<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">All,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">This should be of interest to many of you, and in particular those following or engaged in the work of the CCT-RT.  Announcement at: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-07-18-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-07-18-en</a> and pasted below.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><strong style="">18 July 2016</strong> - <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> today announced that the &quot;Revised Report on New <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">gTLD</abbr> Program Safeguards to Mitigate <abbr title="Domain Name System" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">DNS</abbr> Abuse&quot; has been published.</p><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><strong style=""><a href="https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews/dns-abuse/safeguards-against-dns-abuse-18jul16-en.pdf" style="color:rgb(0,152,213);text-decoration:none;background:transparent">Read the report</a> [PDF, 101 KB].</strong></p><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif">The report, written by <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> staff, explores methods for measuring the effectiveness of safeguards to mitigate <abbr title="Domain Name" class="" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">Domain Name</abbr> System (<abbr title="Domain Name System" class="" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">DNS</abbr>) abuse that were implemented as part of the New <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" class="" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">gTLD</abbr> Program. It explores which activities may constitute <abbr title="Domain Name System" class="" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">DNS</abbr> abuse and provides a preliminary literature review examining rates of abuse in new gTLDs and the <abbr title="Domain Name System" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">DNS</abbr> as a whole.</p><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif">The New <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" class="" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">gTLD</abbr> Program Safeguards Against <abbr title="Domain Name System" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">DNS</abbr> Abuse report is intended to help inform the Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice (<abbr title="Competition, Consumer Choice &amp; Consumer Trust" class="" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">CCT</abbr>) Review Team&#39;s analysis of how well program safeguards prevent <abbr title="Domain Name System" class="" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">DNS</abbr> abuse.</p><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif">The initial draft of the <abbr title="Domain Name System" class="" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">DNS</abbr> Abuse Review report was published for <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/new-gtld-safeguards-dns-abuse-2016-03-15-en" style="color:rgb(0,152,213);text-decoration:none;background:transparent">comment</a> on 15 March 2016. The revised version available today incorporates suggestions received during the public comment period on potential research methodologies and metrics to assess safeguard effectiveness. The <abbr title="Competition, Consumer Choice &amp; Consumer Trust" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">CCT</abbr> Review Team is considering this report and the feedback received as it continues to design and execute its review of New <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">gTLD</abbr> Program safeguards.</p><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif">The <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-comments-new-gtld-safeguards-dns-abuse-17jun16-en.pdf" style="color:rgb(0,152,213);text-decoration:none;background:transparent">report of public comments</a> [PDF, 469 KB], which includes summary and analysis of the comments received regarding the draft report, was published and provided to the <abbr title="Competition, Consumer Choice &amp; Consumer Trust" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">CCT</abbr> Review Team on 17 June 2016.</p><h3 style="font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.31rem;padding:0.75rem 0px 0.5rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:500!important">New <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">gTLD</abbr> Program Reviews</h3><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>&#39;s New <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">gTLD</abbr> Program has enabled hundreds of new top-level domains to enter into the Internet&#39;s root zone since the first delegations occurred in October 2013. Comprehensive <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/reviews" style="color:rgb(0,152,213);text-decoration:none;background:transparent">reviews</a> of the program are currently underway in a number of areas, including competition, consumer trust and choice, security and stability, rights protection and other areas. Along with commissioning third-party analyses, <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> is capturing stakeholder experiences regarding the effects of the New <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">gTLD</abbr> Program.</p><div><br></div></div></div>