SSAC

Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)

APRIL FIRST 2006

SSAC Releases Report on Alternative TLD Name Systems and Root Name Services

In this report, SSAC considers conditions and factors that could accelerate fragmentation, destabilize root name service and alter the existing name system management framework to a much greater degree than pure for-profit initiatives. We present a rudimentary classification of alternative root name server systems and alternative TLD name system administrators. For each class, we attempt to identify the stated or implied incentives for operating an alternative root name service and managing alternative TLDs. We describe the operational models and the technical mechanisms each class of operators employs to provide name resolution and registration services. We then consider the impact on Internet users and service providers (ISPs), domain name registrants, and registries that operate under agreements with ICANN.

Steve Crocker (chair)
Dave Piscitello (fellow)

[edit] External Links

SSAC on icann.org

People

Alain Aina (Consultant)
Jaap Akkerhuis (NLnet Labs)
KC Claffy (CAIDA)
Steve Crocker (Shinkuro), Chair
Robert Guerra (Privaterra; Liaison, At Large Advisory Committee)
Johan Ihrén (Autonomica)
Rodney Joffe (Centergate)
Mark Kosters (Verisign)
Allison Mankin (Consultant)
Ram Mohan (Afilias)
Russ Mundy (SPARTA, Inc)
Frederico Neves (registro.br)
Jon Peterson (NeuStar)
Ray Plzak (ARIN)
Mike St. Johns (Nominum)
Doron Shikmoni (ForeScout, ISOC-IL)
Bruce Tonkin (Melbourne IT; Chair, Generic Names Supporting Organization)
Paul Vixie (ISC)
Suzanne Woolf (ISC)

Support for the committee is provided by Jim Galvin (eList eXpress).

[edit] Member Picture Gallery

Jaap Akkerhuis (NLnet Labs)	Steve Crocker (Shinkuro), Chair	Robert Guerra (Privaterra; Liaison, At Large Advisory Committee)	Rodney Joffe (Centergate)
Ram Mohan (Afilias)	Doron Shikmoni (ForeScout, ISOC-IL)	Bruce Tonkin (Melbourne IT; Chair, Generic Names Supporting Organization)	Paul Vixie (ISC)
Suzanne Woolf (ISC)