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Universal Acceptance now on Wikipedia...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Acceptance
by Don Hollander July 9, 2020

July 9, 2020

A nice way to end a fairly productive year. Plans coming up: There will be a Universal Acceptance gathering on Monday the 8th of January in Hong Kong with the Hong Kong IT Community. This is being organised by .asia, ISOC HK and UASG. If you’ve not yet received an invitation but will be in Hong Kong that afternoon, please let me know and we’ll organise one. 15:00 - 18:00 at the Sheraton. The UASG Coordination Group will be meeting on Tuesday the 9th of January and the morning of the 10th if necessary, also in Hong Kong. The agenda will be out next week. Full remote participation will be available if there’s interest. There will be a meeting of EAI operators on the 11th and 12th in Guangzhou, China, hosted by Coremail and CNNIC. If you are an EAI practitioner and would like to participate and have not otherwise registered, please let me know. I expect that we’ll have remote participation facilities. The UASG is expecting another UA Workshop on Day 0 of the ICANN meeting in Puerto Rico as well as a public update session during the week. Dates and venues still to be confirmed. Happy New Year to everyone. If you’re out celebrating, please get home safe. Don Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group www.uasg.tech don.hollander(a)icann.org Skype: don_hollander

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UA and phishiness
by Andrew Sullivan May 29, 2018

May 29, 2018

Hi, I'm in a meeting about the web PKI and there's a discussion about how poor the anti-abuse stance is of some new TLDs. Does UASG have a view about this? Should it? A -- Please excuse my clumbsy thums

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UASGTech Tweeting Now, please share
by Audrey Fery-Forgues May 4, 2018

May 4, 2018

Hello All, Please check out UASGTech’s most recent post on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UASGTech/status/988930970303660032 Please be sure to follow the @UASGTech twitter handle, retweet, tag and like our posts in order to help spread the word on Universal Acceptance. Thank you, Audrey

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Document Reviews
by Don Hollander April 27, 2018

April 27, 2018

>From time to time we review our documents to make sure that they're still correct and relevant. This month I would like to look at four of our earliest documents: UASG001 - Knowledge base of points of engagement https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/UA001-v2015040-UA-Knowledge-Ba… UASG002 - Webmaster Engagement script https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/UASG002-Webmaster-Engagement-N… UASG003 - UA at a Glance https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/UASG003-160823-en-onesheet-dig… UASG011 - Frequently Asked Questions - https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/UASG011-160823-en-faq-digital.… These are short exercises. If you have comments about how any one of them can be markedly improved, do let me know directly. If there's enough interest we can organise a group call to go through them. I would like to have this completed by the end of the month. Thanks. Don Don Hollander Secretary General - UASG Skype: Don_Hollander

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FW: ADOBE CONNECT – WHAT NEXT? - ICANN Blog By Ash Rangan
by Mark Svancarek April 27, 2018

April 27, 2018

May be of interest From: gnso-rds-pdp-wg <gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces(a)icann.org> On Behalf Of Nathalie Peregrine Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 11:14 AM To: gnso-rds-pdp-wg(a)icann.org Subject: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] ADOBE CONNECT – WHAT NEXT? - ICANN Blog By Ash Rangan Dear all: Please take a look at this blog on Adobe Connect. And note the request: Before we make these changes, we want to hear from you. What do you think? Please submit your thoughts on this contemplated move before May 2nd here: RP-tool(a)icann.org<mailto:RP-tool@icann.org> Best regards, David https://www.icann.org/news/blog/adobe-connect-what-next[icann.org]<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense…> ADOBE CONNECT – WHAT NEXT? As you know, the ICANN organization took down its Adobe Connect service midway through the ICANN61 meeting in response to reported issues[icann.org]<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense…> with this service. Concurrently, we began to conduct our own forensic analysis of the reported incident and began working with our Adobe cloud service provider, CoSo Cloud LLC, and through them with Adobe to learn more. Shortly thereafter, we rolled out instances of Zoom and WebEx for the community to support remote participation (RP) and collaboration. Here's where we are now: The Forensics Investigation With respect to our forensics work, we received application logfiles from CoSo Cloud, going back for a period of one year. ICANN Engineering and Security teams have examined these application log files and the results of our investigation clearly show "fingerprints of incursion" by the researcher who reported the issue. We were unable to find any other indication that anyone else either identified or exploited this issue. Thanks to the person who found the bug again. Working closely with CoSo Cloud, we were able to recreate the reported issue, and understand the conditions required to trigger it. This information has been communicated to Adobe, and Adobe is working on a software fix to address the root cause of the issue. We have also been working with CoSo on options to re-enable Adobe Connect in the shorter term. We have determined there are two viable paths to accomplish this goal. They are: 1. Deploy a hardened configuration to eliminate "man-in-the-middle" exploitations by encrypting relevant traffic, or 2. Implement a programmatic fix from CoSo Cloud to substantially reduce the window during which the issue can be exploited. With respect to the first option, we attempted to hack the hardened configuration in a test environment last week, and were not able to do so over the course of 7 hours. Separately, CoSo Cloud and Adobe conducted similar tests and confirmed that this configuration is protected from exploitation of the issue. Community Feedback and Next Steps For the last three weeks, we have been gathering limited feedback regarding users' experiences with WebEx and Zoom. So far, we have input from about 200 people, including ICANN org meeting organizers and the ICANN community. Our analysis of this feedback indicates a desire to revert back to an Adobe Connect, providing the security of the service is ensured. Accordingly, we would like to propose the following plan to the broader community for consideration: 1. We would like to restore Adobe Connect services with both the new hardened configuration and the programmatic fix discussed above. Our intent would be to restore service by 3 May. This would allow us to use Adobe Connect during several upcoming events including the Board Workshop, the GDD Industry Summit, and ICANN62. 2. Once Adobe releases a new version of the software with a fix for this issue from their perspective, and provides assurance the update has been adequately tested, we will move toward that release of Adobe Connect in a prudent manner, with the help of CoSo Cloud. We believe that this approach will ensure the security of our content, and of our community interactions, while also enabling our community to use the collaboration tools of their choice. Before we make these changes, we want to hear from you. What do you think? Please submit your thoughts on this contemplated move before May 2nd here: RP-tool(a)icann.org<mailto:RP-tool@icann.org> Meanwhile, we will continue to offer WebEx and Zoom for RP and collaboration purposes. We will also continue to follow industry developments, including the research ALAC is doing on the RP and collaboration space, to ensure we are using secure and cost-effective tools that are appropriate for our needs. I look forward to your comments! David A. Olive Senior Vice President Policy Development Support Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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Re: [UA-discuss] UASGTech Tweeting Now, please share
by Audrey Fery-Forgues April 26, 2018

April 26, 2018

Hello Chaals, As you may know, @UASGtech is the official twitter handle for the Universal Acceptance Steering Group. It is overseen by the UASG and as such, it has been regularly promoted here since it was launched a few months ago. We hope that people interested in the UASG mission enough to have joined this UASG Discussion List will find UASG twitter posts on Universal Acceptance interesting and will consider amplifying our message to their network. We respect and embrace the fact that everyone on Twitter can choose what they want to share and say. By sending this quick notification to the UA list, we do not intend to make you or anyone feel obligated to check our posts or to engage with our Twitter account and we apologize if it felt otherwise. We’ve heard you concern regarding not wanting to open the provided link to go to Twitter, and in the future, we will insert a copy of the tweet in the email body. Feel free to reach out if you have more concerns or suggestions, Best, Audrey Audrey Fery-Forgues ICANN | Global Communications Coordinator Audrey.feryforgues(a)icann.org On 26/04/2018, 5:00 am, "UA-discuss on behalf of ua-discuss-request(a)icann.org" <ua-discuss-bounces(a)icann.org on behalf of ua-discuss-request(a)icann.org> wrote: Send UA-discuss mailing list submissions to ua-discuss(a)icann.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ua-discuss or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ua-discuss-request(a)icann.org You can reach the person managing the list at ua-discuss-owner(a)icann.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of UA-discuss digest..." Today's Topics: 1. AUTO: Ahmed Bakhat Masood is out of the office. (returning 29/04/2018) (Ahmed Bakhat Masood) 2. Google Translate (Simon Cousins) 3. UASGTech Tweeting Now, please share (Audrey Fery-Forgues) 4. Re: UASGTech Tweeting Now, please share (Chaals Nevile) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 22:01:55 +0500 From: Ahmed Bakhat Masood <ahmedbakhat(a)pta.gov.pk> To: ua-discuss(a)icann.org Subject: [UA-discuss] AUTO: Ahmed Bakhat Masood is out of the office. (returning 29/04/2018) Message-ID: <OF32D2942B.CBF556AA-ON4525827A.005D8F63-4525827A.005D8F62(a)gov.pk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I am out of the office until 29/04/2018. I will not be able to respond to your mail. For urgent queries, please contact Mr. Shageel Ahmed Dy Director (ICT) at shargeel(a)pta.gov.pk or Mr. Anwar Zeb IT Officer at anwar(a)pta.gov.pk Note: This is an automated response to your message "UA-discuss Digest, Vol 40, Issue 16" sent on 04/25/2018 5:00:08 PM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 18:04:35 +0000 From: Simon Cousins <simon(a)allegravita.com> To: "ua-discuss(a)icann.org" <ua-discuss(a)icann.org> Subject: [UA-discuss] Google Translate Message-ID: <DM6PR14MB2170C92B4FE6044391160C7FB98F0(a)DM6PR14MB2170.namprd14.prod.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" No, Google, I did not mean whatever.com [cid:image001.png@01D3DC9E.56DC2D90] [cid:image002.png@01D3DC9E.56DC2D90] [Allegravita-2018-Logo-jpg-rgb-Logo-with-Tagline-300px] Simon Cousins | ?? CEO, Allegravita LLC & ????????????? USA: 1460 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York NY 10036 China: ?????????55?3?01-A509 simon(a)allegravita.com<mailto:simon@allegravita.com> | allegravita.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__allegravita.com_&d=DwI…> | +1 347 850-3360 | +86 139 1010-5401

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Computer Science EAI Exercise
by Andre Schappo April 26, 2018

April 26, 2018

I decided it was time I wrote a Computer Science EAI exercise and that is what I have just finished doing. I have made it publicly available as one of my Internationalised Programming Challenges ➜ jsfiddle.net/coas/2uLhcfef<http://jsfiddle.net/coas/2uLhcfef> My reasoning behind this exercise includes: ① Raising awareness of EAI ② Encouraging students to think about what constraints they would impose on EAI address registrations ③ Encouraging students to think beyond ASCII When I finished writing this exercise I was thinking this is too simple. But, it is only simple if one has understanding of Unicode and Unicode aware regular expression engines like PCRE2. Actually, just a couple of days ago, one of my project students said to me: "If not for you, I would know nothing about Unicode" André Schappo

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Google Translate
by Simon Cousins April 25, 2018

April 25, 2018

No, Google, I did not mean whatever.com [cid:image001.png@01D3DC9E.56DC2D90] [cid:image002.png@01D3DC9E.56DC2D90] [Allegravita-2018-Logo-jpg-rgb-Logo-with-Tagline-300px] Simon Cousins | 夏明 CEO, Allegravita LLC & 北京乐微塔营销咨询有限公司 USA: 1460 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York NY 10036 China: 北京市海淀区苏州街55号3层01-A509 simon(a)allegravita.com<mailto:simon@allegravita.com> | allegravita.com<https://allegravita.com/> | +1 347 850-3360 | +86 139 1010-5401

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AUTO: Ahmed Bakhat Masood is out of the office. (returning 29/04/2018)
by Ahmed Bakhat Masood April 25, 2018

April 25, 2018

I am out of the office until 29/04/2018. I will not be able to respond to your mail. For urgent queries, please contact Mr. Shageel Ahmed Dy Director (ICT) at shargeel(a)pta.gov.pk or Mr. Anwar Zeb IT Officer at anwar(a)pta.gov.pk Note: This is an automated response to your message "UA-discuss Digest, Vol 40, Issue 16" sent on 04/25/2018 5:00:08 PM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

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APTLD Report – Status of IDNs in ccTLDs (2018)
by Abdalmonem Tharwat Galila April 21, 2018

April 21, 2018

You may be interested to read this. Thnx All the Best, Abdalmonem Tharwat Galila Deputy Manager, Dot Masr Registry, Operation Sector. [NTRA Logo 2016] National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: 1365523405_telephone] Office Tel.: +2 02 35341582 - +2 02 35341300 [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Mobile] Mobile: +2 010 00049068 [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: ICON] Fax : +2 02 35370537 [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: oNLINE] Website : http:\\www.mcit.gov.eg<http://www.mcit.gov.eg/> : http:\\www.tra.gov.eg<http://www.mcit.gov.eg/> [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: 1365523294_email] E-mail : agalila(a)mcit.gov.eg<mailto:agalila@mcit.gov.eg> : atharwat(a)tra.gov.eg<mailto:atharwat@tra.gov.eg> [Description: 1447802547_skype] Skype : abdalmonem.galila [Description: static_qr_code_without_logo] [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: 1365523469_error]DISCLAIMER This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify your system support manager. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) . Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The NTRA accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.

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