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Dear ISOC England members,<br>
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thank you for your input in the consultation. Please be so kind to
find an update below from Nominet.<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond<br>
ISOC England Chair<br>
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<td>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:46:29 -0000</td>
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style="color: #4b0677;">direct.uk</span></strong></p>
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#777777; line-height: 20px; font-family:
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vertical-align: top;">Thank you for your
interest in our recent consultation on
direct.uk. The Board has now reviewed the
feedback and below is their statement regarding
the outcome of the consultation for your
information.<br>
<br>
Nominet UK<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" style="color:
#cc3399;" href="mailto:nominet@nominet.org.uk">nominet@nominet.org.uk</a></p>
<p style="padding: 0px; text-align: left; color:
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vertical-align: top;">Update on direct.uk<br>
<span style="font-size: 16px;">27.02.2013</span></p>
<p style="padding: 0px; text-align: left; color:
#000000; line-height: 20px; font-family:
Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;
font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em;
vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:
Arial,sans-serif;">Following our Board meeting
yesterday, we are not proceeding with our
original proposal on 'direct.uk' but we will
respond to feedback by looking at whether a
revised proposal will address issues raised in
the recent consultation. </span></p>
<p style="padding: 0px; text-align: left; color:
#000000; line-height: 20px; font-family:
Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;
font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em;
vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:
Arial,sans-serif;">We received extensive
feedback from a wide range of stakeholders
including formal and informal responses. We
listened and carefully considered all the
points made. All responses were available to
the board, along with a report on the feedback
that contained a summary of responses and
analysis of the data, which can be seen on our
website: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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style="color: #cc3399;"><font
color="#cc3399">http://www.nominet.org.uk/how-participate/policy-development/current-policy-discussions-and-consultations</font></a>
</span></p>
<p style="padding: 0px; text-align: left; color:
#000000; line-height: 20px; font-family:
Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;
font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em;
vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:
Arial,sans-serif;">It was clear from the
feedback that there was not a consensus of
support for the direct.uk proposals as
presented, with some concerns cutting across
different stakeholder groups. Although shorter
domains (e.g. nominet.uk rather than
nominet.org.uk) were considered desirable,
many respondents felt that the release
mechanism did not give enough weighting to
existing registrants, and could lead to
confusion if they could not obtain the
corresponding domain. </span></p>
<p style="padding: 0px; text-align: left; color:
#000000; line-height: 20px; font-family:
Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;
font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em;
vertical-align: top;">T<span style="font-family:
Arial,sans-serif;">he objective of raising
trust/security was welcomed, but many
disagreed with the proposed approach,
suggesting that standards should be raised
across the whole of the namespace. On
individual security features, there was
qualified support for options such as DNSSEC,
but scepticism about whether the proposed
trustmark would be effective. There was
significant support for address validation,
though some would like us to do more, and
others would like us to do the validation
process differently. There was clear support
that the sale of domain names should be only
through registrars who could meet a level of
service and data quality.<br>
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As a result, we are going to explore whether
it is possible to present a revised proposal
that meets the principles of increasing trust
and security and maintaining the relevance of
the .uk proposition in a changing landscape.<br>
</span></p>
<p style="padding: 0px; text-align: left; color:
#cc3399; line-height: 20px; font-family:
Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;
font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em;
vertical-align: top;">Over the coming months,
this work will explore:</p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 15px;">A revised phased release
mechanism based largely on the prior
registrations of domains in existing third
levels within .uk and in which contention
between different applicants for the same
domain name should be reduced or eliminated.
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 15px;">Measures to improve
security across the whole of the .uk
namespace. This would include increased
focus on encouraging the adoption of DNSSEC.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 15px;">A firm focus on registrant
verification and some form of UK presence.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 15px;">Further investigations
into the impact on the SME sector.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 15px;">An appropriate pricing
model.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 15px;">The Board plans to review
progress at their June meeting, where they
would decide whether there is an alternative
option that addresses the concerns raised in
the consultation. This would be subject to
further consultation prior to any final
decision being made. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 15px;">Should the new shorter .uk
suffix be introduced, Nominet has committed to
continuing to support the existing third level
domains (e.g. .co.uk).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 15px;">While we need more time to
work on the details of the revised proposal or
release mechanism, in light of the high level
of interest in this issue, we wanted to let
everyone know our proposed next steps as soon
as possible.</span></p>
<p style="padding: 0px; text-align: left; color:
#000000; line-height: 20px; font-family:
Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;
font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em;
vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family:
Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br>
We would like to thank all those who took the
time to give their views</span><span
style="font-family: Consolas;">. </span></p>
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