ICANN | Supplemental Questions #7 and #8 to ISOC (With Response)

Supplemental Questions #7 and #8 to ISOC (With Response)

Supplemental Questions #7 and #8 to ISOC (With Response)

Supplemental Question No. 7:
(posed to the Internet Society on 4 September for response by 7 September 2002)

In a letter dated 30 August 2002, Chris Disspain (CEO of auDA) states as follows:

I note that the ISOC tender document states, inter alia;

"Afilias, though its relationship with AusRegistry Pty. Ltd. will be conducting the conversion of 250,000 .au domain names from a conventional system to the most current version of the EPP Protocol. This transition will occur around July 1 of this year. The transition process involves multiple data sources from different organizations under the supervision of Afilias and the Australian Domain Authority (auDA). This transition is one of the first attempted in the community in live production system."

This statement is not true. Afilias played no role whatsoever in the planning or implementation of the transition to the new Registry in .au and I am concerned that the ISOC bid has given an incorrect impression.

Mr. Disspain requests that "ISOC and Afilias be asked to formally correct the position, that such correction be published and that the evaluation committee be given an opportunity to re-consider the matter in the light of the said correction."

Please comment on Mr. Disspain's assertion that the referenced statement in the ISOC application was incorrect and, if appropriate, please correct it. Also, please comment on Mr. Disspain's observation that "Afilias played no role whatsoever in the planning or implementation of the transition to the new Registry in .au."

Response to Supplemental Question No. 7:

The Internet Society

September 7, 2002

Dear .ORG Evaluation Committee,

On September 4, ICANN posed a question to ISOC regarding an August 30 letter from Chris Disspain of auDA in which Mr. Disspain alleges that: "Afilias played no role whatsoever in the planning or implementation of the transition to the new registry in .au", and called upon ISOC and Afilias to "formally correct the position . . ." expressed in its proposal to manage the .ORG domain.

We have conferred with Afilias and are convinced, beyond any doubt, that Afilias was directly involved in the transition process of the .AU domain from its legacy operators to the new regime. Afilias clearly participated in conducting the transition process and was unmistakably involved in the major steps of the transition process.

A potential basis of Mr. Disspain's allegations appears to be a rather narrow and rigid interpretation of the term "transition." ISOC respectfully submits that the proper scope and usage of the term "transition" does not only refer to the "go-live" event, but also to the design, planning, implementation, testing and communication processes involved in the migration of the registry from a legacy operator to a new operator. See by way of example, Section II, C11-9, in which we clearly stated that .AU’s "go-live" launch event had not yet occurred and was scheduled to occur in the future:

Afilias provided technical assistance to AusRegistry for moving parts of the .AU ccTLD to EPP, a transition now in progress and set to launch July 1, 2002.

Afilias strongly disputes Mr. Disspain's characterization of their contribution as "no role whatsoever in planning and implementation to the new registry in .au," and has numerous documents (shipped separately to you under cover of confidentiality as described in the attached) substantiating their extensive involvement in the planning and implementation of the transition process. I have attached Afilias' statement in response to Mr. Disspain's comments and I believe these documents clearly validate their contributions and role.

In conclusion, it remains our understanding that Afilias and AusRegistry technical staff worked as a team during the .AU redelegation, and our proposal (which was submitted before the actual "go-live" event took place) properly characterizes this as a joint effort.

If you have any additional questions regarding this matter, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Lynn St. Amour
President & CEO
Internet Society

Afilias' Statement

Re: response to ICANN Supplemental Question #7
To .ORG Evaluation Team:

At the request of ISOC, Afilias would like to formally respond to the statements of Chris Disspain, CEO of auDA, in his letter to ICANN of August 30 regarding Afilias' involvement in the transition of the .AU registry by AusRegistry (partner in the Unity Registry proposal).

Afilias disagrees with Mr. Disspain's statement that Afilias ". . . played no role whatsoever in the planning or implementation of the transition to the new registry in .au . . . ."

While we were surprised that this statement would be made at all, we believe a possible source of confusion is the definition of the term "transition." In his statement to ICANN, Mr. Disspain appears to narrowly limit his definition of "transition" to refer to only the "go-live" event that occurred on July 1 – an event at which Afilias was not physically present nor have we ever claimed to have been.

In Afilias' view, however, "transition" refers to a multi-step process that not only includes "go-live" but also the design, planning, implementation, testing, communication and other processes involved in the entire registry migration. ISOC and Afilias have established their definition of transition as this multi-step process, as is seen in Section III, C18 where it states:

The technical transition from VeriSign to PIR will involve a multi-step procedure . . . . PIR will also make plans to transition other registry-related functions currently handled by VeriSign. Relevant issues will include (but are not limited to) customer service, policy, legal, and domain name arbitration. PIR's goal is to provide seamless continuity of service to registrars and registrants in all areas."

Afilias' involvement in the AusRegistry transition was clearly characterized in this context in several instances in ISOC's proposal (Including: Section II, Executive Summary; Section II, C11.9):

Afilias has prepared an EPP transition plan based on experience both with these registrars and a similar conversion being managed by AusRegistry Pty, Ltd., in Australia. (Afilias is a minority shareholder in AusRegistry.)

It appears that ICANN, Gartner, and Unity considered the .ORG transition to be an extended, multi-part process as well.

ICANN's RFP for .ORG bids suggests that the .ORG transition is a process, not merely limited to the cutover itself:

III. TECHNICAL PLAN (INCLUDING TRANSITION PLAN)

C16. The third section of the .org Proposal is a description of your technical plan. This section must include a comprehensive, professional-quality technical plan that provides a full description of the proposed technical solution for transitioning and operating all aspects of the Registry Function . . . .

C18.1. Steps of the proposed transition, including sequencing and scheduling.

Even Unity's response to ICANN's RFP details a long, multi-step process that includes putting contracts in place, creating test environments for registrars, testing zone file propagation, data conversions, and so on. In other words, Unity understood "transition" to include many tasks involved in moving the registry from VeriSign to the new operator and getting it to function properly.

This broader meaning of transition is supported by a similar characterization in Unity's June 18 bid, in which the experience of AusRegistry (the new .AU operator and the technology provider in the Unity bid), is described as follows: "AusRegistry has successfully transitioned a registry from the previous operator. A successful transition of .org to the new operator is of crucial importance." This statement appears to refer to the successful July 1 culmination of the .AU transition project.

Gartner shared this understating of the word "transition." For example, in its evaluation of the Unity bid (page 24), Gartner noted that Unity's "transition plan is a phased approach, and takes over sixteen months to complete."

Mr. Disspain, during the transition of the .AU registry to its new operator, emailed a document entitled "Final Transition Plan" to AusRegistry personnel (Doc # 72). This document outlined a wide range of major actions necessary to develop the technical specifications and operational requirements for the transition to the new registry operator. It also illustrates Mr. Disspain's understanding that "transition" is more than a "go-live" event.

Finally, we note that planning and working through an entire registry transition – from planning, staffing and policy through technical specs through to cutover and go-live – is much, much more difficult than merely executing a data migration at cutover. In the next section, we will describe Afilias' role in the entire .AU transition.

We have separately sent more than 1,400 pages of background documentation to ICANN in a sealed box under cover of confidentiality pending authorization to release by Registrars Asia and AusRegistry. This includes: testing reports and related documentation; correspondence such as e-mails and instant message logs; meeting minutes; press coverage; press releases; travel itineraries and expense reports; and so on. The material is organized in two lists attached: 1) a catalogue of 232 documents in chronological order; and 2) a subset of 52 of these documents that included Mr. Disspain as either an author or recipient.

As we will describe below, with references to the documents in the lists attached, Afilias played an extensive and important role as AusRegistry’s teammate in this project. Below we will detail the following:

Overview: registry technology role

Co-designer, overall project plan

Principal designer of the registry database schema

Co-designer of other key components of the registry system

On-site technical design and consulting

Policy consulting

Consulting on organizational and personnel issues

Design, development and deployment of testing and evaluation tools, including a formal test report to auDA

Trouble shooting and problem identification

Corroborative public statements by AusRegistry and Mr. Disspain

We believe this record proves beyond any question that Afilias played a key role in the entire transition process.

***Overview: Registry Technology Role ***

As Registrars Asia's (majority shareholder in AusRegistry) technology partner in their bid for .AU in late 2001, Afilias provided the actual registry experience and expertise in the design and development of an EPP registry – key competencies that AusRegistry was admittedly lacking (see corroborative public statements section below). As a partner, Afilias staff worked side by side with AusRegistry staff as team members in the rapid development of a registry built from the "ground up." While we were key players across the range of technology development, we were primarily involved in the design and testing of the registry systems. Our role varied by function as detailed in the sections below.

***Co-designer, Overall Project Plan***

Beginning in late 2001, Afilias and AusRegistry jointly participated in numerous conference calls to develop and finalize the project plans for activities spanning the time up to and including the cutover to AusRegistry's system. These calls included discussion of: design, implementation, hardware deployment, co-location facilities, staffing, and testing. For example, one project plan showed Afilias staff in leadership roles in several areas (Doc #50).

***Principal designer of the registry database schema***

One of Afilias' key contributions was to design the database schema (Doc #112, #113), which provides the underlying framework that defines the elements, characteristics and relationships between the data in the registry. This schema serves as the critical foundation for the building of the registry system.

***Co-designer of other key components of the registry system***

Afilias and AusRegistry jointly conducted the code design, including functionality specifications and pseudo code, for major components of the registry system including: Whois, EPP daemon, and other ancillary functions (Doc #50). In a few areas, such as the Web interface, Afilias’ role was not significant.

***On-site technical design and consulting***

During the initial planning and design period, Afilias sent their Senior Technology Architect, Mr. Howard Eland, to Melbourne for nearly one month in January 2002 (Doc # 62). During his tenure, Mr. Eland helped design many major components of the registry system from the ground up and helped make critical decisions. Mr. Eland's contribution to the creation of the new registry was even enthusiastically acknowledged in an email from AusRegistry CEO, Simon Delzoppo, to Afilias' Chief Technology Officer, Ram Mohan (Doc # 84).

On January 10, 2002, Mr. Delzoppo sent an email to AusRegistry and Afilias personnel, forwarding a document from Mr. Disspain entitled "Transition Plan Final" (Doc # 72) This email directly confirms Mr. Eland’s involvement in the planning for transition during his work in Melbourne. This document outlined a wide range of major actions necessary to develop the technical specifications and operational requirements for the transition to the new registry operator. It also illustrates Mr. Disspain's understanding that "transition" is more than a "go-live" event.

In addition, Afilias dispatched an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer, Will Luczak, to AusRegistry offices in May 2002 to conduct independent tests (described below) under the supervision of Afilias and auDA (Doc #160).

***Policy consulting***

During the planning phase, it was learned that information pertaining to mail servers was contained in the legacy DNS zone files for .AU (Doc # 106). Based on its registry experience, Afilias determined that the maintenance and propagation of these mail records should not be the responsibility of the .AU registry. The inclusion of these records would have added unnecessary complexity to the registry. Given this, the team petitioned auDA to remove the existing MX records so that new .AU registry had only pertinent DNS resource records, providing a more efficient configuration.

Afilias also provided counsel on the issue of domain transfers. Upon the creation of newly authorized .AU registrars (rather than the previous system of resellers used by Melbourne IT), Afilias counseled AusRegistry on the process of transferring existing domain names from Melbourne IT to the corresponding "new" authorized .AU registrar (previously a reseller). This unique registrar-to-registrar transfer issue was successfully resolved based on Afilias' counsel (Doc #87, #85).

***Consulting on organizational and personnel issues***

While in Melbourne, Mr. Eland interviewed and helped to select and train new registry technical personnel in order to quickly meet the staffing requirements of the new registry. He also reviewed skill sets of the existing technical team and recommended the replacement of several original staff members, a recommendation that AusRegistry implemented. In addition to direct recruiting and training, Mr. Eland helped AusRegistry's management draft new job descriptions, meet with personnel agencies, and even restructure the transition team several times as the project progressed.

On January 31, 2002 AusRegistry CEO Simon Delzoppo sent a Registry Progress Report to Mr. Disspain (Doc #114) and Afilias staff. This document summarized all progress, including registry design, staffing, systems testing, hardware, zone files, etc. In it, Mr. Delzoppo wrote to Mr. Disspain that "Senior Management (Adrian Kinderis and Simon Delzoppo) are overseeing the project assisted by staff from Afilias."

***Design, development and deployment of testing and evaluation tools, including a formal test report to auDA***

As envisioned at the start of Afilias' relationship with AusRegistry, one of Afilias' primary responsibilities was the thorough testing of the major components of the system to ensure readiness for conversion. This included rigorous detrimental connection testing, sustained load and peak testing, core compliance testing, and performance testing. Afilias also supervised other tests, such as system failover scenarios, that could not have been performed simply with code. Afilias' staff verified these tests with auDA (Doc #150).

Since we are aware of no "off-the-shelf software" to test large scale registry systems based on the evolving EPP protocol, Afilias designed and deployed a multi-test suite that included procedures for EPPv0.6 compliance, auDA extensions, billing functionality, boundary condition testing, DNS and transfer tests, failover tests, status tests, renew tests, and load tests (Doc #151, #152).

Afilias has built a reputation as an expert in the new EPP registry technology. AuDA formally commissioned Afilias to conduct the testing under its auspices (Doc #161) to ensure that the newly created registry system complied with the rigorous specifications of the EPP protocol, and that it would be able to handle the anticipated load of over 250,000 domains from legacy registries, and additional criteria established by auDA.

In May 2002, Afilias dispatched an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer – Will Luczak – to the AusRegistry offices to implement the test procedures noted above under the supervision of Afilias and auDA. (Testing was clearly identified by Unity to be part of a transition process in their .ORG proposal – see C18.1 Steps of the proposed transition, including sequencing). The Afilias test resulted in both a preliminary report and an extensive Final Report (Doc #222).

As documented by AuDA in its Transition Plan document (Doc #72), Disaster Recovery Planning and implementation was a key component of the transition of the .AU domain to the new registry. An email from the CEO of AusRegistry, Simon Delzoppo, documents Afilias’ contribution: “a full disaster recovery [test] under the supervision of Will Luczak and auDA” (Doc #186).

Many test cycles were run and re-run as bugs were found, reported, fixed, and retested to confirm their repair. Afilias not only conducted these tests, but also provided recommendations whenever problems were found, contributing to improved stability and an ultimately successful launch.

***Trouble shooting and problem identification***

Afilias, at its own expense, also commissioned an independent study of AusRegistry's database design and Oracle system implementation (Doc #98, #119). As a direct result of this analysis, Afilias recommended to AusRegistry that it modify its Oracle platform for implementation, from a questionable Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Real Application Clusters (RAC) implementation model to a SAN-based model. Without Afilias’ analysis and guidance, the new .AU registry may well have encountered significant start-up issues during cutover and ongoing performance and reliability problems.

In addition, following the .AU registry’s certification by an independent Oracle consultant less than two weeks prior to AusRegistry's scheduled "go-live" date, Afilias personnel detected Oracle locking problems during testing that required the installation of a patch (Doc #192, #194, #196, #199). Indeed, Afilias' detection of this problem played a direct role in ensuring the stability and readiness of the registry to complete the transition process and data cutover in July.

***Corroborative public statements by AusRegistry and Mr. Disspain***

We do not wish to minimize the role of AusRegistry staff in the transition. Afilias clearly attempted to characterize its relationship with AusRegistry in an accurate manner. In the very beginning of ISOC’s proposal (Section II, Executive Summary), it clearly states that for the proposal:

Afilias has prepared an EPP transition plan based on experience both with these registrars and a similar conversion being managed by AusRegistry Pty. Ltd., in Australia. (Afilias is a minority shareholder in AusRegistry.)

The successful development and deployment of the large-scale registry system AusRegistry deployed required a wide range of skills and experience, and, as illustrated by the above description of its activities, Afilias provided irreplaceable registry expertise critical to the success of this effort.

In the selection of the new .AU registry operator, auDA relied on competent registry experience as a critical factor in their selection process. At the time of the submission of their proposal to auDA, RegistrarsAsia possessed no relevant registry experience. Public statements by AusRegistry directors and Mr. Disspain himself indicate that they looked to Afilias to provide this competency to fulfill the technical experience to win the contract.

According to Kinderis, one of the reasons AusRegistry had turned to Afilias, operator of global top-level domain .info, as a strategic partner was because of its experience with EPP (extensible provisioning protocol). "zThe auDA's request for tender included the requirement that the registry be developed using EPP….. They'll bring the experience of having launched a registry on a global scale," he said. "We are building from the ground up here." (ZDNET Australia, 12/12/01)

Chris Disspain, CEO of auDa said AusRegistry has an "excellent vision" for the au2LDs and brings together strong strategic partners to ensure a world-class registry. AusRegistry will work with Afilias, the operator of the new .info global top-level domain to help build the registry infrastructure and promote the registry." (Computer Daily News, 12/12/01)

AusRegistry will draw on the experience of Afilias, the operator of the new .INFO global top-level domain (gTLD), to help build the enhanced registry infrastructure and execute an integrated marketing communications campaign.(AusRegistry press release, 12/12/01)

Afilias stands by the characterization of our involvement noted in the ISOC proposal. However, if it helps to clarify our role, we would be agreeable to clarifying the paragraph in question in the following manner: "Afilias, through its relationship with AusRegistry Pty. Ltd, will be participating in conducting the conversion of 250,000 .AU domain names from a conventional system to the most current version of the EPP protocol. This transition will go-live around July 1 of this year. The transition process involves multiple data sources from different organizations. The testing of the new registry’s ability to perform adequately was conducted under the supervision of Afilias and the Australian Domain Authority (auDA). This transition is one of the first attempted in the community in a live production system."

In summary, Afilias rejects Mr. Disspain's characterization of Afilias as playing ". . .no role whatsoever in the planning and implementation of the transition to the new registry in .au . . . ." We urge the ICANN staff and Evaluation Committee to examine the evidence provided here and determine if Mr. Disspain’s statement is warranted. We worked hard as a team member on this important transition project and we believe that our contribution to the ultimate success of the .AU transition illustrates experience that will help us ensure a stable and successful transition for .ORG, should the ISOC bid be selected.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at your convenience.

Sincerely,
Roland LaPlante
Vice President, Afilias

Cc: Lynn St. Amour, President & CEO, the Internet Society

LOG – .au correspondence between Afilias, AusRegistry, and auDA
(Dates are usually date at sender's location; note Australia is across the international date line)

# Date From To Subject

1 25-Oct-01 Heather Carle Ram Mohan, Howard Eland, Greg Aaron, Roland LaPlante Australian NIC host loses contract

2 29-Oct-01 Adrian Kinderis Mohan, copies to Carle et al Tender process perspective

3 2-Nov-01 Mark Sinclair (RegAsia) Mohan, Lubsen Attached: au Registry Technical Specifications draft doc; "we would appreciate your comments and input"

4 5-Nov-01 Carle Kinderis, Simon Delzoppo, copies to Mohan, Lubsen, LaPlante et al AU Marketing

5 5-Nov-01 Delzoppo Lubsen, copy to Mohan auDA Tender

6 5-Nov-01 Carle Dezoppo, kinderis, copies to LaPlante, Lubsen, Eland et al status call

7 5-Nov-01 Carle Delzoppo, Kinderis, copies to Lubsen, Mohan, Steve pack, Eland et al AU bid -- INFO contract appendices

8 5-Nov-01 Carle Delzoppo, Kinderis, copies to Lubsen, Mohan, Steve pack, Eland et al Afilias customer service documents

9 5-Nov-01 Delzoppo Carle, copies to LaPlante, Pack, Eland AU marketing. Attached is draft busness plan, staff CVs, and RA contact list.

10 5-Nov-01 Carle Delzoppo, Kinderis et al, copies to Lubsen, Mohan, Pack et al Au bid - customer service. Attached are Afilias customer service policies and procedures.

11 5-Nov-01 LaPlante Carle, Delzoppo, Kinderis et al, copies to Mohan, Pack, Lubsen at al Afilias Draft Privacy Policydocument attached

12 6-Nov-01 Mark Sinclair various RegAsia and Afilias staff Au 2LD Tender Action List / summarizes tasks and point responsibilties for RegAsia and Afilais staff for writing the tender

13 6-Nov-01 Carle Mohan, laPlante, Lubsen et al Afilias backgrounder

14 6-Nov-01 Eland Delzoppo, Kinderis, Sinclair, copy Mohan attached docs: WHOIS Data Provider Specification; RegistrarsAsia Equal Access and Nondiscrimination Practice draft

15 6-Nov-01 Carle Mohan, Eland, LaPlante requests info for inclusion in the tender

16 6-Nov-01 LaPlante Carle response: requests info for inclusion in the tender

17 8-Nov-01 Kinderis Carle, copies to LaPlante and Mohan press release draft

18 8-Nov-01 Ray Yeung of Hill & Knowlton Carle ICANN L.A. media outreach

19 10-Nov-01 Sinclair Mohan, LaPlante, copy to Delzoppo et al Do you have access to a Registry Business Continuity Plan?

20 10-Nov-01 Sinclair Mohan, LaPlante, Lubsen et al au tender submission available online for updating

21 11-Nov-01 Eland Carle Attached: au Registry Technical Specifications

22 11-Nov-01 Mohan Chris Wright, LaPlante, Eland, Sinclair et al modified tech spec - section 3 changes

23 11-Nov-01 sales@registrarsasia.com LaPlante, Mohan, Eland, Carle continuity plan. Attached doc: au Tender business Continuity Plan

24 11-Nov-01 Eland Sinclair et al New Appendix Z - Escrow Agreement (doc attached).

25 12-Nov-01 RegistrarsAsia Pty Ltd AuDA three pages from Tender for Registry License Agreement -- cover sheet plus two pages detailing Afilias' role in the partnership.

26 12-Nov-01 RegistrarsAsia Pty Ltd world press release: "RegistarsAsia and Afilias Unite to Bid for .Au registry"

27 12-Nov-01 Afilias world press release: "RegistarsAsia and Afilias Unite to Bid for .Au registry"

28 12-Nov-01 Yeung Carle press outreach re: .au tender

29 12-Nov-01 Carle Afilias staff, copies to Delzoppo, Kinderis et al press article about bid

30 12-Nov-01 Carle Afilias staff, copies to Delzoppo, Kinderis et al Computer Daily News press article about bid

31 4-Dec-01 Delzoppo Carle, Kinderis, Scott Hemphill registration fees confidence levels

32 6-Dec-01 Delzoppo Carle, copy Kinderis .au update

33 11-Dec-01 Veronica Colvin of Hill & Knowlton Carle, copy to LapLante media release

34 11-Dec-01 Carle Lubsen, LaPlante et al RegistrarsAsia press release (doc attached)

35 11-Dec-01 Colvin LaPlante RegistrarsAsia press release

36 11-Dec-01 Carle Hill & Knowlton, copies to Kinderis, laPlante et al revised media release

37 12-Dec-01 Colvin LaPlante, Carle, copies to Kinderis et al article in BusinessGene

38 12-Dec-01 Colvin LaPlante, Carle, copies to Kinderis et al article in Australia.Internet.com

39 12-Dec-01 Colvin LaPlante, Carle, copies to Kinderis et al article in Sydney Morning Herald

40 12-Dec-01 Colvin LaPlante, Carle, copies to Kinderis et al article in Computer Daily News

41 12-Dec-01 Colvin LaPlante, Carle, copies to Kinderis et al article in Australian Financial Review

42 12-Dec-01 AusRegistry world press release: RegistrarsAsia Subsidiary Chosen by auDA to oeprate registry for .au Second level Domain Names

43 12-Dec-01 Colvin LaPlante, Carle, copies to Kinderis et al article in The Australian Online

44 12-Dec-01 Colvin LaPlante, Carle, copies to Kinderis et al article in The Age

45 12-Dec-01 Colvin LaPlante, Carle, copies to Kinderis et al article in ZDNET Australia

46 12-Dec-01 Colvin LaPlante, Carle, copies to Kinderis et al article in Computer Daily News

47 12-Dec-01 Gretchen Weiner of Hill & Knowlton LaPlante, Carle, Lubsen, Aaron et al Press articles from Washinton Internet Daily, Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald

48 16-Dec-01 Carle Dezoppo, Kinderis, copies to LaPlante, Lubsen, Eland et al scheduling conference call "to begin planning for the development of the .Au registry ststem"

49 18-Dec-01 Delzoppo LaPlante, Mohan, Eland, Pack, Lubsen, Carle proposed project timeline for .au registrar milestones, from beginning of project through registrar comment period, technical meetings to OT&E to to go-live

50 19-Dec-01 Sinclair various RegAsia and Afilias staff "Minutes of Joint IT Steering Committee Meeting". Attendees include Afilias staff and 5 RegAsia staff

51 19-Dec-01 Dezoppo Mohan startup period update

52 20-Dec-01 Wright Lubsen, Mohan et al detailed registry plan. Includes notes on data base schema, EPP, data mining, WHOIS

53 27-Dec-01 Sinclair Mohan, Eland, LaPlante et al; copies to Kinderis, Delzoppo et al docs attached for review by recipients: AusRegistry Registry Services, Proposed Registrar Connection Timelines

54 27-Dec-01 Delzoppo Mohan "need to discuss when you guys are coming over to oz"

55 28-Dec-01 Delzoppo Mohan exhange fo schedules and numbers

56 30-Dec-01 Delzoppo Mohan, copies to Kinderis, Wright making plans for Mohan and Eland to go to Australia. "We require Afilias' input this wek onwards during the initial planning stages."

57 1-Jan-02 Ram Mohan Lubsen, Eland, Laplante user names and passwords to the ausregistry staff site

58 2-Jan-02 Hill and Knowlton LaPlante Bill for PR services in australia covering .au bid

59 3-Jan-02 Chris Wright ausregistrystaff Next week's initial agenda

60 4-Jan-02 Chris Wright Eland fw:Ausregistry01-EPP Extension Specifications v1

61 4-Jan-02 Kinderis Wright, Eland, Sinclair forwarded referral by Lubsen/Mohan from UltraDNS

62 6-Jan-02 Eland mohan expense report for trip to Melbourne

63 8-Jan-02 Kinderis Usregistry staff--including LaPlante Topics for team leader meeting: illustrates that Afilias people considered AusRegistry staff

64 8-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin, MelbourneIT Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Howard Eland, testbed registrars, et al data structure elements for .au domain name registrations

65 8-Jan-02 Sinclair staff@ausregistry FW: ITIL updates_Newsletter

66 9-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al proposed draft EPP schema for AusRegistry Directory Object

67 9-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al proposed draft EPP schema for AusRegistry Directory Object; auDA contractual requirements with ICANN, internationalized domain names

68 9-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al First set of issues arising from EPP protocol that require polic discussion

69 9-Jan-02 Lambert (RegAsia) all staff--including afilias personnel AusRegistry Web Site and Mailing List

70 9-Jan-02 Tonkin Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al RE: First set of issues�

71 9-Jan-02 Chris Wright eland FW note form Tonkin re the existence of an EPP Trade Association

72 10-Jan-02 DelZoppo sinclair, kinderis, wright, lambert, eland Fw note from Chris Disspain on Transition Plan Final.doc

73 10-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al second set of issues arising from EPP protocol that require policy discussion

74 10-Jan-02 Delzoppo eland and others FW :Second set of issues arising from EPP protocol that require policy discussion

75 10-Jan-02 Simon Delzoppo Chris Disspain, with copies to Eland et al policy decisions from October 1 meeting

76 10-Jan-02 Delzoppo Chris Disspain with cc's to eland and others Disspain's comments regarding policy decisions from October 1 meeting; to be kept in confidence for the time being by recipients

77 10-Jan-02 Delzoppo ausregistry staff (incl Afilias staff) Registrar Area log-in

78 10-Jan-02 David Keegel Bruce Tonkin, with copies to Disspain, Eland, et al RE: Second set of issues arising from EPP protocol that require policy discussion

79 10-Jan-02 Bartish (regasia) eland et al Standards and Templates. Incl specifications for coding standard

80 10-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al minutes from last IETF meeting on EPP

81 10-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al registry outage during transition to new registry

82 11-Jan-02 David Keegel Bruce Tonkin, chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al re: registry outage during transition to new registry

83 11-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al categories for Internet Directory

84 13-Jan-02 Delzoppo Mohan Catching up--"Howard has been Fantastic"

85 13-Jan-02 Simon Delzoppo Chris Disspain, with copies to Eland et al registrar transfers. / "I have just met with Howard and Chris to get their thoughts and draw from Howard's experience."

86 13-Jan-02 O'Callaghan(regasia) Eland rf's--RFC 2874

87 13-Jan-02 Delzoppo Disspain cc eland et al RE: Registrar Transfers

88 14-Jan-02 Bartish (regasia) eland et al Templates (must use)

89 15-Jan-02 Simon Delzoppo Chris Wright, Eland, et al FW: Second set of issues...forward of correspondence to Greg Watson and Disspain regarding issues arising from EPP protocol that require policy discussion

90 16-Jan-02 Chris Disspain to/from Simon Delzoppo, with copies to Eland et al transition plan meeting request. / Delzoppo says "Howard, Chris, and I will be attending from the registry."

91 19-Jan-02 Bartish (regasia) eland, et al Doc template

92 20-Jan-02 Bartish (regasia) eland et al Log Function revisited

93 20-Jan-02 Simon Delzoppo RE transition plan meeting request (mtg cancelled)

94 21-Jan-02 Mohan eland FW initial info--Virtus Partners (database testers)

95 21-Jan-02 mohan eland Doug Paradis Contact Info (Virtus)

96 22-Jan-02 DelZoppo eland et al New Tech Staff

97 22-Jan-02 Paradis eland RE: Doug Paradis contact info

98 23-Jan-02 Marshall(Virtus) mohan Fax re: Revised Proposal w/T's & Cs

99 23-Jan-02 DelZoppo eland et al Points from Today

100 23-Jan-02 paradis Chris and eland introduction

101 27-Jan-02 Kinderis eland et al Phone catch up between Afilias/REgAsia

102 28-Jan-02 paradis mohan, eland et al meeting tomorrow mng-1st virtus results

103 28-Jan-02 Paradis eland et al RE; meeting tomorrow mng

104 28-Jan-02 eland paradis new erwin file

105 28-Jan-02 paradis mohan et al Re mtg tomorrow mng

106 29-Jan-02 DelZoppo eland et al FW: MX Records

107 29-Jan-02 Barker(ausregistry) eland et al Zone Build Update

108 29-Jan-02 wright eland et al Design Specs Version 0.5

109 29-Jan-02 Paradis eland, mohan doc (database design and system recommendations)

110 30-Jan-02 Kinderis eland Meeting for tomorrow morning (my time)

111 30-Jan-02 Paradis eland RE: new erwin file

112 30-Jan-02 DelZoppo eland Database Schema (when can you send)

113 30-Jan-02 eland delzoppo Database Schema (here it is)

114 31-Jan-02 Simon Delzoppo Chris Disspain, with copies to Hal Lubsen, Ram Mohan, Roland LaPlante, Eland et al Registry Progress Report / A summary of all progress, including registry design, staffing, contracts, systems testing, hardware, zone files, etc. "Senior Management (Adrain Kinderis and Simon Delzoppo) are overseeing the project assisted by staff from Afilias."

115 ~ Jan 31, 2002 AusRegistry Design Doc, with contributions from Afilias

116 5-Feb-02 Simon Delzoppo gwatson@computer.org, with copies to Disspain, Eland, et al Final EPP Extension Specifications

117 7-Feb-02 Kinderis eland Still hot on the craps table

118 14-Feb-02 Chris Wright Chris Disspain, with copies to Eland, Delzoppo, et al EPP specifications RFT confirmation

119 15-Feb-02 Virtus mohan Invoice

120 18-Feb-02 DelZoppo mohan Conference Call request

121 18-Feb-02 delzoppo mohan, eland et al RE: Conference call request

122 26-Feb-02 DelZoppo allstaff (incl some afilias staff) FW: EPP Toolkits Update

123 13-Mar-02 Kinderis Paine, allstaff AusRegistry/Regasia signatures

124 4-Apr-02 delzoppo allstaff (incl some afilias staff) moving tomorrow

125 7-Apr-02 Simon Delzoppo Chris Disspain, with copies to Eland et al Registry Progress Update / "we are currently analysing all existing registry data in preparation for data transition testing"; "'Go Live" date is set for 3 June 2002"

126 10-Apr-02 Paine (regasia) allstaff (incl some afilias staff) email signatures

127 17-Apr-02 Will Luczak Eland guaging size of test project

128 19-Apr-02 Delzoppo Disspain, copies to Eland, Kinderis, et al Data Transition Report / 'data migration"

129 25-Apr-02 Delzoppo Luczak, copies to Eland, Mohna, Wright et al passwords to AusRegistry web sites

130 25-Apr-02 Delzoppo Mohan, Eland, copies to Lubsen, Kinderis et al license, testing, Afilias coming over for launch?

131 2-May-02 Lief Eriksen Philip Huynh, copies to Wright and Eland(?) test plan comments

132 2-May-02 Mohan Delzoppo, Eland, copies to Kinderis et al license, testing,Mohan coming over for launch

133 2-May-02 Mohan Delzoppo, copies to Kinderis, Eland et al seting up tme to chat

134 3-May-02 Eriksen Luczak, Kinderis, Delzoppo, Eland et al docs attached: Testing Plan, Test Process and Management doc, DNS Update Test Plan

135 3-May-02 Eriksen Luczak, Kinderis, Delzoppo, Eland et al docs attached:EPP Suite Testing Outline

136 6-May-02 Rebecca Paine ausregistrystaff (this mailing list includes LaPlante, Mohan, et al) pay - small delay

137 8-May-02 Eriksen Luczak, Kinderis, Delzoppo, Eland et al test docs under CVS

138 8-May-02 Mohan Eriksen, Eland, cc Delzoppo, Michael Young please add Young to tech lists

139 8-May-02 Mohan Wright, Eland, Delzoppo setting up conference call

140 8-May-02 Eriksen Luczak, Kinderis, Delzoppo, Eland et al ready to go -- defined system in place

141 8-May-02 Eriksen Mohan, Eland, copies to Young, Wright, Delzoppo add Young to tech lists

142 9-May-02 to/from Mohan to/from Eland .au testing framework; 5 major components

143 9-May-02 Disspain Eland .au testing framework "sounds great to me"

144 10-May-02 Delzoppo Mohan, Eland, copies to Kinderis, Wright et al conference call ; Liberty testing schedule

145 10-May-02 Luczak Eland & Young need .au details for testing purposes

146 10-May-02 Simon Delzoppo Eland, Chris Disspain et al Testing Framework for AusRegistry. / Delzoppo tells Eland "Totally agree with your testing procedure outline"

147 12-May-02 Wright Eland XML parsing

148 13-May-02 Mohan Young, Eland conference call ; Liberty testing schedule

149 13-May-02 Delzoppo Kinderis, Eland, Mohan AusRegistry Scalability Testing

150 13-May-02 Mohan Disspain, copies to Delzoppo, Eland, Young testing framework for AusRegistry

151 13-May-02 Eland Mohan, Young minutes -- testing conference call

152 13-May-02 Disspain Mohan, copy to Delzoppo testing framework for AusRegistry

153 13-May-02 to/from Disspain to/from Eland testing requirements and kickoff

154 13-May-02 to/from Disspain to/from Eland testing requirements and kickoff

155 13-May-02 to/from Luczak to/from Young testing framework for AusRegistry

156 13-May-02 Eland Luczak testing framework for AusRegistry; wants to know ausRegistry capacity

157 13-May-02 Eland Luczak testing framework for AusRegistry; wants to know about EPP extensions

158 13-May-02 Young Eland testing framework for AusRegistry; need access to dotAu servers

159 13-May-02 to/from Young to/from Luczak dotAu Test Overview

160 14-May-02 Simon Delzoppo Disspain, Ram Mohan re: Testing Framework for AusRegistry

161 14-May-02 Chris Disspain Ram Mohan Test Framework for Aus Registry. / "authorization to commence testing" on auDA letterhead

162 14-May-02 Wright Eland, copies to Mohan, Luczak, et al convo this morning, attached document: Hardware details, DB system, WHOIS propagation

163 14-May-02 Mohan Delzoppo, Disspain Afilias-AusRegistry Status Update. Will Luczak being sent down to Australia

164 15-May-02 Mohan Luczak, Delzoppo, Kinderis travel itinerary for Will Luczak to Australia

165 15-May-02 Wright Eland, Mohan, et al .au testing update

166 15-May-02 Frank Thompson Wright, copies to Eland, Mohan, Luczak et al .au testing update

167 16-May-02 Luczak fot@libertyrms.info .au registry docs attached: DB schema, network diagram or registry system, Registrar Interface Services

168 16-May-02 test-au-admin@libertyrms.info eland welcome to the mailing list

169 16-May-02 Thompson Wright, copies to Eland, Luczak, Young servers not up

170 16-May-02 Thompson Wright, Eland .au sample test run results

171 16-May-02 Eland Thompson servers not up; call Chris

172 16-May-02 Mohan Afilias business office VISA bill -- Luczak plane ticket

173 16-May-02 Delzoppo Mohan, copes to Kinderis, Jensen, Wright Re: Intinerary

174 17-May-02 Young Eland .au system setup

175 18-May-02 Luczak Eland compliance testing almost donw

176 19-May-02 Luczak Young, copies to Eland, et al Update

177 20-May-02 Eland Disspain, copies to Mohan, Delzoppo AusRegistry Testing Update

178 21-May-02 Young Eland FW: Liberty Testing requirements and kickoff (Forward of e-mail from Eland to Wright, with copies to Disspain and Young)

179 21-May-02 Luczak Eland, copy Young Test data for EPP compliance test

180 22-May-02 Luczak Sullivan, copies to Young, Eland et al Re: info on .au implementation

181 22-May-02 Luczak Eland et al Update on Testing

182 23-May-02 Delzoppo Luczak FW: Decommissioning of AUNIC site, web interface to AusRegistry (Forward of e-mail from Delzoppo to Leeson)

183 22-May-02 Eland Delzoppo Update & Info needed

184 22-May-02 Eland Luczak Re: Update on Testing

185 23-May-02 Luczak Eland, copes to Young, et al Testing Update

186 23-May-02 Delzoppo Eland, copies to Luczak, Wright, Kinderis, et al Re: Update & Info needed

187 24-May-02 Wright Eland etstign

188 24-May-02 Sullivan Luczak, copies to Eland et al Re: Testing Update

189 24-May-02 Eland Luczak, copies to Delzoppo, Young Re: Testing Update

190 24-May-02 Paradis Eland Re: AusRegistry Stuff

191 24-May-02 Luczak Eland et al NO SUBJECT (E-mail regarding authentication errors)

192 25-May-02 Luczak Eland, Young, et al Testing Update

193 25-May-02 Muhammad Eland et al Re: Testing Update

194 27-May-02 Delzoppo Eland, copies to Mohan, Kinderis, et al Re: AusRegistry Testing Update

195 27-May-02 Delzoppo Luczak, copy to Kinderis FW: AusRegistry Testing Update

196 28-May-02 Delzoppo Eland, copes to Mohan, Kinderis, et al Re: AusRegistry Testing Update

197 28-May-02 Delzoppo Eland, copies to Mohan, Kinderis, et al Re: AusRegistry Testing Update

198 28-May-02 Wright Eland DRP (Attached: AusRegistry Diaster Recovery Plan.doc)

199 29-May-02 Wright Luczak, Eland, copies to Delzoppo, Kinderis AUSREG TEST

200 31-May-02 Luczak Wright, copies to Delzoppo, Eland, Young NO SUBJECT (E-mail regarding load and billing tests)

201 31-May-02 Eland Disspain, copies to Delzoppo, Kinderis, Wright, Mohan Current Status Update

202 30-May-02 Disspain Eland, copies to Delzoppo, Kinderis AusRegistry

203 1-Jun-02 Plunkett Eland, copies to Delzoppo, Wright Database information (Attached: regdev.dmp.gz)

204 2-Jun-02 Delzoppo Eland, Disspain, copies to Mohan, Luczak, Kinderis, et al Re: 6/1 Update

205 2-Jun-02 Eland Delzoppo, Disspain, copies to Mohan, Luczak, Kinderis, et al Re: 6/1 Update

206 2-Jun-02 Eland Delzoppo, Disspain, copies to Mohan, Luczak, Kinderis, et al Re: 6/1 Update

207 2-Jun-02 Delzoppo Luczak, copies to Wright, Eland Re: (E-mail regarding admin site)

208 2-Jun-02 Delzoppo Eland, Disspain, copies to Mohan, Luczak, Kinderis, et al Re: 6/1 Update

209 2-Jun-02 Eland various Instant Message Logs

210 2-Jun-02 Luczak various Instant Message Logs

211 3-Jun-02 Paradis Eland Re: Database information

212 3-Jun-02 Eland Disspain, copies to Mohan, Delzoppo 6/3 Update

213 3-Jun-02 Disspain Eland, copies to Mohan, Delzoppo Re: 6/3 Update

214 5-Jun-02 Mohan Disspain, Eland, copy to Delzoppo Re: 6/3 Update

215 5-Jun-02 Disspain Eland, copies to Delzoppo, Mohan Re: 6/4 Update

216 5-Jun-02 Eland Disspain, copies to Delzoppo, Mohan 6/4 Update

217 5-Jun-02 Eland Disspain, copies to Delzoppo, Mohan Re: 6/4 Update

218 6-Jun-02 Luczak Eland More stuff (Attached: Bug tracking.doc)

219 6-Jun-02 Luczak Eland Whois Script

220 6-Jun-02 Luczak Eland More (Attached: DNS Testing.doc)

221 ~ 6 June 2002 Afilias AusRegistry DNS Testing Doc

222 ~ 6 June 2003 Afilias AusRegistry AusRegistry Conformance, Load, & Scalability Test Results

223 6-Jun-02 Afilias AusRegistry "AusRegistry Audit Briefing, Conducted by Afilias" doc

224 7-Jun-02 Eland Mohan Re: 6/4 Update

225 7-Jun-02 Mohan Eland Fw: Audit Briefing Report (Attached: AusRegistry Audit Briefing.doc)

226 7-Jun-02 Eland Disspain, copies to Delzoppo, Mohan Briefing report

227 9-Jun-02 Delzoppo Eland, Mohan FW: Go-live

228 10-Jun-02 Afilias AusRegistry EPP6 Specifications Test

229 11-Jun-02 Mohan Disspain, copies to Delzoppo, Eland, Kinderis Note re: auDA announcement

230 14-Jun-02 Eland Disspain, copy to Mohan Re: Report

231 16-Jun-02 Eland Disspain, copy to Mohan Report

232 1-Jul-02 Young Mohan, Eland Aus

Correspondence to and from Chris Disspain, to and from Afilias staff
(Dates are usually date at sender's location; note Australia is across the international date line)

-- Date From To Subject / Notes

-- 8-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin, MelbourneIT Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Howard Eland, testbed registrars, et al data structure elements for .au domain name registrations

-- 9-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al proposed draft EPP schema for AusRegistry Directory Object

-- 9-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al proposed draft EPP schema for AusRegistry Directory Object; auDA contractual requirements with ICANN, internationalized domain names

-- 10-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al issues arising from EPP protocol that require policy discussion

-- 10-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al second set of issues arising from EPP protocol that require policy discussion

-- 10-Jan-02 Simon Delzoppo Chris Disspain, with copies to Eland et al policy decisions from October 1 meeting

-- 10-Jan-02 Chris Disspain Disspain's comments regarding policy decisions from October 1 meeting; to be kept in confidence for the time being by recipients

-- 10-Jan-02 David Keegler Bruce Tonkin, with copies to Disspain, Eland, et al issues arising from EPP protocol that require policy discussion

-- 10-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al minutes from last IETF meeting on EPP

-- 10-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al registry outage during transition to new registry

-- 11-Jan-02 David Keegler Bruce Tonkin, chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al re: registry outage during transition to new registry

-- 11-Jan-02 Bruce Tonkin Chris@ausregistry.com.au, with copies to Disspain, Eland, testbed registrars, et al categories for Internet Directory

-- 13-Jan-02 Simon Delzoppo Chris Disspain, with copies to Eland et al registrar transfers. / "I have just met with Howard and Chris to get their thoughts and draw from Howard's experience."

-- 13-Jan-02 Simon Delzoppo Chris Disspain, with copies to Eland et al registrar transfers

-- 15-Jan-02 Simon Delzoppo Chris Wright, Eland, et al forward of correspondence to Greg Watson and Disspain regarding issues arising from EPP protocol that require policy discussion

-- 16-Jan-02 Chris Disspain to/from Simon Delzoppo, with copies to Eland et al transition plan meeting request. / Delzoppo says "Howard, Chris, and I will be attending from the registry."

-- 20-Jan-02 Simon Delzoppo transition plan meeting cancelled

-- 31-Jan-02 Simon Delzoppo Chris Disspain, with copies to Hal Lubsen, Ram Mohan, Roland LaPlante, Eland et al Registry Progress Report / This is a summary of all progress, including registry design, staffing, contracts, systems testing, hardware, zone files, etc. "Senior Management (Adrain Kinderis and Simon Delzoppo) are overseeing the project assisted by staff from Afilias."

-- 5-Feb-02 Simon Delzoppo gwatson@computer.org, with copies to Disspain, Eland, et al Final EPP Extension Specifications

-- 14-Feb-02 Chris Wright Chris Disspain, with copies to Eland, Delzoppo, et al EPP specifications RFT confirmation

-- 7-Apr-02 Simon Delzoppo Chris Disspain, with copies to Eland et al Registry Progress Update / "we are currently analysing all existing registry data in preparation for data transition testing"; "'Go Live" date is set for 3 June 2002"

-- 19-Apr-02 Simon Delzoppo Chris Disspain, with copies to Eland et al Data Transition Report / 'data migration"

-- 9-May-02 Chris Disspain to/from Howard Eland Testing Framework for AusRegistry. / Disspain says plan "sounds great to me."

-- 10-May-02 Simon Delzoppo Eland, Chris Disspain et al Testing Framework for AusRegistry. / Delzoppo tells Eland "Totally agree with your testing procedure outline"

-- 13-May-02 Ram Mohan Chris Disspain, with copies to Delzoppo, Eland et al re: Testing Framework for AusRegistry

-- 13-May-02 Chris Disspain Eland Liberty Testing requirements and kickoff

-- 13-May-02 Howard Eland Wright, with copies to Disspain, Young Liberty Testing requirements and kickoff

-- 13-May-02 to/from Howard Eland to/from Disspain re: Liberty Testing requirements and kickoff

-- 14-May-02 Simon Delzoppo Disspain, Ram Mohan re: Testing Framework for AusRegistry

-- 14-May-00 Chris Disspain Ram Mohan Test Framework for Aus Registry. / "authorization to commence testing" on auDA letterhead

-- 14-May-02 Mohan Disspain, Delzoppo, eland, Mike Young Afilias-AusRegistry Status Update. Will Luczak being sent down to Australia

-- 30-May-02 Chris Disspain Eland, with copies to Delzoppo et al Disspain requests that Eland skip the planned Oracle test

-- 31-May-02 Howard Eland Chris Disspain, copies to Mohan et al status update on testing

-- 2-Jun-02 Simon Delzoppo Eland, with copies to Disspain et al update on testing

-- 2-Jun-02 Simon Delzoppo Eland and Disspain, with copies to Mohan et al Delzoppo suggests to Eland that they not load test the system to 1 million domains (1m) before the report is submitted to auDA

-- 2-Jun-02 Eland Disspain and Delzoppo, copies to Mohan et al Testing / Eland says he is "extremely uncomfortable with not having the load test completed before the report"

-- 2-Jun-02 Eland Disspain and Delzoppo, copies to Mohan et al load test

-- 2-Jun-02 Delzoppo Eland, with copies to Disspain, Mohan, et al load test

-- 3-Jun-02 Chris Wright Eland, with copies to Disspain, Delzoppo, et al 1m domains test underway

-- 3-Jun-02 Eland Disspain, with copy to Eland load test running smoothly

-- 3-Jun-02 Disspain Eland, with copies to Mohan et al critical need for report by 9:00 an Friday

-- 3-Jun-02 Disspain Eland, with copies to Mohan et al critical need for report by 9:00 an Friday

-- 5-Jun-02 Mohan Disspain, with copy to Eland et al eta for report

-- 5-Jun-02 Eland Disspain, with copy to Mohan testing

-- 5-Jun-02 Disspain Eland, with copies to Mohan et al need for summary report

-- 5-Jun-02 Eland Disspain, with copies to Mohan et al deadline for report

-- 6-Jun-02 Eland Disspain, with copies to Mohan et al Audit briefing report attached

-- 7-Jun-02 Eland Disspain, with copies to Mohan et al briefing report

-- 7-Jun-02 Disspain various auDA has signed off on the registry, and will announce a firm "go-live" date.

-- 11-Jun-02 Mohan Disspain, with copeis to Delzoppo, Eland et al auDA announcement; database scalability is still to be tested

-- 14-Jun-02 Disspain Eland, with copy to Mohan need for report

-- 16-Jun-02 Eland Disspain, with copy to Mohan working on final report

Note: The following related submissions have been posted on the public comment forum:

Letter attached, from Chris Disspain (10 September 2002)
[Documentation regarding ISOC Supplemental Question No. 7], from Simon P. Delzoppo (10 September 2002)
[Comments on Afilias Involvement in auDA Transition], from Simon P. Delzoppo (10 September 2002)

Supplemental Question No. 8:
(posed to the Internet Society on 9 September for response by 11 September 2002)

Footnote 2 of Internet Society Response to the Preliminary Staff Report on Evaluation of the Proposals for the Reassignment of the .org Registry reads "2. Ref. ISOC Application, Section C17.13, C17.28". Did you intend it to read "2. Ref. ISOC Application, Section C17.13, C28"?

Response to Supplemental Question No. 8:

The Internet Society Response

Yes. There was a typographical error in this footnote. Footnote #2 should indeed read: 2. Ref. ISOC Application, Section C17.13, C28.

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