SSAC Advisory Concerning the Mitigation of Name Collision Risk (R-3)

Date IssuedDocumentReference IDCurrent Phase

  

SSAC Advisory Concerning the Mitigation of Name Collision Risk (R-3)SAC062

CLOSED



  1. Phase 1 Receive
  2. Phase 2 Understand
  3. Phase 3 Evaluate
  4. Phase 4 Implement
  5. Phase 5 Close
  6. Closed



Description:

ICANN should explicitly consider under what circumstances un-delegation of a TLD is the appropriate mitigation for a security or stability issue.  In the case where a TLD has an established namespace, ICANN should clearly identify why the risk and harm of the TLD remaining in the root zone is greater than the risk and harm of removing a viable and in-use namespace from the DNS. Finally, ICANN should work in consultation with the community, in particular the root zone management partners, to create additional processes or update existing processes to accommodate the potential need for rapid reversal of the delegation of a TLD.


STATUS UPDATES

DatePhaseTypeStatus Updates

 

ClosedPhase ChangeThis Advice Item is now Closed

 

Phase 5Board UpdateThis item has been processed as much as is relevant and is considered complete; no work is outstanding from the perspective of Board Advice (note that related implementation work may have been integrated into ICANN’s ongoing operations or other initiatives). Status provided in 19 October 2016 letter from ICANN Board Chair to SSAC Chair (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/crocker-to-faltstrom-19oct16-en.pdf). The ICANN Board passed a resolution on 21 Nov 2013 that, "directs ICANN's President and CEO to have the advice provided in SAC062 evaluated,” (https://www.icann.org/resources/boardmaterial/resolutions-2013-11-21-en#2.d). The recommendation was considered by ICANN while developing the Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework. Recommendation was taken and included in the framework. See: https://www.icann.org/resources/boardmaterial/resolutions-new-gtld-2014-07-30-en.

 

Phase 5Phase ChangeNow in Phase 5: Close

 

Phase 1Phase UpdateSSAC published SAC062: SSAC Advisory Concerning the Mitigation of Name Collision Risk: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-062-en.pdf.