SSAC Open Meeting

Date: 
Mon 02 Mar 2009 - 08:00 - 09:00
Room: 
Don Diego 3

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.

Agenda details: 

SSAC Agenda


* 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.