SAC043-SSAC-Comment-on-JAS-IANA-Report-FINAL-20101005

SSAC Comment on the Report on the IANA Process for Root Zone Change Requests 
SAC 043 SSAC Comment on the JAS Report on the IANA Process for Implementing Root Zone Change Requests and on the IANA Explanatory Memoranda 






A Comment from the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) 05 October 2010 SAC043 1
SSAC Comment on the Report on the IANA Process for Root Zone Change Requests Preface 
 This is a Comment by the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) on the following report by JAS Communications LLC: “IANA Process for Implementing Root Zone Change Requests: Review and Assessment of Risk Management Strategy and Comparison of Implementation Options” posted on 19 April 2010. This also is a comment on the IANA response to the JAS report recommendations, the “Explanatory Memoranda Regarding the Report ‘IANA Process for Implementing Root Zone Change Requests – Review and Assessment of Risk Management Strategy and Comparison of Implementation Options.’” The SSAC advises the ICANN community and Board on matters relating to the security and integrity of the Internet's naming and address allocation systems. This includes operational matters (e.g., matters pertaining to the correct and reliable operation of the root name system), administrative matters (e.g., matters pertaining to address allocation and Internet number assignment), and registration matters (e.g., matters pertaining to registry and ...