ICANN Meeting 46 Beijing April 2013 – SSAC Liaison Report
(as at 22Apr13)
1. ROLE OF SSAC LIAISON. My role, as I see it, is to provide a conduit whereby ALAC can provide the SSAC with input to and feedback on SSAC Reports, and suggest and influence the selection of topics that the SSAC might study. Additionally, I seek to ensure that SSAC reports are written in a way that is understandable and meaningful to the ALAC audience. Like all other liaisons, this role means that I not only need to keep up to date with all SSAC topics that are being worked on (whether I am a member of the Working Group or not), but also need to keep a watching eye on topics being discussed in the ALAC. It is also the case that much of the work that SSAC is doing cannot be discussed in open forum, and so my reporting cannot usually be as detailed as other liaisons.
2. MEETINGS ATTENDED IN BEIJING. The schedule of SSAC and security related meetings in Beijing was a full one and only allowed me to attend a limited number of ALAC Meetings and other general ICANN sessions:
SSAC Meetings
Sunday, 07 April
1550-1630: SSAC Update to the ALAC— Function 6
Monday, 08 April
1230: SSAC Update to the ccNSO — Function 2A/B
1330-1500: LEA/SSAC Meeting — Rainbow
Tuesday 09 April
0800-1800: SSAC Private Meetings at ICANN Meeting — Moon
1045-1015: SSAC Update to Registry Stakeholder Group — Function 8A/B
1405-1430: SSAC Update to the ISP Constituency — Function 5B/C
1500-1800: SSAC Full Committee Meeting — Moon
Wednesday 10 April
8:30 am to 2:45 pm -- DNSSEC Workshop at ICANN Meeting — Rainbow
Thursday, 11 April
8:00-9:00: SSAC Public Meeting at ICANN Meeting — Auditorium
ALAC Meetings
Sunday, 07 April
8:00-18:00: ALAC and Regional Leadership Meeting—Function Room 6
Monday, 08 April
1700-1900: APRALO Multistakeholder Policy Roundtable — Function 6
Friday, 12 April
9:00-12:00: ALAC ExCom Meeting — Function Room 11
9:00-10:00: Reports from ALAC Liaisons
Other Sessions and Meetings
Monday, 08 April
9:00-10:30: Welcome Ceremony and President's Open Session— Grand Hall A
1500-1630: New gTLD SSR Update — Grand Hall A
Thursday, 11 April
1000-1100: DNS Risk Management Framework Update — Function 9
11:00 am-12:30: DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group (DSSA-WG) — Function 9
Board Meeting
Open Forum
3. SSAC MEETING WITH ALAC. The briefing provided by Patrik Fältström, the SSAC Chair, on Sunday 7th April provided an update on the recently released SSAC Report:
SAC057 SSAC Advisory on Internal Name Certificates
This topic generated many questions and much discussion, so much so that there was insufficient time to brief on the other recently released SSAC Report:
SAC058 SSAC Report on Domain Name Registration Data Validation
Patrik also advised of the current active Working Parties within SSAC:
Identifier Abuse Metrics Work Party
Root Key Rollover Work Party
New gTLD Success Metrics Work Party
Abuse of the DNS Work Party
MDNS, Complexity/Challenges in the DNS Work Party
Follow-up discussion subsequent to the meeting affirmed that more time was needed to fully discuss all items of interest and so planning should allow a full hour with the SSAC in Durban.
4. NEW GTLD SSR UPDATE. This session (1500-1630 Monday 8Apr2013) provided lively discussion and I have summarized it as a separate report.
