[registrars] Fw: [council] Final Resolution regarding Verisign Registry Site Finder Service

[Ken Stubbs]

FYI
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From: "GNSO SECRETARIAT" <gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org>
To: "council" <council at gnso.icann.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:52 AM
Subject: [council] Final Resolution regarding Verisign Registry Site Finder
Service


> [To: council at gnso.icann.org]
>
> GNSO Council teleconference 25 September 2003.
> http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-25sep03.shtml
>
> Item 4. Issues associated with Verisign's introduction of wild card
entries
> (*.com and *.net in the .com and .net zonefile)
>
>
> Final Resolution regarding Verisign Registry Site Finder Service proposed
by
> Marilyn Cade and voted on by Council:
>
> Whereas, on September 15, 2003, VeriSign Registry introduced a wild card
> service into .com and .net zones that creates a registry-synthesized
address
> record in response to look ups of domain  names that are not present in
the
> zone. This service changes the routing of traffic by directing traffic
that
> would have otherwise resulted in a 'no domain' notification to the
"sender"
> to a VeriSign  operated web site with search results and links to paid
> advertisements.
>
> Whereas the IAB commentary published its architectural Concerns on the use
> of DNS wildcards on 19 September 2003. (LINK)
>
> Whereas VeriSign Registry on 21 September 2003, responded to Paul Twomey,
> President and CEO, ICANN, acknowledging ICANN's advisory and declining to
> suspend the service until they (VeriSign) has an opportunity to collect
and
> review available data.
>
> Whereas the Security and Stability Advisory Committee, 22 September
2003,has
> published its recommendations at www.icann.org
>
>  Therefore, the gNSO Council:
> Supports ICANN's actions to
> 1) monitor community reaction and experiences with the new service
> 2) request advice from the Security and Stability Advisory Committee and
> from the IAB on the impact of change introduced by the registry service of
> VeriSign
> 3) encourages broad participation by the community in the upcoming meeting
> hosted by the Security and Stability Advisory Committee
>
> Pledges to
> 1) Support the recommendation of of the Security and Stability Advisory
> Committee, 22 September
> 2003
> 2) work cooperatively to ensure full opportunity to fully understand the
> service, its implications for the DNS, and any implications for the need
for
> policy development within the scope of the gNSO.
>
> The motion carried, 17 votes in support 6 abstaining votes.
>
> GNSO Secretariat
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