[Area 4] Compromise of a resource critical to some accountability process as a candidate scenario.

[Rudolph Daniel]

Eric
Yes...You got my intended meaning..& In relation to wg4s remit.

Rudi Daniel
ICT consulting & LED lighting
784 430 9235
On Dec 18, 2014 5:04 PM, "Eric Brunner-Williams" <ebw at abenaki.wabanaki.net>
wrote:

>  Rudi,
>
> If I understand your note, and it is rather terse, I think you're
> suggesting something that isn't actually a "risk" to any specific existing
> process or mechanism of accountability, but a Contractor-initiated change
> of domicile, and a modification to the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC).
>
> You're free to speculate of course, but I personally don't see intentional
> acts by the incumbent contractor as "risks" to be anticipated and mitigated
> by an improvement in the accountability processes or mechanisms. Perhaps
> you could check with Thomas and Mathieu to determine if, in their views,
> your scenario falls within WG4's remit.
>
> Regards,
> Eric Brunner-Williams
> Eugene, Oregon
>
> On 12/18/14 11:17 AM, Rudolph Daniel wrote:
>
> Eric
> Trival pursuit it may be...not sure.
> Is there a possibility that the IANA function be registered elsewhere With
> revised "affair. Of commit"...for control & protection of the icann board?
> ...or ..maybe not in area4's scenario?
>
> Rudi Daniel
> ICT consulting &LED lighting
> 784 430 9235
> On Dec 18, 2014 2:36 PM, "Eric Brunner-Williams" <ebw at abenaki.wabanaki.net>
> wrote:
>
>  Rudi,
>
> If I recall correctly the incorporators worked for Jones Day, and their
> acts as incorporators were approved by the initial Board on 10-25-98.
>
>  ISI, where Dr. Jon Postel was employed, and the IANA Function conducted
> (mostly by Jon), is a unit of USC.
>
> You can of course ask Ira, as he may know, or you can ask any of Esther,
> Michael, or Louis.
>
> I don't recall any other jurisdictions being considered at the time,
> Deleware is the usual, but really offers little advantage.
>
> In any event, trivial pursuits of early ICANNia is off-topic for the CCWG,
> and WG4.
>
> Eric
>
>
> On 12/18/14 10:16 AM, Rudolph Daniel wrote:
>
> I would also like to know the reason ICANN chose to register in Calif.
> Other jurisdictions were considered at the time.
>
> Rudi Daniel
> ICT consulting & LED lighting
> 784 430 9235
> On Dec 18, 2014 1:57 PM, "Eric Brunner-Williams" <ebw at abenaki.wabanaki.net>
> wrote:
>
>>  Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> ICANN has disclosed that the email credentials of several members of
>> staff have been compromised. [1]
>>
>> I suggest that a credible scenario is the compromise of some resource
>> critical to some accountability process. The form of compromise may be loss
>> of the resource, such as the loss of a cryptographic key, or the disclosure
>> of the resource, such as email credentials.
>>
>> The accountability process compromised could be any one or more of the
>> Corporation's ByLaws Redress Mechanisms [2], or those which are external to
>> the Corporation [3].
>>
>> I will follow up with Staff on the existing Business Continuity Plan of
>> Record, as credential loss and/or disclosure should fall within the
>> Corporation's BC PoR, and it may be somewhat pertinent at the moment.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Eric Brunner-Williams
>> Eugene, Oregon
>>
>>
>> [1] https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-12-16-en
>> [2] (a) Reconsideration, (b) Independent third-party review, (c) Periodic
>> review, and (d) Ombudsman.
>> [3] (a) Affirmation of Commitments, (b) Jurisdiction of California and
>> the United States, (c) Other Jurisdictions, and (d) Contractual
>> requirements.
>>
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