<p dir="ltr">Or/and, I would suggest, the breaking of the rootzone cryptographic keys by some entity, individual or agency.<br>
I am not aware of how unbreakable the current system is.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Rudi Daniel<br>
ICT consulting & LED lighting<br>
784 430 9235</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 18, 2014 1:57 PM, "Eric Brunner-Williams" <<a href="mailto:ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net">ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Dear Colleagues,<br>
<br>
ICANN has disclosed that the email credentials of several
members of staff have been compromised. [1]<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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].<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Eric Brunner-Williams<br>
Eugene, Oregon<br>
<br>
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[1] <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-12-16-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-12-16-en</a><br>
[2] (a) Reconsideration, (b) Independent third-party review, (c)
Periodic review, and (d) Ombudsman.<br>
[3] (a) Affirmation of Commitments, (b) Jurisdiction of California
and the United States, (c) Other Jurisdictions, and (d) Contractual
requirements.<br>
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