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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 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>
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<td>ISOC England Chapter Statement regarding direct.uk
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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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<p>Warm regards,<br>
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<p>Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond<br>
ISOC England Chair<br>
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STATEMENT OF THE INTERNET SOCIETY ENGLAND CHAPTER</span><br>
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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>
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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;">The
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
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
Society has conducted a consultation of its own members which is
summarised below. <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;"></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;">Summary</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;">In
this paper we shall be touching on the following:</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>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<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;">Double
registration of domains</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;">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>
<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;">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"
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;">DNSSEC
Adoption</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;">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
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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;">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
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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
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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;">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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</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;">Loss
of Hierarchy</span><span
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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
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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;">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
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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">
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</span><span
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of justification for proposal</span><span
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<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;">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
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<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
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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>
<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
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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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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</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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</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
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<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
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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
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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. <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
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<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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