Description
This is a joint meeting of the Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) and the ICANN Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO). The joint meeting is open to observers.
Details
ICANN 63 | Room 129/130
13:30-15:00
Agenda
Questions from RSSAC to OCTO
In OCTO’s interpretation of ICANN Board Resolution 2018.09.16.10, is the scope of the resolution the root server system as a whole or the IMRS/L-root?
There appears to be an inherent conflict between “increase[ing] observation and monitoring of the system as a whole” and a much more distributed “hyper-local root-esque” solution that has been championed by OCTO. There are RSSAC and SSAC statements as well as the CDAR report which provide a clear indication of the need for additional monitoring, and it is certain that any level of monitoring will only get more challenging with a more distributed resolution system. How does OCTO intend to reconcile implementing both and what measures have been taken thus far for each?
Can OCTO explain what research informed the ICANN Board that the “long-term outlook for the traditional approach appears bleak,” when this is the current approach?
Can OCTO be more specific on what “new technological advances and methodologies” are envisaged to “enhance existing root server operator practices” that are not occurring organically and require ICANN org shepherding.?
