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<DIV>Best Regards.<BR> </DIV>Dr Alioune Badara TRAORE<BR>+223 6678 58 31
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">De :</SPAN></B> Douglas Onyango <ondouglas@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">À :</SPAN></B> africann@afrinic.net<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Envoyé le :</SPAN></B> Vendredi, 13 Mars 2009, 7h08mn 30s<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Objet :</SPAN></B> [AfrICANN-discuss] collaborative effort to help defeat Conficker (aka Downadup) worm<BR></FONT><BR>
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<TD vAlign=top>Alain,<BR>Thanks for the heads-up.<BR><BR>Please note that four days ago, an updated version of the conflicker was found, this update scans not 250 but 50,000 Domain names.<BR><BR>Details<BR>http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/923?ref=rss<BR><BR>Douglas onyango +256(0712)981329<BR>If you are not part of the solution, your are part of the Problem.<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 3/12/09, africann-request@afrinic.net <I><africann-request@afrinic.net></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: africann-request@afrinic.net <africann-request@afrinic.net><BR>Subject: AfrICANN Digest, Vol 25, Issue 9<BR>To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 7:45 PM<BR><BR><PRE>Send AfrICANN mailing list submissions to<BR> africann@afrinic.net<BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann<BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR> africann-request@afrinic.net<BR><BR>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR> africann-owner@afrinic.net<BR><BR>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of AfrICANN
digest..."<BR><BR><BR>Today's Topics:<BR><BR> 1. ICANN To IP Experts: Come Back With A Solution For Internet<BR> Trademark Protection (Anne-Rachel Inn?)<BR> 2. The DNSSEC Industry Coalition Announces the Formation of Its<BR> Registrar Review Team (Anne-Rachel Inn?)<BR> 3. collaborative effort to help defeat Conficker (aka Downadup)<BR> worm (ALAIN AINA)<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:32:44 +0100<BR>From: Anne-Rachel Inn? <annerachel@gmail.com><BR>Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN To IP Experts: Come Back With A<BR> Solution For Internet Trademark Protection<BR>To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>Message-ID:<BR> <bd1bfd500903120732k76b40db7m49a4b7b90d88e3df@mail.gmail.com><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<BR><BR>*12 March 2009*<BR> ICANN To IP Experts: Come Back With A Solution For Internet Trademark<BR>Protection
By Monika Ermert<BR><http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/author/monika/>for<BR>*Intellectual Property Watch* @ 1:00 pm<BR>http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/03/12/icann-to-ip-experts-come-back-with-a-solution-for-internet-trademark-protection/<BR><BR>Trademark issues are emerging with the upcoming introduction of new generic<BR>top-level domains on the internet, and the board members of the body<BR>introducing the names has passed the ball back to intellectual property<BR>experts to find answers.<BR><BR>The Intellectual Property Constituency of the Internet Corporation for<BR>Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN, the internet technical coordinating body)<BR>has been asked to work out a viable solution “no later than 24 May 2009.”<BR>Trademark issues have been defined as one of four overarching issues still<BR>to be solved before ICANN can finalise the application procedure for the<BR>next hundreds or thousands of top-level domains from .eco to
.music.<BR><BR>In its resolution on Friday in Mexico City, the ICANN board decided to<BR>request that the ICANN Generic Name Supporting Organization (GNSO)<BR>Intellectual Property Constituency - in consultation with ICANN staff -<BR>convene an “implementation recommendation team” comprised of an<BR>“internationally diverse group of persons with knowledge, expertise, and<BR>experience in the fields of trademark, consumer protection, or competition<BR>law, and the interplay of trademarks and the domain name system.” The team<BR>is to “develop and propose solutions to the overarching issue of trademark<BR>protection in connection with the introduction of new gTLDs.”<BR><BR>“We have reached out to the IP community saying, ‘You come back to us with<BR>some proposal how this should be solved,’” said ICANN Board Chairman Peter<BR>Dengate Thrush. An IP lawyer by profession, Dengate Thrush said he was<BR>confident that a proposal would be
brought back to ICANN because of the<BR>“track record” of the IP experts. “We have gone through this already once<BR>in<BR>1998/99,” he said. The debates 10 years ago resulted in the formation of the<BR>Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution<BR>Policy<http://www.icann.org/en/udrp/udrp.htm>(UDRP), built into the<BR>system to fight domain grabbing. Many domain-name<BR>disputes under the UDRP are brought to the World Intellectual Property<BR>Organization, which is expected to release its annual report on internet<BR>disputes next week.<BR><BR>The danger of name-grabbing at the first stage and the concern that<BR>trademark owners will be pressured to protect their brands in hundreds of<BR>new TLDs led to a flurry of critical comments during the comment period last<BR>year for the first version of the Applicant’s Guidebook to the new domains.<BR>Even the US government called into question the need for new gTLDs asking<BR>for studies on the
issue of market demand and market impact.<BR><BR>ICANN recently published “preliminary” versions of studies prepared by<BR>Dennis Carlton, economics professor at the University of Chicago and<BR>highest-ranking economist in the Antitrust Division of the US Justice<BR>Department between 2006 and 2008. The draft texts came under heavy critique<BR>from participants at the ICANN meeting in Mexico.<BR><BR>After ICANN’s decision on the implementation recommendation team there are<BR>some concerns with regard to the composition of group by outside observers.<BR>Board member Dennis Jennings of Ireland said he was glad that the resolution<BR>taken included internationality as a principle for the group. The discussion<BR>about IP issues seemed to have been “driven by big business and West, or<BR>North American intellectual property interests,” he said, adding that<BR>“other<BR>dimensions that need to be taken into account.”<BR><BR>Wendy Seltzer,
non-voting liaison of the At-Large Advisory Committee on the<BR>board said she hoped that members of other communities would be “consulted<BR>early in the process and would have full opportunities to analyse proposals<BR>that come out of this working group.”<BR><BR>”All interested constituencies will have the opportunity to provide input to<BR>the group,” wrote Kristina Rosette, an IP lawyer at Covington & Burling<BR>who<BR>represents the IP Constituency in the GNSO. This means the opportunity to<BR>provide input before drafting starts and during the early stages as well as<BR>the opportunity to comment on the draft, she said in a written statement to<BR>*Intellectual Property Watch*.<BR><BR>”It may also mean membership on the team,” Rosette added. “To my<BR>knowledge,<BR>that aspect has not been decided nor has the size of the team.” But she<BR>would expect that the group could be established in the next 10 days.<BR>Rosette also
said she was confident that the IP Constituency could<BR>ultimately present a solution acceptable to other constituencies.<BR><BR>Members of other constituencies in first reactions were worried that the IP<BR>Constituency would start over and neglect the policy development process<BR>that has taken place over years on the new gTLD introduction. They complain<BR>that the constituency has taken part in it and now is given a privileged<BR>chance to push their interests.<BR><BR>“We need a solution,” Dengate Thrush said of the trademark issue. If the<BR>report is not acceptable to other constituencies in ICANN, “we will start<BR>our own work for a solution,” he said.<BR><BR>Government Involvement<BR><BR>The chairman of the ICANN Government Advisory Committee (GAC), Janis<BR>Karklins, welcomed the steps taken to ensure IP protection but criticised a<BR>proposal that geographic names be given the same level of protection rather<BR>than higher
protection.<BR><BR>So far GAC advice on the protection of country and place names has not been<BR>“fully taken into account,” Karklins said, as ICANN provided protection for<BR>the top level but not the second level of the upcoming new gTLDs. The second<BR>level would be in the form of @name.othername.<BR><BR>Dengate Thrush reacted to this by saying that there might be a need for the<BR>GAC to reconsider parts of its advice, “partly because they’re difficult to<BR>implement and partly because they’re in conflict with other policy<BR>decisions.”<BR><BR>Dengate Thrush also confirmed that as details of the different processes of<BR>introducing new gTLDs and new internationalised country-code top-level<BR>domains (IDN ccTLDs) becoming much clearer, the possibility for different<BR>start times for each set of names would become more real.<BR><BR>Dengate Thrush asked, “Now that the possibility of divergence is becoming<BR>more real, what is the
policy behind that?” and called for discussion on the<BR>question at the next ICANN meeting to be held in Sydney on 21-26 June.<BR><BR>*Monika Ermert may be reached at info@ip-watch.ch.*<BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>URL:<BR>https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/africann/attachments/20090312/cc1d38a8/attachment-0001.htm<BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 2<BR>Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:33:43 +0100<BR>From: Anne-Rachel Inn? <annerachel@gmail.com><BR>Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] The DNSSEC Industry Coalition Announces<BR> the Formation of Its Registrar Review Team<BR>To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>Message-ID:<BR> <bd1bfd500903120733t7d4a4d3eh3c6e4211e86fff13@mail.gmail.com><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR>http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/the-dnssec-industry-coalition-announces,746093.shtml<BR><BR>RESTON, VA -- 03/11/09 -- The DNSSEC Industry
Coalition (<BR>http://dnsseccoalition.org) announces today the formation of its Registrar<BR>Review Team following the 34th public meeting of the Internet Corporation of<BR>Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in Mexico City, Mexico. The Registrar<BR>Review Team is comprised of companies that will provide the coalition with<BR>valuable information from a registrar's unique perspective.<BR><BR>"I welcome the registrars who have joined the Coalition and are leading<BR>efforts for widespread adoption of DNSSEC," says Alexa Raad, CEO of .ORG,<BR>The Public Interest Registry and founder of the DNSSEC Coalition.<BR>"Registrars are critical to the overall deployment of DNSSEC, and we look<BR>forward to long term collaboration with this important technical upgrade."<BR><BR>"MarkMonitor® aims to be at the forefront of methods to secure our<BR>customers' brands," says Ihab Shraim, Chief Security Officer with<BR>MarkMonitor. "DNSSEC is a very important next step to
the future of a safe<BR>and secure online environment and we look forward to working with the<BR>Coalition to make DNSSEC implementation a reality in the industry."<BR><BR>The Registrar Review Team consists of Name.com, Names Beyond, DynDNS,<BR>Corporation Service Company (CSC), and MarkMonitor. Membership to the DNSSEC<BR>Industry Coalition is open to domain name registries, registrars and<BR>industry securities experts.<BR><BR>"Registrars are the next step in the Coalition's membership, and I am<BR>thrilled to have them on board with us," says Steve Crocker, CEO of<BR>Shinkuro, Inc. and co-chair of the DNSSEC Industry Coalition. "I look<BR>forward to working closely with the registrar review team to streamline<BR>their implementation process."<BR><BR>Coalition members include Top-Level domain registries of .ORG, The Public<BR>Interest Registry, the .org registry operator; Afilias Limited, registry<BR>services provider to 15 top level domains; .SE (the
Internet Infrastructure<BR>Foundation), the .se registry operator; EDUCAUSE, the .edu registry<BR>operator; Nominet, the .uk registry operator; VeriSign, Inc., the .com,<BR>.net, .tv, and .cc registry operator; SIDN, the .nl registry operator, and<BR>NeuStar, Inc., the .biz and .us registry operator. The coalition is also<BR>supported by industry security experts such as Shinkuro, Inc.; NL Net Labs;<BR>InfoBlox, Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.; Internet Society; OARC, Kirei<BR>AB; and Secure64 Software Corporation.<BR><BR>Hailing itself as an action oriented group, it seeks organizations willing<BR>to contribute and support the widespread adoption of DNSSEC.<BR><BR>About Domain Name Security Extensions (DNSSEC)<BR><BR>With DNSSEC, Internet users know that their Internet-based communications<BR>such as web site visits and email correspondence actually connect to the<BR>parties they intend to reach. DNSSEC thwarts attacks such as pharming,
cache<BR>poisoning, and DNS redirection that have been used to commit fraud,<BR>distribute malware, or steal personal or confidential information. For more<BR>information on DNSSEC, please visit http://www.dnssec-deployment.org.<BR><BR>About the DNSSEC Industry Coalition<BR><BR>The DNSSEC Industry Coalition is a global group of registries and industry<BR>experts whose mission is to work collaboratively to facilitate adoption of<BR>Domain Name Security Extensions (DNSSEC) and streamline the implementations<BR>across Domain Name Registries. Members work together to establish a<BR>consistent set of tools and applications, shared best practices,<BR>specifications and shared nomenclature. DNSSEC Industry Coalition members<BR>include both generic Top-Level Domain and country code Top-Level Domain<BR>registries along with industry and educational experts of the Domain Name<BR>System. The Coalition was founded by .ORG, The Public Interest Registry in<BR>August
2008.<BR><BR> More Information<BR>Kate Russell<BR>RMR & Associates (for Public Interest Registry)<BR>Phone: +1 (301) 230.0045 x19<BR>Email: Email<BR>Contact<http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=B80C3BCBE4F8C8B5><BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>URL:<BR>https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/africann/attachments/20090312/bd80cc7e/attachment-0001.htm<BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 3<BR>Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:44:06 +0000<BR>From: ALAIN AINA <aalain@trstech.net><BR>Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] collaborative effort to help defeat<BR> Conficker (aka Downadup) worm<BR>To: africann@afrinic.net<BR>Message-ID: <164C03F4-1BEF-4EF6-BC0D-618B9F37EE77@trstech.net><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR><BR>hi all,<BR><BR>Sorry for late notice but wee've all been busy. I wanted for security <BR>reasons, to just reiterate something that is talked about
in the below <BR>link on the ICANN website: the conflicker worm.<BR>The Conficker worm uses DNS to receive instructions, to spread and <BR>launch DDoS attacks. It contains an algorithm which randomly <BR>generates 250 domains names for the week. For example the list used <BR>during the week 17-31 jan from<BR>http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/downadup_domain_blocklist_17_31.txt <BR> shows domains under gtld and cctld. This keep changing and the <BR>number of domains generated keeps increasing with every new version of <BR>conflicker. So please be careful on registrations of domains names <BR>under your CCTLDs.<BR><BR>ICANN announcement is at :<BR>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-12feb09-en.htm <BR> mentioned that some companies has joined the effort to help <BR>contains the worn propagation and impact.<BR><BR>Best to all,<BR><BR>--alain<BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was
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