[sdnog] Middle East and Adjoining Countries (MEAC) DNS Study Draft Report

[Fahd Batayneh]

Nishal, I understand your point, and have bumped into similar issues with Adobe Connect (which is banned in Sudan) for a webinar in Iran (which is blocked, too).

 

But I think the ban on IT and Internet related services are being lifted gradually in OFAC-hit countries (like Sudan).

 

Fahd

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Nishal Goburdhan [mailto:nishal at controlfreak.co.za] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 5:41 PM
To: Fahd Batayneh
Cc: Sudan NOG
Subject: Re: [sdnog] Middle East and Adjoining Countries (MEAC) DNS Study Draft Report

 

On 12 Oct 2015, at 16:46, Fahd Batayneh wrote:

 

> Friends and Colleagues,

> 

> Earlier this year, and as part of the recommendations of ICANN's 

> Engagement Strategy in the Middle East, we issued an RFP seeking a 

> consultant to work on a study that defines the DNS Industry in the 

> Middle East and Adjoining Countries (22 Arab States, Turkey, Iran, 

> Afghanistan, and Pakistan), and ti provide a set of recommendations on 

> how to progress it forward. It feel on the shoulders of the EURid 

> Consortium to deliver this study.

> 

> Please find the draft report of the study as well as an infographic 

> both at  <https://community.icann.org/display/MES/MEAC+DNS+Study> https://community.icann.org/display/MES/MEAC+DNS+Study. Please 

> note that the document is draft, and so is open for any comments or 

> feedback you may have.

> Feedback and comments can be sent to  <mailto:meswg at icann.org> meswg at icann.org.

> 

> Please note that we intend to hold an update session at the ICANN 

> Dublin meeting  to share the findings of the study with whoever is 

> interested in it or in the DNS Industry in the MEAC region. The 

> session will take place on Tuesday October 20 at 16.15 - 17.30 UTC. 

> More information can be found at 

>  <https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/tue-middle-east-dns> https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/tue-middle-east-dns.

 

 

i seem to remember that an earlier dns event that was streamed, wasn’t 

available to interested participants from inside sudan. [1]   at least 

not without them having to resort to complicated, and, imho, unnecessary techniques, like IP address masking, through services like offsite VPNs and proxies, etc.

 

in the interests of inclusiveness, and since this is *primarily*, a middle east and north africa report, it would be helpful if the service in use for streaming, this time, allowed participation from, well, all of the middle east and north africa :-)

including, from inside sudan.   (and syria, and iran, and yemen, and 

…).   without the participants having to jump through hoops to get to 

the streaming, eh ?

 

i’m not going to be in either of these countries around that time; but i’m sure, that if you ask, there will be no shortage of interested, clueful and capable people, from this list, that will volunteer to test a pre-screening, ahead of time…

 

just saying…

—n.

 

[1]  <http://lists.sdnog.sd/pipermail/sdnog/2015-March/000202.html> http://lists.sdnog.sd/pipermail/sdnog/2015-March/000202.html

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