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.
- Presentation of Internationalized Registration Data (SAC037), Ram Mohan, Afilias
Support for characters from local languages in registration record submission and display is an issue that affects many ICANN stakeholders, including the GNSO, CCNSO, ALAC and GAC. We will briefly summarize SSAC's recommendations.
- Protecting Domain Registration Services from Exploitation and Misuse, Dave Piscitello, ICANN
Attacks against domain name registration accounts and malicious reconfiguration of DNS records are among the most damaging security events that an organization can experience. While DNS abuse is not a new form of attack, it continues to occur frequently enough to warrant SSAC’s renewed attention. This work focuses on registrars.
- DNS Redirection and Synthesized Responses (SAC041), Steve Crocker, SSAC Chair
SSAC advises ICANN that new TLDs, including both new gTLDs and new ccTLDs, should not use DNS redirection and synthesized DNS responses. We recommend ICANN take all available steps with appropriate entities to prohibit such use.
- Structural Changes to SSAC, Steve Crocker, SSAC Chair
In addition to ICANN's review of SSAC and its activities, SSAC has conducted its own review of itself. We summarize some of the changes we have already made and those that are planned.
- Orphaned Name Servers, Dave Piscitello, ICANN
A name server can be orphaned when the name server record exists for a delegation but no name server exists for the parent. Preliminary studies show a correlation between orphaned name servers and malicious use of the DNS. SSAC will continue to jointly study this issue with the APWG.
