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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Swedish Internet Foundation submit the following comments to
<i>Annex C</i><a name="_ftnref3"></a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Question 1</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
<i>“If there are no technical obstacles to the use of 2-character strings at the top level consisting of one letter and one digit, should the reservation of these strings be removed? Why or why not?”</i></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Even if there are no technical obstacles to the use of 2-character strings at the top level, there are
reasons why the reservation should be kept.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The most important reason for keeping the reservation for gTLDs at the top level consisting of 1 letter/1digit
– or the other way around – is the danger of confusion. It is for example easy to read a zero as an o and the number 1 as an l. Such as .RO vs. R0, .SL vs S1 etc.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Opening up for this will also be in conflict with the difference between 2-character ccTLDs and 3-letters
and more as gTLDs. The difference between those two groups should be maintained.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Question 2:
<i>“</i></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Do you believe that any additional analysis is needed to ensure that these types of strings will not pose harm or risk to security and stability?” </span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As stated above, we are of the opinion that it should not be opened for these types of strings. However,
if the community still decides to remove the reservation and go forward with this idea, there should be conducted a careful analysis to ensure security and stability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Swedish Internet Foundation also support the comments submitted by CENTR,
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://centr.org/library/library/policy-document/centr-comment-on-the-gnso-proposal-regarding-two-character-top-level-domains.html">https://centr.org/library/library/policy-document/centr-comment-on-the-gnso-proposal-regarding-two-character-top-level-domains.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Elisabeth Ekstrand<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head of Legal and Administration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Swedish Internet Foundation (iis.se)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Phone: +46 733 611015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Internet Foundation in Sweden, IIS, is an independent public-service organization that acts to ensure positive development of the internet. We are based in Sweden
and are responsible for the internet’s Swedish top-level domain, .se, and the operation of the .nu top-level domain.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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