RSSAC Caucus Work Parties
This page provides an overview of work parties in the RSSAC Caucus, including a description of the effort and its current status.
Composition | Work parties consist of a work party leader; members who may contribute to, review, or observe the work; and an RSSAC shepherd. Staff support resources from the ICANN organization are available to assist the work party.
Current Status | There are five stages to a work party.
Initiation
The RSSAC has approved the statement of work and appointed a shepherd. There is an open call for volunteers from the RSSAC Caucus.
Active
The Work Party is conducting its work and preparing its work product.
Inactive
The RSSAC has suspended the work party to evaluate its status.
Review
The work party has concluded its work, and the work product is under review by the RSSAC Caucus and/or the RSSAC.
Closed
The RSSAC has published the work product.
RSS Security Incident Reporting
- Description: Statement of Work
- Current Status: Active
- Work Party Leader: Robert Story
- RSSAC Shepherd: Ken Renard
- Staff Support: Andrew McConachie
RSSAC002v5
- Description: Statement of Work
- Current Status: Closed
- Output: RSSAC002v5: Advisory on Measurements of the Root Server System
- Work Party Leader: Ray Bellis
- RSSAC Shepherd: Ken Renard
- Staff Support: Andrew McConachie
RSSAC001v2
- Description: Statement of Work
- Current Status: Closed
- Output: RSSAC001v2: Service Expectations of Root Server Operators
- Work Party Leader: Duane Wessels
- RSSAC Shepherd: Duane Wessels
- Staff Support: Steve Sheng
RSSAC047v2
- Description: Statement of Work
- Current Status: Closed
- Output: RSSAC047v2: RSSAC Advisory on Metrics for the DNS Root Servers and the Root Server System
- Work Party Leader: Anupam Agrawal
- RSSAC Shepherd: Duane Wessels
- Staff Support: Steve Sheng
Tool to Gather a Local Perspective of the Root Server System
- Description: Statement of Work
- Current Status: Closed
- Output: RSSAC057: Requirements for Measurements of the Local Perspective on the Root Server System
- Work Party Leader: Abdulkarim Oloyede
- RSSAC Shepherd: Ken Renard
- Staff Support: Andrew McConachie
Effects and Mitigations of a Rogue Root Server Operator
- Description: Statement of Work
- Current Status: Closed
- Output: RSSAC056: RSSAC Advisory on Rogue DNS Root Server Operators
- Work Party Leader: Ken Renard
- RSSAC Shepherd: Ken Renard
- Staff Support: Steve Sheng
Expectations of the Root Server System and Related Metrics
- Description: Statement of Work
- Current Status: Closed
- Output: RSSAC047: RSSAC Advisory on Metrics for the DNS Root Servers and the Root Server System
- Work Party Leaders: Duane Wessels and Russ Mundy
- RSSAC Shepherds: Brad Verd and Wes Hardaker
- Staff Support: Steve Sheng
Studying Modern Resolver Behaviours
- Description: Statement of Work
- Current Status: Closed
- Output: Report on the Conclusion of the Modern Resolver Behavior Work Party
- Work Party Leader: Paul Hoffman
- RSSAC Shepherd: Fred Baker
- Staff Support: Andrew McConachie
Service Coverage of the Root Server System
- Description: Statement of Work
- Current Status: Inactive
- Work Party Leader: Lars-Johan Liman
- RSSAC Shepherd: Lars-Johan Liman
- Staff Support: Steve Sheng
Packet Sizes
- Description: Statement of Work
- Current Status: Closed
- Work Party Leader: George Michaelson
- RSSAC Shepherd: Duane Wessels
- Staff Support: Andrew McConachie
Best Practices for the Distribution of Anycast Instances of the Root Name Service
- Description: Statement of Work
- Current Status: Closed
- Work Party Leader: Kaveh Ranjbar
- RSSAC Shepherd: Kaveh Ranjbar
- Staff Support: Andrew McConachie
Harmonization of Anonymization Procedures for Data Collecting
- Description: Statement of Work
- Current Status: Closed
- Output: RSSAC040
- Work Party Leader: Paul Hoffman
- RSSAC Shepherd: Lars-Johan Liman
- Staff Support: Andrew McConachie
Technical Analysis of the Naming Scheme Used for Individual Root Servers
- Description: Statement of Work
- Current Status: Closed
- Output: RSSAC028
- Work Party Leader: Paul Hoffman
- RSSAC Shepherd: Suzanne Woolf
- Staff Support: Steve Sheng
For questions and concerns regarding any of the RSSAC Caucus Work Parties, please contact ask-rssac@icann.org.