The Technical Issues Working Group is for everybody interested in the stability, safety and security of Domain Name System (DNS). Among the issues covered by this group are DNSSEC, DNS Exploitation Techniques such as Fast Flux Hosting and issues concerning the implementation of IPv6.

It has been noted by many in At-Large (as well as others) that the issues which most concern the community of Internet end users are those related to the security and trustability of the Internet.

One of the core components of ICANN’s mission is to ensure the stability and security of the DNS and autonomous number system within its remit. There has been a debate for as long as ICANN has been around about where ICANN’s mission begins and ends with respect to issues such as spam, phishing, pharming and other activities which use the DNS in criminal or fraudulent ways. As some of these activities go far beyond the DNS and autonomous number system and some law enforcement agencies feel that action should be reserved to them, it is challenging to evaluate how ICANN can have a significant impact to reducing such activities while operating within its remits.

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Members

The members of At-Large Technical Issues WG, organized by regional affiliation, are:

Region	Member	Office

Former WG Members

Meetings

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Meetings and Events

Monthly Reports

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Working Group Members Who are we?

Meetings and Events of the Summit Working Group on DNS Security Issues and the IPv6 WG.

Monthly Reports of the Technical Issues Working Group.

The Technical Issues Working Group is the result of a merger between the working groups on DNS Security Issues and IPv6 Issues. The decision to merge and rename the two working groups was taken during the ICANN meeting in Seoul in October 2009.

The DNS Security Issues WG was one of the five working groups created in advance of the At-Large Summit in Mexico City in March 2009. It was originally entitled "Working Group on DNS Security Issue within ICANN's Remit". The working group on IPv6 issues, on the other hand, has been in existence since 2007.