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    Olivier,<br>
    <br>
    An excellent review. Thanks to ISOC.uk.<br>
    <br>
    Where it says:<br>
    <blockquote><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">As
        a reminder:</span><br>
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      <span
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        .co.uk, .ltd.uk, .me.uk, .net.uk, .nic.uk, .org.uk, .plc.uk and
        .sch.uk are managed by Nominet UK. </span><br
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        .gov.uk, .mil.uk, .ac.uk, .mod.uk, .nhs.uk, .parliament.uk,
        .police.uk, .bl.uk, .british-library.uk, .jet.uk and .nls.uk are
        not.</span><br>
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    I'd appreciate your pointing me to info on the overall governance
    structure of the .uk TLD.  I'd thought it was Nominet. I gather from
    this "reminder" that this is not so. <br>
    <br>
    Thanks,<br>
    <br>
    Tom Lowenhaupt<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/8/2013 6:38 AM, Olivier MJ
      Crepin-Leblond wrote:<br>
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      Dear ISOC Chapter leaders,<br>
      <br>
      Nominet has recently conducted a consultation on a proposal
      involving registration of domains directly at the second level,
      thus changing the current system of having a limited second level
      set of domains and allowing registration at third level.<br>
      The proposals go further than this change: they are linked to
      proposals for the new second level domains to be somehow certified
      and certify content under those domains, which is a big change to
      the function of a Registry.<br>
      Proposals are found here:<br>
      <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nominet.org.uk/sites/default/files/Nominet_FINAL_electronic_form3_0.pdf">http://www.nominet.org.uk/sites/default/files/Nominet_FINAL_electronic_form3_0.pdf</a><br>
      <br>
      This might be a landmark proposal since other ccTLD operators
      might wish to propose a similar service. Please note the "ccTLD" -
      Country Code Top Level Domain, which is different in status and
      function to the "gTLD" - Generic TLD.<br>
      <br>
      With the importance of this issue being so high, ISOC England has
      encouraged its members to provide input for a consolidated
      statement from ISOC England to be submitted to the consultation
      process. The member consultation took a month; a final statement
      was drafted and finally submitted yesterday. The Web page which
      holds a copy of the statement includes a comment box which allows
      our members to support or show their disapproval (in some cases)
      the Statement, in addition to the statement having been drafted
      directly from member input.<br>
      <br>
      Please be so kind to find the statement appended in the message
      below.<br>
      <br>
      I would like to thank the ISOC England Leadership Team for the
      help in drafting this with Christian de Larrinaga in particular
      having been a very strong co-pen-holder.<br>
      <br>
      I am sharing this with you here since it might be of interest in
      future consultations.<br>
      <br>
      Kind regards,<br>
      <br>
      Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond<br>
      ISOC England Chair<br>
      <div class="moz-forward-container"><br>
        <br>
        -------- Original Message --------
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              <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Subject:

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              <td>ISOC England Chapter Statement regarding direct.uk
                consultation</td>
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              <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Date:
              </th>
              <td>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:25:09 +0100</td>
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              <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">From:
              </th>
              <td>ISOC England <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                  href="mailto:contact@isoc-e.org"><contact@isoc-e.org></a></td>
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              <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">To: </th>
              <td>direct.uk <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                  href="mailto:direct@nominet.org.uk"><direct@nominet.org.uk></a></td>
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              <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">CC: </th>
              <td>ISOC England <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                  href="mailto:contact@isoc-e.org"><contact@isoc-e.org></a></td>
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        <p>Dear Sir/Madam,<br>
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        <p>please be so kind to find below the comments from the English
          Chapter of the Internet Society, on the Nominet Consultation
          for direct.uk .<br>
          Publication of this Statement is found on our Web Site: <a
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            href="http://www.isoc-e.org/uk-sld/">http://www.isoc-e.org/uk-sld/</a><br>
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        <p>Warm regards,<br>
        </p>
        <p>Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond<br>
          ISOC England Chair<br>
          <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
            href="mailto:contact@isoc-e.org">contact@isoc-e.org</a><br>
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          <br>
          <br>
          STATEMENT OF THE INTERNET SOCIETY ENGLAND CHAPTER</span><br>
        <span
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        <span
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          English Chapter of the Internet Society (</span><a
          moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="http://www.internetsociety.org.uk"><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;">www.internetsociety.org.uk</span></a><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">)
          thanks the members, board and staff of Nominet UK for the
          invitation to comment on their important proposal for
          substantial changes to the management of the UK domain name
          system known as direct.uk. </span><br>
        <span
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        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The


          Society has conducted a consultation of its own members which
          is summarised below. <br class="kix-line-break">
        </span><br>
        <span
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        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Summary</span><br>
        <span
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        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">In


          this paper we shall be touching on the following:</span><br>
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        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
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style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Double


              registration of domains</span></li>
          <li dir="ltr"
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style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Trademark


              Issues</span></li>
          <li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Loss


              of Hierarchy</span></li>
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style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Is


              .uk in UK?</span></li>
          <li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Lack


              of justification for proposal</span></li>
          <li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Operational


              Risk</span></li>
          <li dir="ltr"
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style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">DNSSEC


              Adoption</span></li>
          <li dir="ltr"
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style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Legality


              under Digital Economy Act 2010</span></li>
          <li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Second


              level UK Domain Policy</span></li>
        </ul>
        <span
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        </span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Double-registering


          of domain name space</span><span
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          <br class="kix-line-break">
          Some members think direct.uk has the potential for making
          domain names shorter. </span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">However



          there is considerable concern that current holders of .co.uk
          and .xx.uk (where xx is a second level domain) are affected
          negatively in two ways: </span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Legitimate



          added value of active domains can be affected negatively. For
          registrants, this introduces a need to register a second level
          domain themselves for an additional fee, should they wish to
          safeguard their invested trade.</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><br
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          This is seen very negatively as being motivated by Nominet
          looking to sell more domain<br class="kix-line-break">
          names to organisations having already registered under .uk via
          the current second level domains.</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Secondly,



          registrants of active .co.uk domains have invested in their
          online branding, search engine listings and other directory
          services. Some search engines prioritise listings by keywords
          found in domain names under higher levels of the domain name
          system, i.e. second level before third level.</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">As



          commercial entities they are likely to view entries in
          direct.uk as potential passing off opportunities and will wish
          to register themselves in direct.uk as well. Those who succeed
          will end up paying twice for no added benefit compared to
          prior to introduction of direct .uk registrations. Those who
          do not register under direct.uk will end up risking confusion
          in their online brand.</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Trademark


          Issues</span><br>
        <span
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        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">How



          will Nominet ensure trademarks are managed for direct.uk, in
          particular where there are trademarks across different classes
          held by different entities with one holding the mark in .co.uk
          and others wishing to register in direct.uk?<br
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          <br class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
        </span><span
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          of Hierarchy</span><span
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          <br class="kix-line-break">
          Concerns are being raised that the UK Namespace which until
          now is well ordered with second level domains (such as
          .org.uk, .gov.uk, .ac.uk, .co.uk etc. ) representing
          distinctive communities will lose the ability to discern
          whether a domain originated from an educational establishment,
          government or a company as the current second level domain
          service indicates. This blurring of lines was seen as not
          favouring the public interest.</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">But



          with proposed direct.uk second level domains looking to have
          special security status, the clear hierarchy appears to be
          reversed - the non- hierarchical name-space being
          counter-intuitively marketed as "better" protected. How will
          direct.uk distinguish security policies for SLDs from new
          direct domains so that the market is not confused in the UK or<br
            class="kix-line-break">
          internationally?<br class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
        </span><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Is


          .uk in UK?</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">While



          recognising the urgency of the need to give greater confidence
          that the use of .uk means that the registrant is subject to UK
          law, the status today is that residency of .uk services cannot
          be determined. Clearly some work needs to be done in order to
          clarify this situation.  ISOC England is willing to work with
          interested parties into future consultations to explore and
          establish potential solutions for this matter.</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">In



          the meantime, it is widely believed even by a "security
          expert" on the BBC Today Program in late November 2012 that a
          .uk domain means the site is in the UK. </span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The



          uncertainty this imposes on users suggests there is a need to
          give greater confidence of what jurisdiction a service using
          .uk is operating. Direct uk does not appear to offer a
          solution to this issue. </span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">How


          can Nominet correct this false impression for .uk when it is
          promoting<br class="kix-line-break">
          direct.uk domains as having a UK physical contact address but
          with no guarantee of UK resident Internet services? Can
          Nominet explain how a postal mail PIN delivery process adds
          value for direct.uk domains and will not continue to confuse
          the market? Will users really distinguish between the values
          of a .co.uk? a .ltd.uk and a direct.uk domain?<br
            class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
        </span><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Lack


          of justification for proposal</span><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Nominet



          has not justified why direct registrations under .uk are
          needed. The security mechanisms could just as easily be
          provided under a new or existing SLD such as ltd.uk or plc.uk
          which are both low volume and limited community managed zones.<br
            class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
        </span><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Operational


          Risk</span><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Is


          it the role of a ccTLD operator to offer such services as
          malware scanning on third party networks and so forth?</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><br
            class="kix-line-break">
          Nominet has not shown why as a ccTLD operator it should be
          both delegated authority for domain of .uk AND the regulator
          of the .uk Register AND now add further roles in regulating
          content and services of devices on other networks which may
          resolve for direct.uk domains as well as others.</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">DNS



          resolution is a best effort service on the Internet. However
          malware scanning of third party devices implies quality of
          service metrics and so could be open to substantial risk of
          damages. Such damages could arise from any part of the world,
          from users, from registrars, from<br class="kix-line-break">
          network operators, from registrants or service providers. It
          could arise from faulty scans, damage caused by scans or where
          scans were legitimately blocked by local providers and
          expectations of users of "security" were falsely raised.</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Risk


          of legal action from non best effort services would be a
          substantial change in the business model and Risk for .uk.<br
            class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
          We should note that the increase in risk from litigation for
          damages from anywhere in the world could be so substantial as
          to weaken the robustness of the .uk Domain Name System as a
          whole including existing SLDs.<br class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
          How can Nominet justify adding such unquantifiable risks
          within the operations of a private sector entity operating as
          a ccTLD registry for the UK?<br class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
        </span><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">DNSSEC


          Adoption</span><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><br
            class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
          Security of the .uk domain space and its reputation can be
          improved substantially through the adoption of DNSSEC. In 2010
          the Nominet board signed .uk on behalf of all .uk but into
          2013 take up by service providers, registrars, and users
          remains low.<br class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
          More work and investment is needed in the UK to seed research
          and services to improve awareness, tools, training and
          infrastructure support for DNSSEC for all .uk domains.<br
            class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
          The opportunity exists to expand security for all .uk domains
          using DNSSEC and it is questionable policy to restrict
          emphasis for security to direct.uk domains.</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">How



          will the direct.uk project avoid being a distraction to a key
          priority of promoting DNSSEC security services for all .uk
          domains?<br class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
        </span><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Compatibility


          with Digital Economy Act 2010</span><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><br
            class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
          Would Nominet's proposed move to make registrations directly
          under .uk make implementation of the Digital Economy Act 2010
          Sections 19, 20 and 21 by the Government more complicated and
          costly?</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><a
            moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/24/crossheading/powers-in-relation-to-internet-domain-registries">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/24/crossheading/powers-in-relation-to-internet-domain-registries</a><br
            class="kix-line-break">
        </span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><br
            class="kix-line-break">
        </span><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Second


          level UK Domain Policy</span><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><br
            class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
          direct.uk has put current SLD policy as of March 2004 in
          disarray irrespective of outcome of consultation. </span><a
          moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="http://www.uksld.org.uk/page/procedure.html"><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;">http://www.uksld.org.uk/page/procedure.html</span></a><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">It



          is not clear following direct.uk proposal how community-led
          SLDs are intended to be established and function under .uk
          going forward. </span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><br
            class="kix-line-break">
          As a reminder:</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><br
            class="kix-line-break">
          .co.uk, .ltd.uk, .me.uk, .net.uk, .nic.uk, .org.uk, .plc.uk
          and .sch.uk are managed by Nominet UK. <br
            class="kix-line-break">
          .gov.uk, .mil.uk, .ac.uk, .mod.uk, .nhs.uk, .parliament.uk,
          .police.uk, .bl.uk, .british-library.uk, .jet.uk and .nls.uk
          are not.<br class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
        </span><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Implementation


          Phase</span><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Some



          contributions from ISOC England members make suggestions about
          implementation phase - and these may be premature. One example
          is for the direct.uk proposal to preserve the rights of the
          current .co.uk users by providing the second level domain
          registration at a discounted cost-recovery basis fee to
          current holders of the third level registrations.
          Alternatively, current third level registrations could be kept
          in a "reserved" list so as for second level registrations to
           avoid clashing.</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Should



          direct .uk move towards implementation, the complexity and
          uncertainties so far raised indicate that a fresh outreach
          consultation will be needed.<br class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
        </span><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Conclusion</span><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"><br
            class="kix-line-break">
          <br class="kix-line-break">
          In conclusion, the English chapter of the Internet Society
          urges caution regarding the direct.uk proposals. In the
          absence of  consensus for direct .uk and in view of the risk
          to stability of uk domain name system the conclusion is NOT to
          implement direct .uk plans to shorten domains as proposed.</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Should



          the proposed security mechanisms be justified they could just
          as easily be provided under a new or existing SLD such as
          ltd.uk or plc.uk which are both low volume and limited
          community managed zones.This would be more consistent with the
          well established management of the UK domain name space.</span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"></span><br>
        <span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Stability



          and Security of Internet services is an important priority for
          users. The chapter would prefer enhanced support for the
          deployment of core Internet protocols that can provide users
          across the whole of .uk with improved security such as DNSSEC.
          The benefits of malware scanning as proposed do not appear to
          be core to ccTLD operations nor likely to be dependable for
          users.</span><br>
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