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.au Update

.au Update. APTLD Melbourne 1 December 2011. Contents. Role of auDA and .au industry structure Policy Security Outreach. Role of auDA. Not-for-profit organisation est. 1999 Membership-based Endorsed by Aust Govt in 2000, contract with ICANN in 2001

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.au Update

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  1. .au Update APTLD Melbourne 1 December 2011

  2. Contents • Role of auDA and .au industry structure • Policy • Security • Outreach

  3. Role of auDA • Not-for-profit organisation est. 1999 • Membership-based • Endorsed by Aust Govt in 2000, contract with ICANN in 2001 • Board of 8 elected directors and 3 independent directors • 11 staff members

  4. .au Structure Registry Licence Agreement 35 Accredited Registrars 4000+ Resellers 2m Domain Names auDA AusRegistry Registrar Agreement Registrar Registrant Agreement Reseller Registrant

  5. Policy Rules for Open 2LDs • Eligibility and allocation rules for each 2LD • com.au and net.au for commercial purposes • asn.au and org.au for non-profit purposes • id.au for individuals • “close and substantial connection rule” • auDA will delete domain names that breach policy rules

  6. Domain Monetisation • Domain names can be registered for monetisation with 2 conditions of use: • content on monetised website must be related specifically and predominantly to domain name • domain name must not be or incorporate entity, personal or brand name • auDA will delete domain names that breach this policy

  7. Domain Monetisation

  8. Misspellings • Registering misspellings of entity, personal or brand names is prohibited • Eg. gooogle.com.au, utube.net.au • List of prohibited misspellings audited daily • 2000+ names on list • auDA will delete domain names that breach this policy

  9. 2010 Names Policy Panel • 12 month policy review and public consultation process • Final report delivered in August 2011 • changes to .au registration policies for org.au, id.au • changes to domain monetisation policy • release of single character domain names • change to domain name licence period

  10. Complaints and Disputes • Domain complaints • 480 complaints during 2010-11 • Registrant Review Panel est. January 2011 • Industry complaints • 146 complaints during 2010-11 • .au Dispute Resolution Policy (auDRP) • 37 proceedings during 2010-11 • 20 found in favour of complainant

  11. Secondary Market WG • Reviewed operation of .au secondary market • registrant transfers • drop catching services • registry operations • registrar connection sharing

  12. Security • DNSSEC Implementation Strategy • monitor AusRegistry’s DNSSEC implementation for new gTLDs • set up DNSSEC WG to involve wider industry stakeholders

  13. Outreach • auDA Foundation • 2011 funding round - 17 projects awarded total of $311,765 • Aust & NZ Internet Awards (ANZIAs) • partnership between auDA and InternetNZ • categories include security, diversity, innovation, IPv6

  14. Thank You! Jo Lim Chief Operations & Policy Officer Email: jo.lim@auda.org.au Phone: +61 3 8341 4111 Web: www.auda.org.au

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