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Re: [UA-discuss] UASG Coordination Group - Face to Face Meeting
by Molly Chan Jan. 4, 2019

Jan. 4, 2019

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Re: [UA-discuss] Fw: UASG Coordination Group - Face to Face Meeting
by Molly Chan Jan. 4, 2019

Jan. 4, 2019

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Re: [UA-discuss] UASG Coordination Group - Face to Face Meeting
by Richard Marson Jan. 4, 2019

Jan. 4, 2019

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Re: [UA-discuss] UASG Coordination Group - Face to Face Meeting
by Ashish Modi Jan. 3, 2019

Jan. 3, 2019

Hello William, Ram, Don and other community members, Though I have never met your personally in any of the UA meetings but I partially agree with your point. We all need to discuss in detail about what is expected and contributed by members of UASG and with little specific to UA Ambassadors as they are directly appointed for spreading awareness. It should be noted that UA Ambassadors are not employees or paid consultants, they are like any other UA member and I don`t think UA ambassadors are even paid any $`s or they have spent any money till now at-least in India. Rather UA ambassadors have spent money from there pocket for travel etc and contributed in UA mission. We need to have clear direction, agenda and guideline with the Roles and Responsibility for UA Ambassadors and members. This may be discussed in the upcoming F2F meeting in Washington or in Kobe. If you are attending there , please feel free to raise these points. Unfortunately I am not able to attend in person in DC or remotely. However it should be discussed as it will also be very helpful for any new UA Ambassador joining.Regarding IAMAI event, though I was speaker there and found good awareness activity being done by every speaker around UASG and its issues. Some people may not be satisfied enough and believe more could have been done. I would agree, we can always improve. To bridge the gap, UASG leadership may consider inviting all UA ambassadors in at-least one of the ICANN in a year and now probably to the upcoming meet in ICANN 64 at Kobe (its focused on IDN) so that everyone can be able to present on what they have contributed individually and what was expected from them and also prepare them for one year. It would be my pleasure to talk to you, please let me know your skype, whatsapp or any other medium.Thanks,AMUA Ambassador to India Skype:- ashishmodi5 From: "William Donovan" MailId : [87613749]To: "Don Hollander" Cc: "ua-discuss(a)icann.org" Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] UASG Coordination Group - Face to Face MeetingDate: 01 Jan 2019 03:41:28 PM Hello Ram, Don and other community members Happy New Year. Year 2019 will be brining many vicissitudes in UASG as the tenure of chair Ram Mohan is on accomplishment and fresh being will take the chair to foster UASG mission accompanied by vice chairs and UA Ambassadors in near future. Formerly it transpire can we have momentary update of every distinct impact how they lead to achieve UASG mission. What if the future take of UASG as with existing small group of few UA Ambassadors out of whom merely few of them were really able to contribute what was really expected from them specifically the ASIA region team which has radically botched in conveying regarding which we all overheard abundant in Kobe for wastage of UASG funds with completely failed events held in India explicitly with IAMAI. What&rsquos the new pipeline of fresh faces for UA Ambassadors and how soon UASG is adding them so that the mission of UASG can be achieved with quicker pace? Can we expect to hear on it during Face-to-Face Coordination Group meeting in Washington DC programmed next week? William Donovan Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 at 1:11 PM From: "Don Hollander" To: "ua-discuss(a)icann.org" Subject: [UA-discuss] UASG Coordination Group - Face to Face Meeting FYI: The UASG is having a Face-to-Face Coordination Group meeting in Washington DC from January 7 to January 9th . The agenda and associated papers are currently being prepared . The meeting will consider a refresh of the group Strategic Plan particularly in light of the ICANN&rsquos Board inclusion of Universal Acceptance in its strategic agenda . Like all our meetings, we&rsquoll provide remote access . If you are thinking about attending in person, would you please let me know so that we can manage the logistics . Thanks . Don Don Hollander Secretary General &ndash UASG Skype: Don_Hollander . Do not Remove:[HID]20190101154128699[-HID] [XGENFOOTER] [-XGENFOOTER]

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More from Ram Mohan on ICANN's further commitment to Universal Acceptance
by Don Hollander Jan. 2, 2019

Jan. 2, 2019

https://uasg.tech/2018/12/icann-further-commits-to-universal-acceptance-of-… Don Hollander Secretary General - UASG Skype: Don_Hollander

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UASG Coordination Group - Face to Face meeting - Washington DC January 7-9 2019
by Don Hollander Jan. 1, 2019

Jan. 1, 2019

Dear all: A reminder the UASG Coordination Group will be meeting face-to-face in Washington DC later this month. The agenda can be found https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z1NTEz9TrsIh9083WNWpYIGFgDVEiQmOqanmMY5… Please note that this is subject to change. If there's a particular topic that your interested in, please let me know and I'll try to provide you some advance notice of schedule. A large part of the meeting will be devoted to considering a fresh approach to the project. This will happen on the Tuesday. A couple of housekeeping notes: 1. The meeting is at ICANN's Washington DC office, the address is shown on the agenda. To get into the building you must be on a list provided to building security and you must bring some official government ID. Passport, drivers licence, etc. I will shortly send a separate note to those currently on the list. 2. Remote participation will be provided. Connection details are shown on the agenda. Programme as it stands now pasted below for your convenience. Don UASG Coordination Group Face-to-Face Meeting January 7 - 9 2019 Washington DC ICANN Offices: 801 17th Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006, USA Phone: +1 202 570 7240 All guests MUST bring a Government photo ID with them Anyone attending must be included in a visitor list provided to the building security.. https://participate.icann.org/universalacceptance US tel://1-605-475-5619,*,,2785710613# NZ tel://0800-440-096,*,,2785710613# HK tel://800-901-914,*,,2785710613# UK tel://0800-358-6387,*,,2785710613# DE tel://0800-588-9171,*,,2785710613# Beijing Tel://86-10-5667-0006,*,, 2785710613# IN Tel://1800 3010 1569,*,,2785710613# Other numbers available by request. * Monday 7 January 2019 00 1200 - 1430 Attendance and Apologies Welcome and high level review and plan for the days What does success look like Ram 01 Notes from previous meeting October 2018 Barcelona UASG Workshop 02 Outstanding Action Items from Previous Meetings Don 03 Project Updates * UA Ambassadors * UA Documentation Review * EAI Working Group * UA Comms Working Group * Technical Marketing Outreach * Library Remediation Efforts * Linkification Review * Website Evaluation Work * Geographies * India - IAMAI Work * China - CNNIC * Brazil Don 04 1430 - 1530 EAI Working Group Ajay/Yao/Mark 1530 - 1550 Coffee and Tea 05 1550 - 16:10 Review of UASG005 & UASG007 Lyman 06 16:10 - 16:30 Financials, Budget Don 07 16:30 - 16:45 Elections & Position Descriptions Ram 08 16:45 - 17:00 UASG @ ICANN64 Gwen 19:00 Dinner Tuesday 8 January 2019 0830 - 0930 Strategic Planning Framework Don Hollander 0930 - 1030 Stakeholders (session 1) Sarmad Hussain 1030 - 1050 Coffee and Tea Break 1050 - 1200 Stakeholders (session 2) Don Hollander 1200 - 1300 Lunch Break 1300 - 1400 Stakeholders (Session 3) Sarmad Hussain 1400- 1500 UASG Working Groups (Session 1) Don Hollander 1500 - 1520 Coffee and Tea Break 1520 - 1640 UASG Working Groups (Session 2) Sarmad Hussain 1640 - 1730 Vision, Mission, Goals, Measurements of Success, Organisational Function Don Hollander Review of Day and Actions Ram/Jennifer Wednesday 9 January 2019 0830 - 0930 Strategic Planning Review UASG Budget Review 0930 - 1030 UASG Comms Lars/Christian/Collin 10:30 - 10:45 Coffee and Tea Break 10:45 - Noon UASG Review of meeting and notes and actions Ram Noon - 13:30 DC-DNSI Meeting Susan Chalmers 13:30 Parking Lot AoB Jennifer Don Hollander Secretary General - UASG Skype: Don_Hollander

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UASG Coordination Group - Face to Face Meeting
by Don Hollander Jan. 1, 2019

Jan. 1, 2019

FYI: The UASG is having a Face-to-Face Coordination Group meeting in Washington DC from January 7 to January 9th. The agenda and associated papers are currently being prepared. The meeting will consider a refresh of the group Strategic Plan particularly in light of the ICANN's Board inclusion of Universal Acceptance in its strategic agenda. Like all our meetings, we'll provide remote access. If you are thinking about attending in person, would you please let me know so that we can manage the logistics. Thanks. Don Don Hollander Secretary General - UASG Skype: Don_Hollander

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Happy New Year
by Nitin Walia Dec. 31, 2018

Dec. 31, 2018

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[FYI] Two IDN Homograph blog posts from Farsight Security
by Jim DeLaHunt Dec. 30, 2018

Dec. 30, 2018

Hello, UA friends: North America is in the midst of a holiday season right now, and I hope everyone on this list with holidays has been enjoying them — and that those without holidays right now get them soon. :-) I'd like to pass on links to two blog posts from Farsight Security about Internationalised Domain Name-based homograph attacks. I don't see that these were shared with this list when they appeared. I don't agree with everything in these blogs, but I do like to practice my ability to argue in favour of IDN use and against IND-based fear-mongering. These blogs are useful practice material. /Touched by an IDN: Farsight Security shines a light on the Internet's oft-ignored and undetected security problem / Wednesday, January 17, 2018 By Mike Schiffman(Farsight Security) <https://www.farsightsecurity.com/2018/01/17/mschiffm-touched_by_an_idn/> "Committed to making online interactions safer for all users, Farsight Security regularly investigates systemic threats to the Internet. The design and implementation of the DNS Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name> system poses such a threat – one well known by DNS industry insiders and security professionals but not known or well understood by the wider public. The purpose of this research is to bridge that knowledge gap – to offer a keyhole glimpse into the shadowy world of brand lookalike abuse via IDN homographs. "Registration of confusing Internet DNS names for the purpose of misleading consumers is not news. Every user of the Internet learns – often the hard way – that much of the email they receive is forged, and many of the World Wide Web links they are prompted to click on are malicious. Yet IDN, a DNS standard representing non-English domain names, allows forgeries to be nearly undetectable by either human eyes or human judgement, or by traditional Internet user interface tools such as email clients and web browsers. "Using its real-time DNS network, Farsight Security conducted new research to determine the prevalence and reach of homographs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homograph>, in the form of IDN lookalike domains, across the Internet. Specifically, Farsight examined 125 top brand domain names, including large content providers, social networking giants, financial websites, luxury brands, cryptocurrency exchanges and other popular websites. Our findings underscore that the potential security risk posed by IDN homographs is significant. Any ultimate defense against this variant of Internet forgery will rely on Internet governance and security automation. It is to inform the need for such solutions that we offer the findings below." /Free Airline Tickets: The Latest Internationalized Domain Name-based Homograph Scam/ Monday, August 13, 2018 By Mike Schiffman (Farsight Security) <https://www.farsightsecurity.com/2018/08/13/mschiffm-freeticketsscam/> "As part of our continuous monitoring of the Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) space, Farsight recently found evidence of what appears to be an ongoing IDN homograph-based phishing campaign targeting mobile users. The suspected phishing websites purport to be those of commercial airline carriers offering free tickets, but, instead, appear to subject the user to a bait-and-switch scam." I will also mention again Farsight Security's report on IDN Homograph attacks. This was discussed on this list (Subject: /Re: [UA-discuss] Once again/, Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 15:56:37 +0000 etc.) / Farsight Security Global Internationalized Domain Name Homograph Report, Q2/2018/ <https://info.farsightsecurity.com/farsight-idn-research-report> "IDN ReportInternationalized Domain Names (IDNs) enable a multilingual Internet. Using IDN standards and protocols, Internet-users are able to register and use domain names in scripts other than Basic Latin. Yet IDNs are often abused by cybercriminals to conduct malicious activities, such as phishing or malware distribution. In this new research report, "Farsight Security Global Internationalized Domain Name Homograph Report Q2/2018," Farsight Security examines the prevalence and distribution of IDN homographs across the Internet. We examined 100 Million IDN resolutions over a 12-month period with a focus on over 450 top global brands across 11 sectors including finance, retail, and technology." Best regards and happy new year, —Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada -- --Jim DeLaHunt, jdlh(a)jdlh.com http://blog.jdlh.com/ (http://jdlh.com/) multilingual websites consultant 355-1027 Davie St, Vancouver BC V6E 4L2, Canada Canada mobile +1-604-376-8953

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Re: [UA-discuss] More from Ram Mohan on ICANN's further commitment to Universal Acceptance
by John Levine Dec. 27, 2018

Dec. 27, 2018

> So I would support Andre argument for ICANN to adopt IDNs , walk the talk and become UA ready. I would suggest being careful what you ask for. ICANN's web site is in six languages, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, and Chinese. The French or Spanish version would be ICANN.ONG. Hey, look, it's registered with name servers at APNIC. Oh, bummer, lame delegation, DNS request return REFUSED. If you look up ICANN.NGO, which is automatically paired with ICANN.ONG, it's not lame, but points at a web server at RIPE which returns a default web page that says It Works! Regards, John Levine, john.levine(a)standcore.com Standcore LLC

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