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On 11 April 2011, the ALAC began a five day vote on the third version (the present document), consisting of the ALAC Statement with the Addendum. This statement was sent to the staff person responsible for this issue and the Board Secretary, with a note saying that this document was currently undergoing the ALAC ratification process.   

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Statement of the ALAC on the Public Call by the Stability, Security, and Resilience of the DNS Review Team (SSR-RT)

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6.       Original solutions proposed to increase the Stability, Security, and Resilience of the DNS at the protocol level, including the design of the Root Server system.

Wiki MarkupWhile we believe the current system of hierarchical DNS works relatively well from a technical point of view, we think that one of the roles of ICANN would be to encourage, help and possibly fund research that would address the challenges and needs of on future naming systems\[[1]\|#_ftn1\].

7.       Processes used by DNS users and operators to guarantee that the Risk Analysis related to the DNS is comprehensive and updated.

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The long-term benefits of DNSSEC implementation are likely to outweigh its short term trade-offs and the ALAC would therefore cautiously warrant the full deployment of DNSSEC for all new gTLDs, provided smaller sized applicants are allowed a period of adaptation for them to be able to sign their zone.

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Wiki Markup\[[1] \] For example, having multiple registries managing domains under the same TLD. Such proposals have been floating around for a long time. See, for example, the original proposal for the SRS protocol at [ftp://ftp.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/doc/ripe/ietf/98dec/drp-minutes-98dec.txt|ftp://ftp.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/doc/ripe/ietf/98dec/drp-minutes-98dec.txt], or academic research on alternative name resolution systems like CoDoNS at [http://www.cs.cornell.edu/people/egs/beehive/codons.php|http://www.cs.cornell.edu/people/egs/beehive/codons. php]. \\