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non-standard TLD
by Edmon Chung May 5, 2017

May 5, 2017

Alert to Comms team, We should reach out to the author of: https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/05/google-docs-phish-worm-grabs-your-g oogle-app-permissions-contacts/ His use of: "non-standard top-level domain" is counter to our cause... Edmon

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Edelman Call becomes Comms Call
by Lars Steffen May 3, 2017

May 3, 2017

Dear subscribers to the UA-discuss list, As discussed at the UASG F2F workshop in Redmond, the scope of the regular Edelman call will be broadened to the Comms call. This way we want to provide a platform for all Comms related questions and topics to be discussed. There are outreach efforts, news articles and blog posts next to the activities driven by Edelman you would like to publish or events you think the UASG should attend or be a part of? Let´s talk about these activities, make decisions and get these things done! Please feel free to contact us if you want to be on or off the slightly new scoped call. Thank you! All the best, Ram, Don, Christian & Lars

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Invitation to participate as speaker in a proposed workshop at IGF 2017 - Geneva, Switzerland, from 18 to 21 December 2017
by Harish Chowdhary May 3, 2017

May 3, 2017

Dear,I am Harish Chowdhary from National Internet Exchange of India would like to request you to be the speakers on the proposed workshop onUniversal Acceptance: A Key to Shape our Digital Future1-    Universal Acceptance is defined as the acceptance, validation, storage, processing and displaying of all the valid domain names and e-mails, correctly and consistently on all the systems, devices, applications, and apps.There are 7099 living languages with 6,643,037,515 speakers in the world.2-    Statistics show that the majority of the population in the world is not English friendly and to include them into the digital world, language is a big barrier. To overcome this, “Universal Acceptance” is the key to allow people to have a medium to communicate in their own preferred regional language, to bridge the Digital Divide and to achieve the goal of Inclusive Internet to shape our digital future. 3-    To transf orm ourselves into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy, it is vital to develop and nurture a “Multilingual Internet Ecosystem” that the majority of the population of the world can make the best use of internet in their native languages. 4-    Our Open discussions will primarily focus the issues of Implementation of Universal Acceptance via Multilingual Internet through IDN's (Internationalized Domain Names) and E-mail Address Internationalization so that we may connect remaining 57% population of the world to the internet in their local/Native language.Please refer to me on this proposal in case of interest.Thanks,Harish Chowdhary,Technology Analyst,National Internet Exchange of India  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [NIXI is on Social-Media too. Kindly follow us at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixiindia & Twitter: @inregistry ] This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited and appropriate legal action will be taken. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Zimbra EAI Support
by Dr. AJAY D A T A May 3, 2017

May 3, 2017

Is there someone representing Zimbra (synacore) who can confirm, if EAI support is already announced or not on Enterprise Edition or community edition. Thanks . Dr. Ajay DATA | Founder &amp CEO Get email id like अजय(a)xn--c2bd1gb.xn--h2brj9c in your own language,visit www.xgenplus.com Do not Remove: [HID]20170503135838957[-HID]

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Re : AW: Re : CIO´s Guide to Universal Acceptance - Internet Industry Version
by Dr. AJAY D A T A May 2, 2017

May 2, 2017

Here is the table in Don`s email, which need to go into the report . ===========================================From: Don Hollander MailId : [68159262]To: "ua-eai@icann .org" Subject: [UA-EAI] EAI Readiness SpreadsheetDate: 14 Apr 2017 09:42:31 PM Attachments: smime .p7s The following is a link to shared spreadsheet that records the assessment of EAI Readiness from our discussion in Seattle this week . https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r_Atg9W_zfaDbpIx4NhFiqL-z-QlLJhyAY2… It would be useful of you could review and revise this based on what you know by the end of the month . Thank you . Don Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group Skype: don_hollander Dr. Ajay DATA | Founder &amp CEO Get email id like अजय(a)xn--c2bd1gb.xn--h2brj9c in your own language,visit www.xgenplus.com From: Lars Steffen MailId : [68663854]To: Dr.AJAY D A T A ,don hollander ,"ua-discuss@" Subject: AW: [UA-discuss] Re : CIO&acutes Guide to Universal Acceptance - Internet Industry VersionDate: 02 May 2017 01:54:10 PM Good morning Ajay, yes please, feel free to add your data to the tables or even add a new one if it makes sense. This is exactly what we are looking for and is highly appreciated! All the best, Lars Von: ua-discuss-bounces(a)icann.org [mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org] Im Auftrag von Dr.AJAY D A T A Gesendet: Dienstag, 2. Mai 2017 05:44 An: don hollander `ua-discuss@ Betreff: [UA-discuss] Re : CIO&acutes Guide to Universal Acceptance - Internet Industry Version Hello Don, We have been creating many tables in last three months about readiness and availability. If we can add one table that was made and updated for EAI and antispams, that will be great. We need not to do that effort again and again. thanks. Dr. Ajay DATA | Founder &amp CEO Get email id like अजय(a)xn--c2bd1gb.xn--h2brj9c in your own language, visit www.xgenplus.com From: Don Hollander .hollander@icann .org> MailId : [68642291] To: "UA-discuss@icann .org" UA-discuss@icann .org> Subject: [UA-discuss] CIO&acutes Guide to Universal Acceptance - Internet Industry Version Date: 02 May 2017 12:30:53 AM Thanks very much to Lars and Christian and their colleagues from Eco &amp I2 Coalition respectively, we have a CIO&rsquos Guide ready for review . While most of this is generic, some is specific to the Internet industry - ISPs, ESPs, registries, registrars, hosting companies etc . For those interested, would you please review the attached during this week and make comments and suggestions if necessary. I would like to get this ready for publication next week . The document can be found at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dq9Wy7zk3VdY9YItG0gdwabIGMZFjQyOHLvlFJw… Don Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group Skype: don_hollander Do not Remove: [HID]20170502003052266[-HID]

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Re : CIO´s Guide to Universal Acceptance - Internet Industry Version
by Dr. AJAY D A T A May 2, 2017

May 2, 2017

Hello Don, We have been creating many tables in last three months about readiness and availability. If we can add one table that was made and updated for EAI and antispams, that will be great. We need not to do that effort again and again. thanks. Dr. Ajay DATA | Founder &amp CEO Get email id like अजय(a)xn--c2bd1gb.xn--h2brj9c in your own language,visit www.xgenplus.com From: Don Hollander MailId : [68642291]To: "UA-discuss@icann .org" Subject: [UA-discuss] CIO&acutes Guide to Universal Acceptance - Internet Industry VersionDate: 02 May 2017 12:30:53 AM Thanks very much to Lars and Christian and their colleagues from Eco &amp I2 Coalition respectively, we have a CIO&rsquos Guide ready for review . While most of this is generic, some is specific to the Internet industry - ISPs, ESPs, registries, registrars, hosting companies etc . For those interested, would you please review the attached during this week and make comments and suggestions if necessary. I would like to get this ready for publication next week . The document can be found at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dq9Wy7zk3VdY9YItG0gdwabIGMZFjQyOHLvlFJw… Don Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group Skype: don_hollander Do not Remove:[HID]20170502003052266[-HID]

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CIO's Guide to Universal Acceptance - Internet Industry Version
by Don Hollander May 1, 2017

May 1, 2017

Thanks very much to Lars and Christian and their colleagues from Eco & I2 Coalition respectively, we have a CIO’s Guide ready for review. While most of this is generic, some is specific to the Internet industry - ISPs, ESPs, registries, registrars, hosting companies etc. For those interested, would you please review the attached during this week and make comments and suggestions if necessary. I would like to get this ready for publication next week. The document can be found at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dq9Wy7zk3VdY9YItG0gdwabIGMZFjQyOHLvlFJw… <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dq9Wy7zk3VdY9YItG0gdwabIGMZFjQyOHLvlFJw…> Don Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group Skype: don_hollander

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Are Washington Companies Ready for the Next Billion Internet Users? | WTIA
by Don Hollander April 28, 2017

April 28, 2017

This Guest Blogpost for the Washington State Tech companies is a by product of our recent UASG Coordination Group meeting in Redmond. We encourage UASG members to make themselves equally famous (more famous) with their local tech groups by doing something similar. The UASG is happy to help with the words if you need it. Don > > https://www.washingtontechnology.org/washington-companies-ready-next-billio… <https://www.washingtontechnology.org/washington-companies-ready-next-billio…> > > Are Washington Companies Ready for the Next Billion Internet Users? > Don Hollander <https://www.washingtontechnology.org/author/don-hollander/>April 27, 2017 > > Washington is home to some of the world’s biggest technology companies, as well as start-ups reinventing the way we work, live, and play. While these companies are on the cutting edge of digital transformation, there is one component of their digital strategy that many have overlooked: the issue of Universal Acceptance (UA). Let me explain. > > Universal Acceptance (UA), Defined > > In recent years, the Domain Name System (DNS) has expanded dramatically, fueling increased competition, choice and innovation, and helping the Internet become truly global. There are now more than 1,200 generic top-level domains (gTLDs), many of which are longer than the traditional three-character domains (e.g. .com, .edu, and .org) or are in non-Latin based scripts – such as Arabic, Cyrillic and Hindi. > > The expansion allows organizations and individuals worldwide to claim a domain name that best reflects their sense of identity. While this expansion is critical in bringing the next billion people online and growing the global Internet economy, the incorporation of these new domains across the global Internet is not an entirely automatic process. > > Universal Acceptance is the concept that all domain names, including the newer, non-traditional ones, should be treated equally. However, many organizations and businesses have not updated their systems to accommodate the new domains, or, in other words, become UA-ready. For example, problems may arise when a user enters a domain name or related email address into an online form on a website and it is rejected. When this happens, it not only frustrates the user and reduces the opportunities for the organization to win a new customer, but it also lessens the cultural, social, and economic benefits made possible by the Internet. > > Benefits of UA-Readiness > > The Universal Acceptance Steering Group <https://uasg.tech/> (UASG), a global consortium of organizations including Washington-based Microsoft, Amazon, and domain registry company Donuts, recently commissioned an independent report <https://uasg.tech/whitepaper/> that highlights the qualitative and quantitative benefits of UA. The report conservatively estimates that there is a potential $9.8 billion annual revenue growth opportunity from both existing users using the new domain names and from new Internet users coming online through Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/idn-2012-02-25-en> > From a qualitative perspective, the report also showed that when governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) become UA-ready, they are better able to engage with their citizens and communities who want to choose their own identity with their own domain name, whether in English or non-English scripts. > > Steps You Can Take to Become UA-Ready > > While the issue of UA can seem daunting at first, the good news is it can be addressed quite easily through what can be described as a “bug fix” or routine update to online systems. The report found that the efforts for software and application owners to implement UA are not particularly onerous, and are outweighed by the benefits that could be realized by doing so. > > To help you get started, the UASG has developed a number of helpful guides and resources, which are available at https://uasg.tech/documents <https://uasg.tech/documents>. Of particular note is the Quick Guide to Universal Acceptance <https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/UASG005-160302-en-quickguide-d…> (UASG005), which is available in multiple languages, as well as the Introduction to Universal Acceptance (UASG 007) <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/56990805/UASG007-version-8…>, a comprehensive technical document on Universal Acceptance and the key issues that developers and system architects need to know. We encourage you to visit our website and view these useful materials, and also to get involved with the UASG (you can join the mailing list at https://uasg.tech/subscribe <https://uasg.tech/subscribe>). CIOs, web administrators, application developers and others have an important role to play in making sure their applications work in harmony with the evolved Internet infrastructure – and this is a critical issue where Washington companies can lead the way. > > Subscribe to the Blog <http://www.washingtontechnology.org/subscribe-wtias-weekly-blog-digest/> > Don Hollander is the Secretary General of the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (www.UASG.tech) The UASG is committed to getting all software applications to accept all domain names and email addresses – including new top-level domains and domain names in non-English characters. Don has served as CIO, CEO and Chair of technology organizations in New Zealand and the Pacific. He has been working for decades to raise awareness of ICT issues for economic, social, cultural and individual prosperity. Don and his wife own Book Haven, a second-hand bookshop in Wellington, New Zealand. > Don Hollander Universal Acceptance Steering Group Skype: don_hollander

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IDN Response Blog
by Don Hollander April 28, 2017

April 28, 2017

Thanks to all for the contributions to the IDN Response blog and the generally associated discussion. Good stuff indeed. Attached is the final result that will be published in the morning UTC. There has been enough other good material shared to make several other interesting blog posts in different forums, so I encourage you to do so and make yourself famous. Don

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Latin+Cyrillic — .com .닷컴 .コム
by Andre Schappo April 28, 2017

April 28, 2017

Some thoughts, having now caught up with all the UA emails on phishing. ① Over the years there has been much discussion about Cyrillic being used to masquerade as ASCII domain names. I wonder if the Russian speaking community have been having similar discussions with respect to ASCII being used to masquerade as Cyrillic domain names. ② You are all aware that many different human language scripts can be used with the .com TLD. Until today I had not thought about which scripts can be used with .닷컴 (.com in Korean Hangeul) and .コム (.com in Japanese Katakana). If you look at https://www.iana.org/domains/idn-tables you will see that many different human language scripts can be used with .닷컴 and .コム. What is really cool is that Egyptian Hieroglyphs is listed as one of the scripts. André Schappo

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