NRO News

New appointments to NRO NC and IANA Numbering Services Review Committee

The APNIC Executive Council (EC) is pleased to announce it has appointed Henri Kasyfi Soemartono as a member of the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) representing the APNIC region. The NRO NC fulfils the role of the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC). He will serve a one-year term, from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018…. Read More

Comment Phase Open for 2018 ICANN Board Seat 9 Elections

In line with the ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the ICANN Bylaws, the ASO Address Council (AC) is responsible for the appointment of a representative to serve on Seat 9 of the ICANN Board. Following a call for candidates, the ASO AC is pleased to announce that the following four candidates are standing for election: – Johan Mikael “Julf”… Read More

ASO AC Calls For Nominations to Seat 9 on the ICANN Board of Directors

In line with the ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the ICANN Bylaws, the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) is calling for nominations to Seat 9 of the ICANN Board of Directors. The selected candidate will serve for a three-year term, which will begin at the conclusion of the ICANN Annual General Assembly during… Read More

Global Consultation on Identifier Technical Health Indicators (ITHI) Project

The Number Resource Organization (NRO) has developed a proposal for ITHI risk identification and definition in response to an ongoing ICANN initiative. Each Regional Internet Registry (RIR) is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of its registry data. This is critical to the reliability of the RIR Whois databases which provide access to the public data of the Registry. For the… Read More

ASO AC Appoints Brajesh Jain to the 2018 ICANN Nominating Committee

The Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) is pleased to announce that Mr Brajesh Jain has been appointed as its delegate to the 2018 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom). The ASO AC appointed Mr Jain after a public nomination process which began in August 2017: The NomCom is an independent committee tasked with selecting eight members of the Board of… Read More

Independent Review of the ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Published

ITEMS International, a Paris-based consultancy firm specializing in strategic consulting in the areas of telecommunications and the Internet, has published its findings of the ASO review. The Number Resource Organization Executive Council (NRO EC), in communication with the ICANN Organizational Effectiveness Committee (OEC), commissioned the independent review of the ASO to determine whether: – The ASO has a continuing purpose… Read More

ASO Call for Nominations to 2018 ICANN NomCom

The Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) is pleased to invite nominations for candidates from the Internet Number community to run for an open seat on the ICANN NomCom 2018 as delegate of the ASO. The term for the elected delegate will be one year starting in ICANN 60 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates October 28th 2017. Travel… Read More

Regional Internet Registries are preparing to deploy “All Resources” RPKI Service

By 30 September 2017, each RIR will have moved from an RPKI Trust Anchor that reflects their current holdings to one that reflects all holdings (0/0), as further detailed in the “All Resources Applicability Statement” dated 21 January 2017: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-rir-rpki-allres-ta-app-statement-01.txt “This document provides an applicability statement for the use of multiple, over-claiming ‘all resources’ (0/0) RPKI certificate authorities (CA) certificates… Read More

Call for Comments for the ASO Review Draft Final Report

A public call for comment is open now on the Draft Final Report of the ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO) independent review by ITEMS International. As described in the original call for proposals, the objective of the review is to determine whether the ASO has a continuing purpose in the ICANN structure, and if so, whether any change in the… Read More