they can voluntarily sign<BR>> up \
early. The high level of coverage achieved to date is due primarily to<BR>> these \
voluntary early adopters.<BR>> <BR>> ICANN CEO and President Rod Beckstrom said \
of the high sign-up rate: “The<BR>> fact that the vast majority of generic domain \
names are now covered by these<BR>> protections is a clear sign of the industry’s \
goodwill and its commitment to<BR>> effective self-regulation - especially since \
some of these protections come<BR>> at a cost to the companies themselves. It is \
an extraordinary achievement in<BR>> a very short time.”<BR>> <BR>> Some of \
the additional protections afforded registrants under the new<BR>> contract \
include:<BR>> <BR>> - Enhanced enforcement tools to assure registrar compliance \
with ICANN<BR>> policies<BR>> - Enhanced data escrow requirements to protect \
registrants that use<BR>> privacy or proxy services<BR>> - A Registrant Rights \
& Responsibilities document<BR>> - New requirements placed on \
resellers<BR>> - Improved contact information requirements<BR>> - Registrar \
required training program<BR>> <BR>> “Registrars and the ICANN community \
successfully collaborated to make sure<BR>> consumers are well protected while \
respecting the competitive marketplace<BR>> ICANN has made part of its mandate,” \
said Mason Cole, Vice President of<BR>> Oversee.net and chair of the Registrar \
Stakeholder Group. “It’s encouraging<BR>> to see how quickly and assertively \
registrars have adopted the terms of the<BR>> new agreement.”<BR>> <BR>> As \
an aid to potential registrants, ICANN has added an indicator on each of<BR>> our \
public lists of registrars to show which registrars have adopted the<BR>> 2009 \
RAA. See:<BR>> <BR>> - http://www.internic.net/regist.html<BR>> - \
http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/accreditation-qualified-list.html<BR>> - \
http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/accredited-list.html<BR>> <BR>> \
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<BR>> <BR>> November 2009 — \
Volume 2 | Issue 10 In this issue:<BR>> <BR>> - Special Seoul Edition<BR>> - \
Internationalized Domain Names (IDN's)<BR>> - New gTLDs<BR>> - Strategic \
Planning<BR>> - Affirmation of Commitments<BR>> - GNSO Improvements<BR>> - \
Independent Reviews<BR>> - Board Members & Councillors<BR>> - Board \
Resolutions<BR>> - Fellowship Update<BR>> <BR>> Special Seoul \
Edition<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> *WHAT WAS IT?*<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> \
<BR>> ICANN's 36th international public meeting was the last of three held<BR>> \
annually to conduct policy development and outreach. It was hosted by ICANN<BR>> \
(the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and KISA (Korea<BR>> \
Internet & Security Agency), a public agency that plays a major role in<BR>> \
developing and researching the Internet in Korea.<BR>> <BR>> The meeting was \
opened by three local dignitaries: Mr. See Joong Choi,<BR>> chairman of the Korea \
Communications Commission; Mr. Heung Kil Ko, Senator<BR>> and Chairman of the \
Culture, Sports, and Tourism, Broadcasting and<BR>> Communications Committee of \
the National Assembly; and Ms. Hee Jung Kim,<BR>> president of KISA.<BR>> \
<BR>> Mr. See Joong Choi spoke about how the Internet was 40 years old, and \
the<BR>> impact it has had in that time. He talked about how important IP \
addresses<BR>> were as assets for the future and that they become a common \
resource for<BR>> all. And he welcomed the introduction of IDNs as paving a "new \
way toward<BR>> the future".<BR>> <BR>> Mr. Heung Kil Ko spoke about how \
Korea was a leader in the knowledge and<BR>> information society, with 77.6 \
percent of its citizens online. He spoke of<BR>> the importance of an efficiently \
and stably managed IP address system, as<BR>> well as dealing with security \
threats such as hacking and phishing. The<BR>> conference would hopefully lead to \
close ties between ICANN and Korea, he<BR>> added.<BR>> <BR>> Ms. Hee Jung \
Kim also heralded the introduction of IDNs, and welcomed a<BR>> recent change in \
the agreement that ICANN has with the United States<BR>> government as \
strengthening the autonomy of the IP addressing system.<BR>> <BR>> There were \
1,207 attendees to the conference from 111 different countries.<BR>> The \
participants engaged in a wide range of discussions about the Internet's<BR>> \
domain name system and related issues.<BR>> <BR>> *WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT ARE \
THE NEXT STEPS? *<BR>> <BR>> Many meetings, workshops, public forums and \
informal discussions were held<BR>> over seven days by the different stakeholders \
of the ICANN model:<BR>> <BR>> - Business interests<BR>> - Civil society – – \
including the At-Large Summit of individual Internet<BR>> user \
representatives<BR>> - Governments and government agencies<BR>> - Internet \
service providers<BR>> - Registrants<BR>> - Registrars<BR>> - \
Registries<BR>> - The technical community<BR>> <BR>> Several key issues and \
themes evolved over the course of the meeting. They<BR>> are summarized in this \
magazine.<BR>> <BR>> Further information about the meeting, including \
presentations and<BR>> transcripts, is available at http://sel.icann.org.<BR>> \
<BR>> ICANN's next international public meeting will take place in Nairobi, \
Kenya<BR>> beginning on 7 March 2010.<BR>> Internationalized Domain Names \
(IDN's)<BR>> <BR>> *WHAT HAPPENED *<BR>> <BR>> The most significant \
progress at the Seoul meeting was the approval of the<BR>> "fast track", which \
will see a limited number of internationalized domain<BR>> names introduced to the \
Internet's root possibly before the end of the year.<BR>> To celebrate the \
occasion, a special evening reception was held on the<BR>> Monday.<BR>> \
<BR>> The fast track was formally approved by the<BR>> \
Board<http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-30oct09-en.htm#2>on<BR>> \
Friday, and although there remain concerns about their introduction,<BR>> \
the<BR>> Chairman noted it as an historic achievement and the vote was met with \
a<BR>> standing ovation by the audience. Dozens of press articles from across \
the<BR>> world also recognized the event.<BR>> <BR>> For the first time, \
Internet users that speak something other than Western<BR>> languages will be able \
to represent an entire Internet address in their own<BR>> language.<BR>> \
<BR>> *NEXT STEPS *<BR>> <BR>> Applications to the fast track will open on \
16 November.<BR>> <BR>> *MORE INFORMATION *<BR>> <BR>> Official \
announcement of the approval:<BR>> \
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30oct09-en.htm<BR>> <BR>> \
Fast track webpage:http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/<BR>> <BR>> \
Check out the IDN video on our home page: http://www.icann.org/.<BR>> New \
gTLDs<BR>> <BR>> *WHAT HAPPENED *<BR>> <BR>> The third version of the \
Applicant Guidebook, as well as a range of other<BR>> papers and explanatory \
memoranda, were produced for discussion at the<BR>> meeting. A main session \
<http://sel.icann.org/node/6739> on the program was<BR>> held on the \
Monday.<BR>> <BR>> In particular, additional work was done on the “overarching \
issues” that<BR>> need to be addressed before the introduction of new top-level \
domains (see<BR>> below for more specific information).<BR>> <BR>> ICANN \
staff revised the deadline to the opening application date for new<BR>> gTLDs. \
Instead of giving a date, or quarter, the launch date will be<BR>> dependent on \
community efforts to find solutions to the overarching issues.<BR>> This approach \
prompted some in the community to argue that ICANN needed to<BR>> demonstrate its \
determination to the process.<BR>> <BR>> The result at the end of the week was \
a compromise solution, approved in a<BR>> Board \
resolution<http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-30oct09-en.htm#5>,<BR>> \
that asked staff to look into how to introduce a system for allowing<BR>> \
“expressions of interest” to be shown in new gTLDs. That process may allow<BR>> \
for likely demand to be gauged and provide useful data to move some<BR>> \
discussions from theoretical to pragmatic.<BR>> <BR>> The Applicant Guidebook \
is out to public comment until 22 November.<BR>> <BR>> - Trademark \
Protection<BR>> <BR>> The issue of how to protect trademarks in the event of a \
massive expansion<BR>> in the domain name space continued to be an issue of much \
debate. A special<BR>> session <http://sel.icann.org/node/7116> was held on \
the Wednesday to<BR>> discuss the issue.<BR>> <BR>> Following public comment \
on a report produced for the previous meeting in<BR>> Sydney (the IRT report), \
possible solutions to the issue were reduced from<BR>> four to two in a staff \
paper released prior to the meeting. Those solutions<BR>> are: the creation of an \
IP Clearinghouse, or database of validated<BR>> trademarks; and a Uniform Rapid \
Suspension process for use in clear-cut<BR>> cases of trademark \
infringement.<BR>> <BR>> That paper has been put to the GNSO for \
review.<BR>> <BR>> - Malicious Conduct<BR>> <BR>> Two sessions on Monday \
afternoon addressed the concern that a large<BR>> expansion of the domain name \
space will present new opportunities for abuse<BR>> of the DNS, such as phishing, \
malware, the distribution of illegal content,<BR>> and so on.<BR>> <BR>> The \
broad concern is that with a large number of new companies entering the<BR>> \
domain name market – both registries and registrars – that there will not be<BR>> \
sufficient awareness of the problems of dealing with the criminal element<BR>> \
online.<BR>> <BR>> Summaries of the input received so far on this issue as well \
as a report by<BR>> ICANN staff with proposed mitigation measures were posted for \
review prior<BR>> to the meeting and a panel discussion \
<http://sel.icann.org/node/7116> dug<BR>> further into both.<BR>> \
<BR>> - Security and Stability<BR>> <BR>> A session on Wednesday \
<http://sel.icann.org/node/7084> focused on a report<BR>> that reviewed how \
the Internet's current systems could scale to accommodate<BR>> new Internet \
extensions, as well as other security related issues such as<BR>> the introduction \
of a more secure form of the current system, called DNSSEC.<BR>> <BR>> Broadly, \
there are some concerns that if a large number of extensions were<BR>> introduced \
to the Internet at the same time, that the systems currently in<BR>> place would \
not be able to cope.<BR>> <BR>> There was some discussion about whether the \
report effectively recommended<BR>> that new gTLDs would need to be delayed or \
spread out over time, although<BR>> there was no agreement on that point and it \
remains for ICANN's Advisory<BR>> Committees in this area (RSSAC and SSAC) to \
review the report, public<BR>> comments on the issue, and report back to the \
community.<BR>> <BR>> The root scaling report is out for public<BR>> \
comment<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#rsst-report>until 29<BR>> \
November.<BR>> <BR>> - Demand and Economic Analysis<BR>> <BR>> Further \
economic analysis will be commissioned by ICANN in order to address<BR>> \
outstanding concerns raised following review of the two previous economic<BR>> \
studies.<BR>> <BR>> *NEXT STEPS *<BR>> <BR>> Feedback from the meeting, \
as well as comments sent to comment periods<BR>> covering the third version of the \
Applicant Guidebook and papers related to<BR>> the overarching issues, will be \
used to produce a fourth version of the<BR>> guidebook for the Nairobi meeting in \
March.<BR>> <BR>> Staff will review the possibility of introducing a system \
where potential<BR>> gTLD applicants are able to provide “expressions of interest” \
in new<BR>> Internet extensions in order to help the work move forward more \
effectively.<BR>> <BR>> *MORE INFORMATION*<BR>> <BR>> The new gTLD \
program webpage contains the latest information as well as<BR>> extensive \
background information on the whole process:<BR>> \
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm<BR>> <BR>> Root scaling \
study session: http://sel.icann.org/node/7084<BR>> <BR>> Trademark Protection \
session: http://sel.icann.org/node/7116<BR>> <BR>> Malicious Conduct and new \
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