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Draft NCAP Study 2 Report and Responses to Questions Regarding Name Collisions

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Draft NCAP Study 2 Report and Responses to Questions Regarding Name Collisions Submission - Policy staff in support of the At-Large Community, At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
28 February 2024

Submission Summary:

Please find attached (PDF) the ALAC Statement on Draft NCAP Study 2 Report and Responses to Questions Regarding Name Collisions.


Ratification information is included on the cover page.


Kind Regards,


ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community

Website: atlarge.icann.org 

Facebook: facebook.com/icannatlarge

Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge


Draft NCAP Study 2 Report and Responses to Questions Regarding Name Collisions Submission - (RySG), Registries Stakeholder Group
28 February 2024

Submission Summary:

The Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Draft NCAP Study 2 Report and Responses.  

We appreciate the time and expertise the participants dedicated to developing responses to questions regarding name collisions. We also encourage the Board to take into account ICANN staff’s contribution and analysis of privacy issues. As evidenced by our engagement in community efforts, the RySG has exp...


Draft NCAP Study 2 Report and Responses to Questions Regarding Name Collisions Submission - Intellectual Property Constituency
28 February 2024

Submission Summary:

IPC provides comments on the non technical aspects of the NCAP Study 2 report. The comments are intended to encourage more definitive actions including the timing of the collision review in relation to other ICANN reviews and processes, determining whether to leave a string in the root or remove it and to expedite review to in order to avoid costly mitigation in the future. Further, any additional studies should not delay the timing of the ne...


Draft NCAP Study 2 Report and Responses to Questions Regarding Name Collisions Submission - Kuhl, Rubens
28 February 2024

Submission Summary:

The dichotomy suggested in the report between IPv6 and Controlled Interruption is not based on fact-based finding, but on lack of testing. ::1 (meaning ::1/128 as in IPv6 there is no localhost subnet, only a localhost) is a perfectly good solution to add IPv6 support to Controlled Interruption, targeting IPv6-only hosts. I support doing a study with a few key operating systems to confirm its usefulness and lack of side effects before the fina...


Draft NCAP Study 2 Report and Responses to Questions Regarding Name Collisions Submission - ICANN Business Constituency (BC)
28 February 2024

Submission Summary:

The BC thanks the NCAP DG for their significant efforts to assess and detail the challenges posed by Name Collision (NC) and possible solutions.

While we agree with most of the assessment, we have some concerns and suggestions regarding the new Risk Assessment Framework. Please see our attached comment.


Draft NCAP Study 2 Report and Responses to Questions Regarding Name Collisions Submission - Com Laude
27 February 2024

Submission Summary:

We urge the Discussion Group to attach estimated time frames to the name collision risk assessment workflow outlined in the report to provide some predictability for applicants. We also ask you to consider advising that the risk assessment analysis commence as soon as possible after the publication of the applied-for TLDs, and certainly prior to other TLD assessment procedures such as objections and contention resolution.


Draft NCAP Study 2 Report and Responses to Questions Regarding Name Collisions Submission - ICANN org
26 February 2024

Submission Summary:

ICANN org fully supports the importance of a mitigation strategy for name collisions. We have concerns about the implementability of some of the proposed recommendations in NCAP Study 2. Furthermore, ICANN org would like to point out that should the ICANN Board decide to direct ICANN org to implement these recommendations, it is likely to have an impact on the resources needed for the next round (compared with those used in the 2012 round to m...