[bc-gnso] Board Resolution re: SAC051 Recommendations

[Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear members, with apologies for sending this directly, rather via Secretariat 
with our new process, I wanted to add this topic to our BC call today, given 
its priority to all BC members as a topic of interest. 
We will organize a separate discussion, with Steve and Chris's collaboration, 
as this topic cuts across our larger ICANN governance input, and has 
implications for our Strat Plan, and Budget and Ops Plan input, as well as 
implications for outreach into the broader eco system of providers of Internet 
resources that rely on the DNS, but are broader in implications. 
Marilyn CadeBC Chair

From: julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx
To: soac-discussion@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:24:34 -0800
Subject: [soac-discussion] Board Resolution re: SAC051 Recommendations




Board Resolution re: SAC051 Recommendations


Dear Chairs and Vice Chairs of the ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory 
Committees,



Per the Board Resolution passed on 28 October 2011 at: 
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct11-en.htm#5 and listed below, 
the Board directed staff to forward SAC051 “SSAC Report on WHOIS Terminology 
and Structure” to ICANN’s Advisory Committees and Supporting Organizations for 
their advice, if any, with regards to implementing the SSAC recommendations.  
Please refer to SAC051 at: 
http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/sac051.pdf and, in particular, to 
the recommendations listed below.



Please send your advice to me at julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx not later than 09 
January 2011.  Please also let me know if you have any questions.



Thank you very much for your assistance in this matter.



Best regards,



Julie Hedlund

Director, SSAC Support



Recommendations from Security and Stability Advisory Committee Report on Whois 
Terminology & Structure (SAC051)

Whereas, WHOIS service has been an important information service for the 
Internet community, and is part of all ICANN TLD contracts.



Whereas, the shortcomings of the WHOIS protocol have been known for some time.



Whereas, on 20 September 2011, ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory 
Committee (SSAC) published a report "SSAC Report on Domain Name WHOIS 
Terminology and Structure" (SAC 051), including specific recommendations aimed 
at clarity of terminology and structure with regard to discussions regarding 
WHOIS.



Resolved (2011.10.28.26), the Board hereby acknowledges the receipt of SAC 051, 
and thanks SSAC and other contributors for their efforts in the creation of the 
report.



Resolved (2011.10.28.27), the Board directs staff to produce, in consultation 
with the community, a roadmap for the coordination of the technical and policy 
discussions necessary to implement the recommendations outlined in SAC 051.



Resolved (2011.10.28.28), the Board directs staff to forward SAC 051 to ICANN's 
Advisory Committees and Supporting Organizations for their advice, if any, with 
regards to implementing the SSAC recommendations, and to forward SAC 051 to the 
Whois Review Team



SAC051 Recommendations:



Recommendation 1: The ICANN community should adopt the terminology outlined in 
this report in documents and discussions, in particular:

·     Domain Name Registration Data (DNRD).  The data that domain name 
registrants provide when registering a domain name and that registrars or 
registries collects. 

·     Domain Name Registration Data Access Protocol (DNRD-AP). The components 
of a (standard) communications exchange—queries and responses—that specify the 
access to DNRD. 

·     Doman Name Registration Data Directory Service (DNRD-DS). The service(s) 
offered by domain name registries and registrars to implement the DNRD-AP and 
to provide access to DNRD-DSD.  

Additional terminology includes “DNRDe,” “DNRD Policy,” “DNRD-DS Policy,” 
“Internationalized DNRD,” and “Localized DNRD.” The term “WHOIS” should only be 
used when referring to the protocol as currently specified in RFC 3912.



Recommendation 2: The ICANN community should evaluate and adopt a replacement 
domain name registration data access protocol that supports the query and 
display of Internationalized DNRD as well as addressing the relevant 
recommendations in SAC 003, SAC 027 and SAC 033.

 

Recommendation 3: The ICANN community should develop a uniform and standard 
framework for accessing DNRD that would provide mechanisms to define and 
implement a range of verification methods, credential services, and access 
control capabilities.