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ENGAGEMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

For over a decade, ZDNS has been actively participating in international Internet governance communities, including ICANN and IETF. Through sustained and collaborative engagement, ZDNS contributes to policy discussions and helps develop industry standards.

DI MA

Sophia Feng

Chief Researcher of ZDNS DI MA

• ICANN ASO AC member

• Co- founder of APNIC Routing Security SIG

• IETF DNS Directorate member

• ICANN RSSAC Caucus membe

ZDNS Participates in the Following ICANN Policy Development Groups

Member of ICANN policy development process working group (PDP WG) of first round of New gTLD application;

Member of the ICANN Registry Stakeholder Group (RySG;)

Member of the ICANN Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG);

Member of ICANN Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) for New gTLD Program; And participate in exclusive topic discussion groups, including:

-- Applicant Support Program (ASP)

-- Registry System Testing (RST)

-- Registry Service Provider (RSP) Evaluation Program

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The Key ICANN Policy Topics Monitored by ZDNS Include

Progress on the next round of the New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program;

Applicant Guidebook (AGB) for the next round of New gTLDs;

Progress on the Registry Service Provider (RSP) Pre-Evaluation Program;

Registry System Testing;

Reserved Names and Blocked Names;

GAC Consensus Advice and Early Warnings;

Community Action/Comment Period;

Discussion on String Similarity Guidelines;

Internationalized Domain Names Expedited Policy Development Process (IDN EPDP);

Policy Development on DNS Abuse;

Policy Discussion on Closed Generic gTLDs;

Transfer Policy Review Policy Development Process (PDP);

Registration Data Policy IRT;

Applicant Support Program (ASP), and more.