Update on auDA activities Paul Szyndler Public Affairs Officer APTLD Meeting Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1 March 2010

General Policy (incl. New 2LDs) Regulatory Compliance Registry and Registrars Outreach 2010

General Total.au names now up to approx. 1.6 million. (Pre-auDA – 280,000, ,000, million) Improved security and resiliency: –UltraDNS providing secondary DNS resolution services for the.AU and 2LD.AU zones. –Third auDA-owned site in Europe completed and added to the list of authoritative name servers for.au. –A fourth site is currently being prepared in North America with deployment scheduled for the first half of 2010.

Policy Ongoing schedule of policy reviews and updates: review of Registrar Accreditation Criteria; implementation of policy recommendations from the 2008 Industry Competition Advisory Panel and 2007 New Names Panel; public consultation on the Domain Renewal, Expiry and Deletion policy.

New 2LDs In October 2009, auDA launched a significant public consultation process calling for: –proposals for the creation of new 2LDs; and –proposals for the reactivation of conf.au and info.au auDA has only once before solicited input for the creation of new 2LDs. The current new 2LDs process is guided by the recommendations of the New Names Advisory Panel and is expected to run throughout 2010.

Regulatory Compliance Detailed audit of “org.au”, to ensure registrant policy compliance. –18103 org.au domain names registered between 1 January 2007 and 28 February –4,113 (23%) did not comply with the eligibility criteria. –Registrars were notified and were required to take remedial action. In-depth review of internal complaints-handling procedures and ongoing improvement to the complaints management database.

Registry & Registrars Extension of the Registry Licence Agreement (with AusRegistry) to Extension of the Agreement from 4 to 6 years delivering security and stability benefits and an increased likelihood of wholesale.au domain name price reductions. Following a policy review, auDA re-opened its registrar accreditation process in June (closed at 30 registrars for a few years) Numerous new registrars and pending applications, including overseas-based.

Outreach Increased engagement at ICANN, IGF & APTLD 55 grants over 4 years for Internet-related project proposals through the auDA Foundation (between $5000 and $20,000). Establishment of Australia and NZ Best Practice Awards to recognise existing projects in four IGF theme areas (access, diversity, openness, security) Over 232 applications from community groups for community geographic domain names (place.state.au)

2010 Absorption of.au Community Domains (auCD) into auDA – staffing numbers up to 10 Development of updated Strategic Plan Alignment of staffing structures into 3 categories: Policy, Outreach & Security and Stability. –Increased international engagement –Structured outreach strategy –Alignment of Foundation, Awards and auCD.

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