AP* Retreat Meeting
Venue: Room-H, Kyoto International Conference Hall
(KICH),
Co-chair: Hirofumi Hotta,
JPRS/APEET and Tommy Matsumoto, APNG
Present: Che-Hoo
Cheng, DotAsia
Ching
Chiao, TWNIC/APTLD
Ian
Chiang, TWNIC
Kilnam Chon, KAIST
Keith
Davidson, InternetNZ
Atsushi
Endo, JPRS
Shigeki
Goto,
Geoff
Huston, APNIC
Yoo
Ji Yul, NIDA (KRNIC)
Gen
Kanai, Technorati
Anne
Lord, APNIC
Suresh
Ramasubramanian, APCAUCE
Shiori
Satou,
James
Seng, IDA
Philip
Smith,
Toru
Takahashi, IAjapan
Masahito
Yamaga,
Ole Jacobsen, IPJ-Cisco
Zhang Shu,
NICT
Hong Goo
Cho, Netpia
Tom Vest,
Packet Clearing House
Zita
Wenzel, APRUNet
Pensri
Arunwatanamongkol, AIT/AP* Retreat Secretariat
Meeting commenced at
Agenda
Bashing
The meeting started with
greetings from the chair, Hiro Hotta. The chair asked the participants to
review the agenda. The minutes follow the sequence of the meeting agenda.
1.
Roll Call
The chair then asked
attendees to introduce themselves.
2.
AP* Organization and Meeting Reports
2.1
- The presenter gave a brief
introduction of ABS's origin that Dr. Kilnam Chon suggested to have a new
conference "Broadband Summit" in 2001. In May 2002, Prof. Toru talked
about collaboration with Madam Hu of ISC at INET2002 in
- Speaking about Asian
initiatives, the Internet service in the Asia-Pacific region enters a new phase
with the opening of the Broadband era. Although this region has traditionally
lagged behind the U.S and
- The broadband network is
developed very fast in
- The Internet
- Then, the presenter
explained about DSL subscriber, JPIX Traffic, and WIDE-NSPIXP2 Traffic with the
help of graphs.
- History of ABS:
-- 4th
-- 3rd
-- 2nd
-- 1st
- Committee Co-Chair
--
--
--
- The presenter mentioned
that there was no relationship between APRICOT and ABS at first. There was a
report of first ABS at AP*. APRICOT is for operators and ABS covers broader
issues as like as content; Games, IP phone, Webcasting etc. ABS organizer
wanted to merge with APRICOT. At 3rd ABS in
- Lastly, presenter explained
about ABS sessions which are included in APRICOT 2005.
Questions and discussion
- Prof. Chon raised the issue
to expand ABS Asia wide since currently only three countries participated and
what if attached to APRICOT.
- Philip added that the next APRICOT will be in
- TW supported the idea of
attachment to APRICOT.
- Hiro asked whether there is
any number of fiber subscriber. Prof. Chon replied that no confirmed data so
far.
- Tommy also supported the
idea of ABS and said that it needs a couple of years to cover other countries
as well. What about including Pacific (developing countries) says like APBS? It
is needed to motivate those countries to get involve in these ABS activities. Prof. Chon replied that ABS is easier to
pronounce and remember. It may start with South east and
2.2 APAN Update by Shigeki
Goto
- The presenter gave a short
history of APAN. In March 1996, the idea of APAN was born at APEC Symposium in
- Management Team:
-- Chair: Shigeki
Goto (JP)
-- Vice Chairs: Jianping Wu (CN)
George
McLaughlin (AU)
Dae
Young Kim (KR)
-- Treasurer:
-- Managing Dir: Wanchai Rivepiboon (TH)
-- Secretary: sec@apan.net
- APAN Members:
-- Primary Members (15):
AU,CN,HK,JP,KR,SG,MY,TW,PH,LK,TH,BD,IN,NZ,PK
-- Assoc. Members: TransPAC, PWAVE
-- Affiliate Members: APNG, APRU,
APBioNet etc.
-- Liaison Members: CANARIE, DANTE,
TERENA, Internet2, CLARA
-- Industry Members: Cisco, Juniper
- The APAN-JP members are:
-- MIC (Internal Affairs and
Communications NICT)
-- MOE (Education Culture Sports and
Science and Technology NII)
-- METI (Economy Trade and Industry
AIST)
-- MAFF (Agriculture Forestry and
Fishery MAFFIN)
-- MHLW (Health Labor and Welfare NCC)
-- WIDE
- The presenter explained
about APAN Network Topology, APAN Regional Groups, and links between JP and US
with the help of charts.
- The APAN Links information
is updated and available at http://www.apan.net/documents/linkinfo.xls
as of July 7, 2004.
- Speaking about
collaborations among multiple links between JP and US, the links have their own
objectives as well as the policies, defined by the budget. APAN-JP is using 3
JP-US links as the following preferences: TransPAC, JGN2 and SINET. The
integrated network environments will be discussed by the engineers, followed by
the understandings of the administrators to meet the user's requirements. HOPI
will be adopted for the smooth developments to Lambda Networks.
- At SC2004 conference held
on
--
--
-- JAXA: Effective Rapid Remote File
System for Supercomputer Users who are not network expert
-- UIC assisted by JGN2 Kyushu:
- NSF's IRNC projects:
-- APAN is a loosely-coupled network
consortium, and multiple NSF's IRNC projects will be granted to APAN members:
- TransPAC2: APAN-JP & most APAMN members lead by
Indiana Univ. & Internet 2
- Gloriad: CSTNet
& KROENet2 lead by Greg Cole @ UTK
- Pacific WAVE: AARNet
& U-Hawaii lead by USC
-- These projects are required to have good
collaborations and all groups will surely work together under the flag
"APAN", though we might belong to different IRNC projects.
- Collaborations have started
with TransPAC2 and Gloriad and routes "RU-Beijing-HK-Tokyo-US" will
be established. Joint research projects between
- And the presenter briefed
about the future activities and past APAN meetings.
- Finally, the information on
20th APAN Meetings in
Questions and discussion
- No further discussions at this time.
2.3 APCERT by Shiori Satou
- APCERT is a coalition of
Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) which is formed by 15 teams
from 12 economies across the Asia Pacific region. It was officially founded in
February 2003. JPCERT/CC is providing a secretariat function.
- The objectives of APCERT:
-- Enhance regional and international
cooperation on information security in
-- Jointly
develop measures to deal with large-scale or regional network security
incidents;
-- Facilitate technology transfer and
sharing of information about security, computer virus and malicious code among
its members;
-- Promote
collaborative research and development on subjects of interest to its members;
-- Assist other CSIRTs in the region to
improve the efficiency and effectiveness of computer emergency responses;
-- Provide inputs and/or recommendations
to help address legal issues related to information security and emergency
response across regional boundaries; and
-- Organize an annual conference to
raise awareness on computer security incident response and trends.
- APCERT organizes its annual
meeting called Asia Pacific Security Incident Response Coordination Conference
(APSIRC) and the first conference was held in
- Any CSIRT from Asia Pacific
Region, who is interested to furthering the objectives of APCERT, will be
allowed to join as APCERT members after meeting all member accreditation
requirements. APCERT membership model has 2 levels: Full members & General
Members.
- APCERT Members:
-- AusCERT (Australian Computer
Emergency Response Team) - AU
-- BKIS (
-- CCERT (CERNET Computer Emergency
Response Team) - P.R.CN
-- CNCERT/CC (National Computer network
Emergency Response Team Coordination Center of China) - P.R.CN
-- HKCERT/CC
(
-- IDCERT (
-- JPCERT/CC (
-- KrCERT (Korea Internet Security Center) - KR
-- MyCERT (Malaysian Computer Emergency Response Team) - MY
-- PH-CERT (
-- SecurityMap.Net CERT (
-- SingCERT (
-- ThaiCERT (Thai Computer Emergency
Response Team) - TH
--
TWCERT/CC (
- TW
-- TWNCERT (
Questions and discussion
- No further discussions at
this time.
2.4 APNIC Update by Anne
Lord
- The presenter reported that
current status and activities of the APNIC Secretariat.
The total membership is now approaching
900. The membership tier structure was explained. The distribution of members
among the economies of the region has changed over time. The economy which is
growing most steadily in terms of membership in
- IPv4 address allocation is
accelerating in this region. APNIC now holds 12/8 blocks. The most recently
allocated blocks are 59 and 60. The majority of the allocations are in
- The presenter noted that in
last four years, APNIC has been allocating more IPv4 addresses than the other
RIRs.
- The Helpdesk operates a one
day turnaround on telephone and email. This is assisted by the success of
MyAPNIC. The presenter also noted that the MyAPNIC demonstration that is
available which was entirely produced by APNIC staff. There are plans to
introduce VoIP to the APNIC phone system to improve access to the Helpdesk. The
Helpdesk times will be extended to provide more support for
- The presenter displayed a
map illustrating APNIC's work in establishing F, I and K root server instances
in the region.
- In December 2004, APNIC
completed the task of importing all appropriate records in the network block
192/8 from the ARIN database. This marked the completion of the Early
Registration Transfer (ERX) project which was began in January 2003. This ERX
project is a coordinated cross-RIR effort to move whois records for address
space registered before the advent of the RIRs into the whois database of the
RIR in whose region the registrant is based.
- APNIC training services
have been expanded. There are now three core courses, as well as DNS Workshops,
IRR Tutorials, and there is development in technical aspects of IPv6, Routing
and SPAM, security, 'dynamics of the policy process' and remote access
on-line training delivery. To
date, there have been approximately 30 sessions across the region. The feedback
on training is consistently high, as is feedback on the need for training.
- In terms of collaborations,
APNIC outsource training admin to AIT in
- The APster newsletter is
not targeted specifically for the membership. It is intended to be of broader
interest to the community. There are many interesting articles from industry
experts like ENUM, IP addressing in
- The presenter briefed about
APNIC staffing. There are now 43 staffs in the Secretariat. Staff growth is
slowing down as efficiencies are increasing.
- The Secretariat has
appointed a second area liaison officer, this time for the
- As part of the
organization's ongoing outreach program, APNIC has recently signed MoUs with
four of
- APNIC looks forward to
collaborating with these organizations for the benefit of the whole Internet
Community.
- APNIC deploys a new root CA
certificate to replace the current root certificate.
Questions and discussion
- No further discussions at
this time.
2.5 APEET by James Seng
- APEET is Asia Pacific ENUM
Engineering Team which is informal team supported by the respective
organizations and any cost are voluntarily shared.
- ENUM is Electronic
Numbering, an emerging protocol for mapping standard international telephone
number to a Uniform Resource Indicator (URI), using the DNS architecture.
- The membership is
restricted to ccTLD administration. The initial members are CNNIC, JPRS, KRNIC,
SGNIC and TWNIC. (Exception: individual experts may)
- APEET Chair is James Seng
(SGNIC) and Vice-Chairs: Chiao (TWNIC) and Shin (KRNIC).
- Objectives: The goal of
APEET is to conduct joint trials and to promote the development of ENUM and its
related technology such as SIP.
-- ENUM/SIP Trials
-- Share ENUM software
-- Share common "golden root"
-- Outreach activities
- The presenter highlighted
the past meetings held in 2004~2005.
- The Live Trial conducted by
APEET involves loaning Wifi SIP phones, sponsored by Hitachi-cable,
preconfigured with an ENUM number and SIP account. Participants in the Live
Trial were able to use the Wifi SIP phones to make free unlimited calls to each
other and also PSTN calls to the Beijing, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan and United
States.
- Finally, the presenter
thanked to all the APEET members and especially to JPRS, particularly Hotta-san
and Yoneya-san and their team, without whose support, APRICOT Live Trial would
not be possible.
Questions and discussion
- No further discussions at
this time.
2.6 APNG by Tommy
Matsumoto
- The presenter showed APNG
organization structure.
- APNG Organization:
-- Executive Committee
Chair: Tommy
Matsumoto
V.Chair: Mao Wei/Benson Wu
CFO: Rikio
Onai
-- Advisory Board
Kilnam Chon/ Haruhisa
Ishida/ Tan Tin Wee/ Shigeki Goto/ Xing Li/ Tommy Matsumoto/ Paul Wilson/
Vincent Chen/
Jun Murai/ Toru
Takahashi/ Abhisak Chulya/ Kazunori Konishi
-- Steering Committee
Ching Chiao/ Atsushi
Endo/ Izumi Aizu/ James Seng/ Liu Xin/ Taeha Park/ Tommy Matsumoto/ Yoo Ji Yul
-- Secretariat
Shin Deki/ Masashi
Sawada/ Yumiko Nakano
- And then APNG Server System
Configuration/Web/Mailing lists were discussed. APNG Server is hosted by NTT
Communications iDC in
- In financial status, on
behalf of APNG the presenter thanks APNIC for their continuous support and
financial status of APNG is still healthy where sponsorship to APNG is key
subject. The main funding sponsors are APNIC and NTT Communication while APNC
Camp Fellowship program is being sponsored by Weathernews Inc. and IIJ from
- APNG holds NEXT GENERATION
Camp at regular intervals. The aim of the Camp is to encourage the next
generation and the next-generation-at-heart to join the Internet society, where
in the future they will play a leading role.
- APNG Camp is the camp for
future internet leaders in the Asia Pacific Region where AP seniors and the
Next Generation learn and work together as well as the place for the Asian
Perspective of the Internet is learned. It is also intend to foster
multidisciplinary research
including not only engineering but also non-engineering.
- And the presenter briefed
about previous camps which were held in 2002 - 2004.
- The 6th APNG Camp chaired
by Hongbo Shi (Waseda Uni.) was held from 21-23 February at Kyoto International
Conference Hall. The Vice Chairs are Rachel Pang from TW, Kyoho from
- APNG believes that our
history is as important as our future. The
- APNG is supporting ICANN's
At Large Membership, and working for the establishment of RALO (Regional
At-Large Org.) in AP region.
Questions and discussion
- No further discussions at
this time.
2.7 APRICOT/APIA by Philip
Smith
- The presented started off
with the members of the Board of Directors in which Dr. Abhisak Chulya
(Chairman), Gaurab Upadhaya (V.Chair), Kyoko Day (Treasurer), Philip Smith
(Secretary) and others are Ole Jacobsen, Scott Macdonald and James Seng.
-
- Regarding focus and
strategies in 2004, the merger of APRICOT and
- And then the presenter
updated
- New members joining on 1st
of October onwards will receive membership until end of following calendar
year.
- In terms of Conference
Support, not only supported APRICOT 2004 & 2005 where APIA Board's active
participation in the APRICOT Management Committee but also participated in
CommunicAsia2004 in Singapore as marketing vehicle for APRICOT2005 and APIA.
- Conference Endorsement:
-- SANOG4 in
-- 7th International AP IP Telephony in
-- SANOG5 in
-- NGN World in
-- CommunicAsia in
-- SANOG6 in
- The registration of APRICOT
name and logo was pursued as trademark.
- Speaking of plans for
2005-06, the presenter said that
- Administration:
-- Tidy up relationship with Citibank
- Bank account contact
details
- Signatories (Kyoko
Day and Philip Smith)
-- Renew registration of
-- Redesign of
- Similar look and
feel
-- APIA Board resolutions on APIA
Website
- Finally, the presenter
highlighted APRICOT's specific activities in which endorsement to APRICOT
Management Committee decision to host APRICOT 2005 in
Questions and discussion
- Prof. Chon suggested to
have APRICOT more than one time a year and to launch mini APRICOTs. Since
APRICOT's idea is to outreach educational activities, profitable way of making
APRICOT is not recommended.
- Suresh added to form
Southeast Asian Network Operators Group (SEANOG) and get started like SANOG.
- James Seng suggested that
2.8 APTLD Update by Ian
Chiang/TWNIC
- The presenter informed that
on behalf of APTLD Secretariat, he was requested to make this presentation
which was thought to be his last task for APTLD Secretariat since new APTLD
secretariat had been selected for the next two year term 2005~2006.
- Face-to-Face Meetings in
2004:
-- 26 February AGM at KL,
-- 18 July Members/Board Meeting at KL,
-- 5 November Members/Board Meeting at
- Two Board On-line Meetings
were held on 11 February and 30 April in 2004, and one technical workshop on 24
February in
- 2004 Highlights - Member
Applications:
-- The LK Domain Registry (.lk)
--
-- Norfolk Island Data Services (.nf)
-- Afilias Asia Limited
- 2004 Highlights -
Outreach:
-- APNG and AP* Retreat at
-- APNIC 18 at
- 2004 Highlights - Sponsorship:
-- APNIC
-- Mr. Muhammad Aslam (AFNIC) for
- 2004 Highlights -
Secretariat Appointment: The election took place from July - October 2004
and the handover was made during October 2004 - February 2005 for the tasks of
Finance, Website and Archives. APTLD was contracted with "Deloittee &
Touche" to audit APTLD finance for 2003 and 2004. Regarding publication,
Sponsorship pamphlets are under processing with assistance from MYNIC and
e-Newsletter.
- The presenter summarized
2004 Board election that five Board seats were up for fresh elections.
- 2005 Objectives:
-- Internal matters
- 2005 Board Election
- Secretariat Handover
- Meeting schedule for
2005
-- 20-22
February -
--
June/July -
--
November - TBD
- Internal reporting:
Revise the Board's requirements for financial reporting on an ongoing basis.
- Committee
support/policy: Work closely with committee chairs to advance work programme
and deliver policy analysis where required for APTLD position statements
- Information
Management: Website Maintenance/Review, Mailing lists and Newsletter Publishing
-- The membership committee activities,
technical committee activities and cooperation with Regional TLD/International
Organizations will be undertaken for outreach works.
- The presenter finally
briefed on APTLD Board for 2005, APTLD members and its status, and APTLD
Committees.
Questions and discussion
- No further discussions at
this time.
2.9 intERLab Update by
Pensri A.
- The presenter presented
intERLab's activities in 2004 in four sections: Training; E-learning;
- Speaking of trainings,
APNIC DNS Workshop was held on 16-18 March 2004 and it was supported by AIT and
APTLD. 22 participants attended the workshop. With the support of AIT and
SOI-Asia, Operators Workshop was held on 16-24 2004 and 15 network engineers
from 4 countries participated. From 7-11 October 2004, DNS/ccTLD Registry
Workshop was held with the support of ISOC, PIR, NSRC, L'agence Internationale
de la Francophonie, APNIC, RIPE NCC, Registro .br, ICANN, O'Reilly Books and
Pearson Education.
- In the area of e-learning,
the presenter outlined the VClass software development, AVIST which was
launched on
- The intERLab information
center has one APNIC Event Coordinator, AP* Retreat Secretariat and APAN
Secretariat.
- In the area of research,
Dr. Yasuo Tsuchimoto, a seconded faculty from
- The presenter gave details
on donations from US for intERLab. They are 3 Cisco Routers 2500, 2 Kentrox
CSU/DSU devices, 2 Livingston Portmaster, 2 USRobotics MP16 Total Control modem
racks, 2 Cisco Catalyst 10/100 switches, 1 HP 10/100 switch, 1 Livingston
Router, 1 3Com Hub, 7 Access Points + accessories (antennas), 2 six-port
power-over-injectors, 1 12-port injector, cabling, connectors, power and
technical books.
- Words of thanks also went
to Steve Huter (NSRC), O'Reilly for technical books, Randy Bush for yagi
antennas, Internet Society for covering part of shipping expenses and NSF for
supporting efforts.
- So far, no donation from
Asia Pacific yet.
- 2005 Activities Plan:
-- APTLD technical training (Basics of
DNS) on 21 February at APRICOT 2005
-- 6 Trainings @ intERLab
- UNIX System
Administration: 14-18 March
- Network Operators:
17-20 May
- Advanced DNS
(APTLD): 14-17 June
- Network Security:
25-29 July
- 2nd VClass Training
for AVIST Technical Support: 16-19 August
- Traffic Measurement
and Analysis: 18-20 October
- The presenter called for
sponsors for these trainings.
Questions and discussion
- Prof. Chon suggested that
"training the trainers" should be more effective way. Anyhow, it is a
great start to see in particular trainings from intERLab starting from 2005. Still,
it is not possible to compete with like APNIC or APTLD. But should ask big
companies like what type of trainings they need and intERLab should serve.
- Tommy offered to appoint APNG
secretariat with funding established through intERLab.
3.
Session I
3.1 Internet History by
Kilnam Chon
- The presenter explained why
Internet History should be developed.
- By referring to the table
that shows Internet History from AP* Retreat website, the presenter encouraged
to all participants to help develop the history.
- The history table can be
viewed at www.apstar.org .
Questions and discussion
- Prof. Chon insisted to
prepare each country/economy's internet history as a team's movement and hoped
for APNG's Internet History group will also coordinate with AP* secretariat on
Internet Connectivity.
4.
Session II
4.1 WSIS/WGIG (from
APNIC/RIR perspective) by Geoff Huston
- The presenter briefed about
the background to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). WSIS is
an Intergovernmental UN summit on all aspects of the “Information Society” to maximize
benefits and opportunities, minimize adverse impacts, address digital divide with
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It was originally proposed by ITU. Phase I
was during 2002-2003 with 5 prepcoms and the
- The Working Group on
Internet Governance (WGIG) was formed on
- The WGIG is required to
present an interim report to PrepCom-2, followed by a final report in June, so
that it can be discussed in PrepCom-3. These issue papers are now being drafted
by the group. Current plans are to release the first draft by February 2005, so
that they can then be commented by the public, either online or at the open
consultations that will be held in
- The WGIG is expected to
submit a report on its findings to the Secretary-General in July 2005.
- APNIC's position is to
promote the need for continued stability in IP address distribution systems, to
dispel misconceptions and misunderstanding relating to the address distribution system and
address distribution outcomes and to promote a position of "do no
harm", and be mindful of cross-impacts when proposing changes to
infrastructure administrative functions.
- Discussion paper from ITU-T
proposing competitive IPv6 address distribution arrangements using national
agencies to operate in competition with RIR structure.
- NRO response highlighted
the risks of such a proposal in terms of address fragmentation, inherent
inefficiencies in a dual system, industry confusion and potential network instability.
- APNIC's position notes the
differences between the APNIC NIR arrangements in place today and the ITU-T
proposal.
- In order to dispel the
misconceptions and misunderstandings, in APster December issues, some of the
specific issues that have been raised in relation to IP addressing in China; a
background briefing paper on ICANN, the ITU, WSIS and Internet Governance; and
IP addressing schemes - a comparison of geographic and provider based IP
address schemes were discussed. APNIC also responded to WGIG paper on Domain
Names and IP Addresses. The response can be available at http://www.wgig.org/docs/Comment-APNIC.pdf
.
- On APNIC website, Internet
Governance area is added to publish digest of recent developments. The NIR
structure underlines the benefits of coherence of address distribution policy
and practice.
- APNIC supports the
development of AP regional perspectives on the WGIG activity through
collaboration with APDIP to launch ORDIG (Open Regional Dialogue on Internet
Governance) and with UNDP APDIP Internet Governance Portal. As well as loan of
2 APNIC staff members to assist APDIP in project.
- The presenter discussed NRO
activities as well explaining that it is supporting the role of ICANN and its
path to genuine internationalization and independence in its role, calling on
the
- Outlook:
-- There is a number of pressing
Internet-related issues driving the WSIS process.
- The evolution of
many traditional communications services into the Internet-based services and
the various impacts of this change
- Integrating the increasing role
of private sector within the data communications activity domain into the
established international public sector structures
- The adoption of
international Internet administrative structures those are robust, independent,
fair and effective in a mixed public and private sector domain
-- On a larger scale
- This is not an ICANN
vs. ITU debate, but a deeper consideration into the most effective manner of
meeting a very diverse set of expectations relating to the global role of the
Internet over the coming decades.
- The WSIS process
will have far-reaching implications for the future of the Internet.
- Finally, the presenter
concluded that we all have to recognize threat to "Internet
tradition" which needs lobbying at Government level and may need further
evolution to current model (for instance, ICANN); attend WSIS prepcoms, and
regional preparatory meetings; organize and attend information sessions like at
APRICOT, APNIC meetings; and prepare and submit formal submission to WGIG and
other committees and to ICANN regarding WSIS.
Questions and discussion
- No further discussions at
this time.
4.2 AtLarge by Yoo Ji Yul
- Internet Address in the key
core tech in networking world. Who makes standard and who control the Internet
Address is a core issue of Internet Governance which has relation the sovereignty.
- If we take narrow meaning,
Internet governance is technical coordination issues such as carried out by
ICANN and IETF, for example, delegation of ccTLD, creation of new gTLD,
technical issues of DNS security, standardization of some network technology,
allocation of IPv4 and IPv6. In broader meaning, "on the internet",
relating to what the internet carries like including critical issues such as
Internet pricing, interconnection, and policies regarding Content,
Taxation of cyber-trade, Spam and Information Security, Privacy and Trust, etc.
We need to take step by step governance policies according to the development
of ICT. In sum, Internet governance is relating to the operating, maintenance,
development of cyberspace for development human and society.
- If speaks about management
of domain system which is political issue, who creates new gTLD? ccTLD has
closely related to the sovereignty in cyberspace.
- Standardization of Internet
address technology is a technical and practical governance of Cyberspace. Who,
how and what for making standardization? Which new technology and who control
new technology? And security, are the main issues of governance.
- The arrangement of
cyberspace is related to economic interest (trade and taxation). The expansion
of communication brings cultural exchange like problem of culture identity social integration.
- Internet could change new
world order system like political disorder, creation of one new global
community.
- Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is neither official nor private, a kind of
3rd sector organization. Until now, it is the main participant and leader of IG
which is organized and maintained by voluntary and many concerned group. Technical issue is a main concern
but also have concerned in socio-economic issues.
- ITU is an official organization
composed of each government delegate, which takes IG as the most high profile
issue. It puts efforts to involve the governance debate as an official and
inter-governmental subject in ITU.
- ICANN's
-- Coordinates the allocation and assignment
of the three sets of unique identifiers for the Internet, which are Domain
Names, Internet Protocol and AS numbers and protocol port and
parameter numbers.
-- Coordinates the operation and
evolution of the DNS root name server system.
-- Coordinates policy development
reasonably and appropriately related to these technical functions.
- During WSIS, ICANN raised
the problems in controlling the root servers, ccTLD re-delegation and
operation, Unequal allocation of IP address, and Internationalized Domain Names
(IDN).
- The presenter noted that
failure of I-democracy in ICANN in which ICANN's inherent problems were
discussed. Coordinating all Stakeholders' conflict interest conflicts and
achieving representation through open decision making process is inherently
impossible. Disregarding
Internet Community in decision making process brings the legitimacy problems.
- Participation Problems:
-- No actual affect on ICANN's decision
making
-- Lack of open/transparent procedure on
users' input
-- Uninformed participation problem
-- Internet Community's frustration of
being ignored and giving up their participation
-- Cost-efficiency problem
- At-Large Vision &
Objectives:
-- Promoting users' participation
- To counterbalance
private sector interests and defend public interest and competition
- To contribute
specific skills and expertise
- To establish a quick
reaction loop
- To increase
geopolitical diversity
- The groups newly designated
as ALSs are Arab Knowledge Management Society, Internet Society Vasudhay
Kutumbhkum, ISOC Taiwan Chaper, At-Large@China and National Info. Infra.
- The presenter briefed about
building RALO in
- Challenges for RALOs: how
we can help to build up At-Large activity in each country, how individuals
participate after RALO established, funding issues, setting up Secretariat and
the need to produce reasonable working mechanism were raised.
- The presenter concluded
with the fact that user participation is about advocacy: promoting interested
user's participations, allowing good ideas by active individuals or small
groups to emerge and opinions to be confronted and consensus to form.
Questions and discussion
- No further discussions at
this time.
4.3 AP-RALO by Tommy
Matsumoto
- ICANN coordinates global
Internet's systems of unique identifiers, including systems of domain
names/numeric addresses used to reach all computers on the Internet; also
coordinates related policy development. In 2003, re-organization of ICANN
increased role of individual user community (At-Large) to help guide ICANN's
activities/decisions along with other Internet stakeholders (such as domain
name registration companies, Internet service providers, etc.
- ICANN created Interim
At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) in 2003 and called for framework of local,
regional groups to promote structured involvement and informed participation of
world's "At-Large" community.
- The current ALAC
advisory committee members in AP:
-- Tommy Matsumoto (based in
-- Izumi Aizu (based in
-- Hong Xue (based in P.R. China)
- At-Large framework under
construction is under construction. Existing or newly formed groups designated
as At-Large Structures focus on participation by individual users at the local
or issue level. At regional level, 5 regional At-Large orgs. (RALOs) created by
At-Large Structures, act is regions' main forum/coordination point for public
input to ICANN. Internationally, ALAC composed mostly of members selected by
RALOs, providing advice on activities of ICANN that relate to the interests of
individual users.
- Groups that involve (or
want to involve) individuals in Internet issues should seek "At-Large
Structure" designation and have a voice in ICANN activities and decisions.
At-Large Structures (ALSs) represent a variety of individual users and are
wholly independent from
ICANN. ALS designation is free and simply recognized groups meet ICANN's
criteria for informing and involving individual users.
- The types of groups
designated (or interested in designation) as At-Large Structures include:
Professional societies (e.g. engineers, attorneys), academic orgs, community
networking groups, consumer advocacy groups, Internet Society chapters,
computer/Internet user orgs, and Internet civil society groups.
- ALSs have recognized role
in forming policies that affect how individuals use the Internet; quick and
easy access to first-hand information on what's happening in ICANN and why it
matters to end-users; opportunities to provide group members education on
ICANN's work and Internet developments; interaction with other groups in the
same region and groups with common interests; representation in ICANN at
regional and international level; opportunities for group members to serve on
important regional/international decision-making bodies in ICANN; and Internet
tools to support groups' work, and potential for grant funding to support selected
group activities.
- To date, there are 19
Groups designated as "At-Large Structures": Societ`a Internet
(Italy/Europe); Arab Knowledge Mgt. Society (Jordan/Asia-Pac.); Alfa-Redi
(Peru/Latin America-Carib); FITUG (Germany/Europe); Internet Society Luxembourg
(Luxembourg/Europe); Internet Society Bulgaria (Bulgaria/Europe); Moroccan
Internet Society (Morocco/Africa); Anais. AC (Cameroon/Africa); Sudan Internet
Society (Sudan/Africa); and Internet Society -
- And then the presenter
explained the procedures to designate as "At-Large Structure" and how
At-Large Structures can benefit AP region's users. Through websites, online
discussion lists, email announcements, conferences, etc. ICANN At-Large will
have the information and tools users need to be involved. User involvement
enabled by At-Large Structures will help ensure that ICANN takes actions that
reflect individual Internet users' needs in this region.
- Asia-Pacific (At-Large
Structures) User groups work together to sign MoU with ICANN to create
Asia-Pacific Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO). APRALO will be
coordination point for information and participation of AP users as well as can
serve as strong voice and support mechanism for individual user community involvement
in ICANN and in other international fora.
- By working together, AP
(At-Large Structures) user groups can affect ICANN actions on range of issues
important to users. The presenter explained the areas that At-Large community
is actively working on.
- Finally, the presenter
invited to join At-Large and participate in ICANN and other International fora
making decisions critical to the Internet's end users by insisting that
"At-Large Structure" designation is free, easy, and can be done
online.
Questions and discussion
- No further discussions at
this time.
4.3 APRUNet
by Zita Wenzel
- Not on the agenda but the
presenter was invited to make a presentation on APRUNet.
-
The
Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) is a consortium of 36 leading
universities from 16 economies in the
-
The
Association of Pacific Rim Universities advanced networking activities (APRUNet) aims to assist in the development of advanced
Internet capabilities among APRU universities and APEC economies in
collaboration with strategic partners.
-
The
main goal is to develop teaching and research applications that utilize
advanced Internet technologies, e.g., distance learning, virtual conferences,
telemedicine, remote sensing. The Association of Pacific
Rim Universities advanced networking activities (APRUNet) aims to assist in
the development of advanced Internet capabilities among APRU universities and
APEC economies in collaboration with strategic partners.
-
APRUNet has formed strategic partnerships with organizations actively involved
in the development and deployment of advanced networking technology and
applications for the research and education community. These organizations
include Asia Pacific Advanced Network Consortium (APAN), Corporation for
Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) and University Corporation
for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID). APRUNet
activities include global meetings, workshops, and conferences, namely the
annual Distance Learning and the Internet Conference.
-
The presenter also briefed about the past and
future meetings, and upcoming conferences.
-
The presenter announced the student graphics
competition. The objective is to get the students’ perspectives and
involvement. Grid Technology and PovRay graphic generator tools. Users can
submit their program to Nanyang Technical University to process and then
download the results back onto their computer.
-
How to submit: The participants can submit their
PovRay program and the finished graphics together with a short write- up to explain
the image, along with a short write-up on anything special they have used in
the generation of the image.
-
The 1st price is USD 500 while the 2nd price is USD300 and the 3rd
is USD100 respectively. The competition is open to all undergraduate and postgraduate
students from APRU as well as universities.
-
Detailed information can be found at the
link:
http://ntu-cg.ntu.edu.sg/Grid_Graphics_Competition/
. The presenter also distributed
the
brochures for AP* Retreat delegates’ information.
5.
Others and Future Meetings
- Prof. Chon proposed the
issue to hold AP* Retreat meeting once a year only.
And requested ideas/suggestions via
discuss mailing lists.
- There are responses to hold
AP* Retreat meeting twice a year as it is now. This way, all can meet and
update AP orgs. reports within every 6-month timeframe.
The next AP* Retreat will
be held in conjunction with 20th APAN Meetings in
The meeting adjourned at