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<h2><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>News Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN's gTLD Registry Failover Plan<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>15
July 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Following extensive
collaboration and consultation with experienced gTLD registries, ccTLD
managers, SSAC, and other members of the community, ICANN announced the
implementable version of the <a
href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=9826224&msgid=161146&act=52JX&c=165637&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.icann.org%2Fregistries%2Ffailover%2Ficann-registry-failover-plan-15jul08.pdf">gTLD
Registry Failover Plan</a> [PDF, 85K] during the ICANN Public Forum in Paris,
France on 25 June 2008. ICANN is today posting <a
href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=9826224&msgid=161146&act=52JX&c=165637&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.icann.org%2Fregistries%2Ffailover%2Ficann-registry-failover-plan-15jul08.pdf">the
plan</a> for public comment. Comments on the plan may be submitted to <a
href="mailto:registry-failover-plan@icann.org">registry-failover-plan@icann.org</a>
through 14 August 2008 23:59 UTC and may be viewed at <a
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<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN's gTLD Registry
Failover Plan is intended to provide protection for registrants, and add to the
security and stability of the Internet through collaboration with registries,
registrars and members of the Internet community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The plan provides a comprehensive
guide describing potential ICANN actions in specific situations involving a
registry and is intended to define the roles of registries and ICANN in the
event of registry failure. The plan includes provisions for: information
sharing, situation handling and event management, crisis response,
communications, business continuity, data escrow and data security, TLD and
data transition and registry closure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Going forward, ICANN's FY09
Operating Plan states that a key deliverable during FY09 is to "implement
[the gTLD] registry failover plan including live testing with a registry or
registries."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>At the conclusion of the
comment period, ICANN will move into the implementation and testing phase of
the project, and will work with experienced registries, registrars and others
to exercise the plan in Fiscal Year 2008-09.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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