SSAC Comment on Orphan Glue Records in the Draft Applicant Guidebook (R3)

Date IssuedDocumentReference IDCurrent Phase

  

SSAC Comment on Orphan Glue Records in the Draft Applicant Guidebook (R3)SAC048

CLOSED



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



Description:

The SSAC offers the following comments for consideration on the removal of orphan glue records:

Finally, to mitigate the actual abuse of orphaned glue, registry operators should take action to remove these records when provided with evidence that the glue is indeed present to abet malicious conduct.


STATUS UPDATES

DatePhaseTypeStatus Updates

 

ClosedBoard Update

This 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).

ICANN implemented this advice in the language of the Applicant Guidebook (https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/guidebookfull-04jun12-en.pdf) and the New gTLD Base Registry Agreement, Specification 6, Section 4.2, which references the SSAC Advisory directly: "Malicious Use of Orphan Glue Records. Registry Operators shall take action to remove orphan glue records (as defined at http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/sac048.pdf) when provided with evidence in written form that such records are present in connection with malicious conduct." See https://newgtlds.icann.org/sites/default/files/agreements/agreement-approved-09jan14-en.pdf.

 

Phase 1Phase UpdateSSAC published SAC048: SSAC Comment on Orphan Glue Records in the Draft Applicant Guidebook : https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-048-en.pdf.