SSAC Open Meeting
What it is | This session is the public presentation of the work of the Security
and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC).
Why it's important | SSAC's work is primarily concerned with security and stability issues of the Internet's naming and address allocation systems.
Who should attend? | The public is invited to interact with SSAC members with questions and comments regarding any issue related to SSAC.
* Opening and Introduction
Steve Crocker, SSAC Chair
This is the public presentation of the work of the Security and
Stability Advisory Committee.
The public is invited to interact with SSAC members with questions and
comments.
* Short Reports
Steve Crocker, SSAC Chair
- Protecting High Value Domain Names
- Study of Scaling the Root
- Comments on ICANN's Strategic Plan
- Fast Flux Activities Update
* DNSSEC Status Update
Steve Crocker, SSAC Chair
In SSAC publication SAC026, SSAC made recommendations to the ICANN
community and expressed its intention to review the readiness and
completeness of DNSSEC by evaluating
several enumerated issues. Steve Crocker will present a status report.
* Registration Abuse Contact Information
Dave Piscitello, ICANN, Senior Security Technologist
SSAC will discuss the value of requiring registrars to provide a point
of contact for matters pertaining to domain abuse and the need to make
contact (PoC) information for this PoC publicly available.
* Whois Display And Usage: Support For Characters From Local Languages or Scripts
Ram Mohan, Afilias, Executive Vice President & CTO
Domain names are poised to support “internationalization,” which
affects how users compose domain names, how registrars collect and
display contact information, and how users experience Whois services.
SSAC examines how the use of characters from local languages or
scripts affects the user experience with respect to domain name
registration and Whois applications.