The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
has endorsed the Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework
by the Board’s New Generic Top Level Domains (gTLD) Programme Committee (NGPC),
reports ITRealms.
This is coming as ITRealms
gathered that ICANN has introduced a special Internet Protocol (IP) address
(127.0.53.53) to alert system administrators of potential issue.
The framework implementation requirements were developed
with input from many sources including the ICANN community, a report published
by JAS Global Advisors LLC, and advice from the Security and Stability Advisory
Committee (SSAC).
Also, ITRealms
gathered that the framework is designed to mitigate the impact of name
collisions in the domain name system (DNS), which typically occur when fully
qualified domain names conflict with similar domain names used in private
networks. When this occurs, users can be taken to an unintended Web page or
encounter an error message.
According to Akram Atallah, president of ICANN’s Global Domains
Division, noted that to address this issue, the framework calls for registry
operators to use a technique called “controlled interruption” to alert system
administrators that there may be an issue in their network. Specifically, an
IPv4 address – 127.0.53.53 – will appear in system logs, enabling a quick
diagnosis and remediation.
“We now have a well-defined methodology for mitigating name
collisions for delegated top-level domain names and a path forward for
registries to unblock certain second-level domains in their list,” Atallah said,
stressing these operational processes, which were developed in conjunction with
the multistakeholder community, will help to ensure the security of the domain
name system.
Atallah noted that ICANN will provide information to and work
with the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) to consider whether
policy work on developing a long-term plan to manage gTLD name collisions
issues should be undertaken.
Meanwhile, ICANN as gathered by ITRealms, will be holding webinars to
discuss details of the Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework and
answer questions on 12 August 2014 – Session 1 will take place from 01:00-02:30
UTC and Session 2 take place from 15:00-16:30 UTC.
Remmy Nweke
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