Google on dotless domains [was Re: IAB Statement on Dotless Domains]2013-07-23 18:22:26Google is pushing for dotless-dot-search, so you can guarantee it will work in chromium (with or without ICANN's blessing). Here is what a Google employee actually said about Google and dotless domains at last week's ICANN public forum in Durban: JORDYN BUCHANAN: HELLO. I'M JORDYN BUCHANAN WITH GOOGLE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE SOME OF THE SSR CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD TODAY A LITTLE MORE CONCRETE AT LEAST WITH A COUPLE EXAMPLES THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO DISCUSS AS AN APPLICANT FOR NEW gTLDs. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO VERY BRIEFLY ADDRESS DOTLESS TLDS. AS PEOPLE MAY KNOW, WE HAVE SUBMITTED A APPLICATION AMENDMENT FOR OUR DOT SEARCH TLD THAT DOES INCLUDE A REGISTRY SERVICE THAT INCLUDES DOTLESS AND A DOTLESS ELEMENT. WE FULLY EXPECT -- AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE GUIDEBOOK PROVIDES THAT IF AN APPLICANT PROPOSES TO OPERATE A DOTLESS SERVICE, THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL SCRUTINY AND THAT ICANN WILL REVIEW THAT PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT ANY SECURITY CONCERNS ARE MITIGATED. WE APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE POTENTIAL SSR CONCERNS AND WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT ICANN WILL FULLY REVIEW THAT BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO ALLOW THAT SERVICE TO BE OPERATED. WE DO NOT INTEND TO BYPASS THE PROCESS OR OTHERWISE HAVE OUR AMENDMENT APPROVED PRIOR TO THE FULL EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSED SERVICE. SECOND, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT WE ARE -- WE'RE THE APPLICANT FOR DOT ADS. IT HAS A LOW PRIORITY NUMBER, 392. IT'S UNCONTENDED. THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS. I EXPECT THAT UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO START TO OPERATE IT IN THE RELATIVELY NEAR FUTURE, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES. BECAUSE IT ALSO APPEARS ON THE TOP HANDFUL OF POTENTIAL NAME COLLISIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE INTERAISLE REPORT OR AT LEAST THE PREVIEW OF IT THAT WE'VE SEEN. TO THAT EXTENT I'M HERE TO COMMIT TODAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO OPERATE DOT ADS PRIOR TO A FULL EVALUATION OF ANY POTENTIAL SECURITY INTERACTIONSMENT WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO AMY AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY HAVE ISSUES AND WE'LL START TO WORK ON MITIGATION NOW. WE HAVE A CONCRETE EXAMPLE, LET'S START TO WORK ON THE PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE POINT THAT WE'RE READY TO START TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER TLDS THAT OTHER PEOPLE OPERATE OR ARE CON TENTDED WE WORK THROUGH THIS ISSUE. WE WON'T DELEGATE IT UNTIL IT'S SOLVED. [ APPLAUSE. ] CHERINE CHALABY: THANK YOU, JORDYN. ANYONE WISH TO COMMENT ON JORDYN'S -- FADI. FADI CHEHADE: YEAH, JORDYN, JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSIBLE APPROACH YOU'RE TAKING AND GOOGLE IS TAKING HERE. IT'S APPRECIATED. AND I THINK EVEN AMY AND OTHERS WOULD APPRECIATE THE WAY WE ARE DEALING WITH THESE POTENTIAL ISSUES. SO REALLY, THAT'S THE WAY I HOPE ALL OF US WILL COOPERATE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AS A COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. CHERINE CHALABY: THANK YOU, FADI. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
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