Dear All,<div><br></div><div>It will be great if you all could come and participate in the meetings in Toronto where ICANN 45 will be held. There will no doubt be many interesting things discussed and ICANN meetings are open to all. After all why complain when you can attend and engage in dialogue and discussions if not debates. Meetings are accessible and there is remote participation available.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For now, here is the latest from the SSAC, see below:</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:37 PM<br>Subject: ICANN SSAC Publications #Blind Men and the Elephant<br>To: <a href="mailto:pacnog@pacnog.org">pacnog@pacnog.org</a>, Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society Discussion List <<a href="mailto:picisoc@picisoc.org">picisoc@picisoc.org</a>>, igf-pacific <<a href="mailto:igf-pacific@googlegroups.com">igf-pacific@googlegroups.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:fjcswg@googlegroups.com">fjcswg@googlegroups.com</a><br>
<br><br><div>Dear All,</div><div><br></div><div>The Security Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) is to advise the ICANN community and Board on matters relating to security and integrity of the Internet's naming and address allocation systems. The SSAC have just released the following:</div>
<div><br></div><div><ol><li>The latest SSAC document published, see: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents" style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents</a>; and</li>
<li>The SSAC Comment on the WHOIS Review Team Final Report of 14th September, 2012, see: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-055-en.pdf" style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-055-en.pdf</a></li>
</ol></div><div>They have reviewed the WHOIS Review Final Report and its Recommendations and highlighted the need to focus on the core purpose of the "information" and labelled as High Priority the recommendation to have a Single Whois Policy. </div>
<div><br></div><div>The WHOIS Review Final Report can be accessed via <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/whois/final-report-11may12-en.pdf" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/about/<u></u>aoc-review/whois/final-report-<u></u>11may12-en.pdf</a></div>
<div>This is relevant for all those who have a stake in WHOIS whether they are Network Operators, Registries, Registrars, Resellers, country code top level domain name operators (ccTLDs), Internet Service Providers, Law Enforcement Officers who use WHOIS lookups and rely on them for investigations, Revenue Authorities, Policy Makers and of course last but certainly not the least, end users.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kind Regards,</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div>Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala</div><div>P.O. Box 17862</div><div>Suva</div><div>Fiji</div><div><br></div>
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</font></span></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala</div><div>P.O. Box 17862</div><div>Suva</div><div>Fiji</div><div><br></div><div>Twitter: @SalanietaT</div><div>Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro</div>
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