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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I agree with most of the part of the letter but I have
some concerns about the second paragraph. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I think that saying so without being clear is arguable
because:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
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<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 19.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face=Calibri>1-</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri>DNS-OARC has been launched around 2002
to “respond to <I>DDoS attacks at the Internet's core infrastructure and the
vital requirement for a formal coordination system”. </I></FONT></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 19.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"
class=MsoListParagraph><FONT face=Calibri><I> It was
founded by NSF and was a part of part of homeland security initiatives.</I>
(</FONT><A
href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/dns_gets_a_formal_coordination_system/"><FONT
title="http://www.circleid.com/posts/dns_gets_a_formal_coordination_system/
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color=#0000ff
face=Calibri>http://www.circleid.com/posts/dns_gets_a_formal_coordination_system/</FONT></A><FONT
face=Calibri>).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>The
DNS-CERT proposal seems to have most of the part of the original plan drafted
for DNS OARC. </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>Isn't
it a way that though DNS-OARC has achieved great challenges it hasn’t
yet filled all the needs identified at that time? </FONT></P>
<P
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class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face=Calibri>2-</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri>At the DNS SYMAPOSIUM in Feb 2009 in
Goergia Tech, </FONT><A href="http://www.gtisc.gatech.edu/icann09"><FONT
title="http://www.gtisc.gatech.edu/icann09
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color=#0000ff face=Calibri>http://www.gtisc.gatech.edu/icann09</FONT></A><FONT
face=Calibri> people present raised five concerns: </FONT></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1"
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style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face=Calibri>a.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: TTFF4E5C30t00; mso-bidi-font-family: TTFF4E5C30t00"><FONT
face=Calibri>the level of awareness with respect to the DNS is very
low</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face=Calibri>b.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: TTFF4E5C30t00; mso-bidi-font-family: TTFF4E5C30t00"><FONT
face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>the DNS technical,
operational, and security communities are disjointed and in need of a dedicated
information sharing and incident response capability. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face=Calibri>c.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: TTFF4E5C30t00; mso-bidi-font-family: TTFF4E5C30t00"><FONT
face=Calibri>the toolset, both technical and non-technical must
improve</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face=Calibri>d.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: TTFF4E5C30t00; mso-bidi-font-family: TTFF4E5C30t00"><FONT
face=Calibri>organizational outsourcing of DNS services based on an incomplete
review of information which didn’t account for potential reductions in control,
visibility, privacy and internal “know how”. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face=Calibri>e.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: TTFF4E5C30t00; mso-bidi-font-family: TTFF4E5C30t00"><FONT
face=Calibri>clearer understanding is needed of ICANN’s mission and role with
respect to security, stability and resiliency of the DNS and the Internet at
large. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face=Calibri>3-</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri>There are many organizations like CERTs,
DNS OARC, etc … </FONT></P>
<P
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class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face=Calibri>a.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> <FONT
size=3 face=Calibri>some of them doesn't have an
open </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri>membership</FONT></P>
<P
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style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face=Calibri>b.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face=Calibri>added to that in some parts of the world
there is nothing in terms for collaboration, information sharing.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Speaking from Africa, we have only two
certs (<A href="http://www.first.org/members/map/"><FONT
title="http://www.first.org/members/map/
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color=#0000ff face=Calibri>http://www.first.org/members/map/</FONT></A><FONT
face=Calibri>) </FONT> in the continent while the security
issue is becoming a big problem for cctlds, ISPs that provide name
resolution to their users, IXP etc... </FONT><FONT
face=Calibri>That stressed the need to have something for these people somehow
especially these days when the african continent is making big efforts to
be connected via different fiber projects.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 19.5pt; mso-add-space: auto"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast><o:p><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>It seems to
me that ICANN is trying to tell us that: “the world needs something to be done
since a long time and nobody is taking care of it, so if nobody is
going to build it, ICANN would “.</FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>The need seems to have been clearly
identified and the discussions should be around what we could do and how we
could ensure that it is done like you said “in the Internet model”. A way
for me to achieve this is to raise our voice and all the chapters’ voice NOW,
and to join all the discussions related to the topic.</FONT></P></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt Tahoma"><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Jean-Robert - ISOC
TOGO</FONT>
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