This page provides information on the status of Advice to the Board from the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC).

The first table below lists the Board Advice with open parsed items; the second table lists all Board Advice received by the SSAC that has been closed to date.  For detailed information about a specific item, click on the appropriate wiki page link and you will be directed to the landing page for that Board Advice item.

Please send inquiries to the Action Request Register (ARR) Team at advice@icann.org. 

OPEN ADVICE ITEMS

Please see open Action Items assigned to the SSAC on the Action Items: SSAC Board Advice wiki page.

Document IssuedReference ID / Wiki Page LinkDocumentOpen ItemsClosed ItemsDeferred Items

 

SAC046Report of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee on Root Scaling041

 

SAC060Active Variant TLDs0113

 

SAC064SSAC Advisory on DNS "Search List" Processing112

 

SAC074SSAC Advisory on Registrant Protection: Best Practices for Preserving Security and Stability in the Credential Management Lifecycle 130

SAC095SSAC Advisory on the Use of Emoji in Domain Names011

 

SAC097SSAC Advisory Regarding the Centralized Zone Data Service (CZDS) and Registry Operator Monthly Activity Reports004

 

SAC101v2SSAC Advisory Regarding Access to Domain Name Registration Data632

 

SAC106SSAC Comments on Evolving the Governance of the Root Server System220

 

SAC113SSAC Advisory on Private-Use TLDs100

 

SAC114SSAC Comments on the GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Draft Final Report700

 

SAC118SSAC Comments on Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – PHASE 2A170

 

SAC122SSAC Report on Urgent Requests in the gTLD Registration Data Policy300

 

SAC123SSAC Report on the Evolution of Internet Name Resolution100


CLOSED ADVICE ITEMS

Document IssuedDate ClosedReference ID / Wiki Page LinkDocument

 

 

SAC045Invalid Top Level Domain Queries at the Root Level of the Domain Name System

 

 

SAC047SSAC Comment on the ICANN gTLD Registry Transition Processes Model

 

 

SAC048SSAC Comment on the Orphan Glue Records in the Draft Applicant Guidebook

 

 

SAC049SSAC Report on DNS Zone Risk Assessment and Management

 

 

SAC050DNS Blocking: Benefits Versus Harms - An Advisory from the Security and Stability Advisory Committee on Blocking of Top Level Domains at the Domain Name System

 

 

SAC051SSAC Report on WHOIS Terminology and Structure

 

 

SAC052SSAC Advisory on the Delegation of Single-Character Internationalized Domain Name Top-Level Domains

 

 

SAC053SSAC Report on Dotless Domains

 

 

SAC054SSAC Report on the Domain Name Registration Data Model

 

 

SAC055WHOIS: Blind Men And An Elephant

 

 

SAC056SSAC Advisory on Impacts of Content Blocking via the Domain Name System

 

 

SAC057Advisory on Internal Name Certificates

 

 

SAC058SSAC Report on Domain Name Registration Data Validation

 

 

SAC059Interdisciplinary Studies of Security and Stability Implications from Expanding the Root Zone

 

 

SAC061SSAC Comment on ICANN's Initial Report from the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services

 

 

SAC062SSAC Advisory Concerning the Mitigation of Name Collision Risk

 

 

SAC063SSAC Advisory on DNSSEC Key Rollover in the Root Zone

 

 

SAC065SSAC Advisory on DDoS Attacks Leveraging DNS Infrastructure

 

 

SAC066SSAC Comment Concerning JAS Phase One Report on Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions

 

 

SAC067SSAC Overview and History of the IANA Functions

 

 

SAC068SSAC Report on the IANA Functions Contract

 

 

SAC069SSAC Advisory on Maintaining the Security and Stability of the IANA Functions Through the Stewardship Transition

 

 

SAC070Advisory on the Use of Static TLD / Suffix Lists

 

 

SAC071SSAC Comments on Cross Community Working Group Proposal on ICANN Accountability Enhancements

 

 

SAC072SSAC Comment on the Cross Community Working Group on Naming Relating Functions Proposal

 

 

SAC073SSAC Comments on Root Zone Key Signing Key Rollover Plan

 

 

SAC075SSAC Comments to ITU-D on Establishing New Certification Authorities

 

 

SAC076SSAC Comment on the CCWG-Accountability 3rd Draft Proposal

 

 

SAC077SSAC Comment on gTLD Marketplace Health Index Proposal

 

 

SAC078Advisory on Uses of the Shared Global Domain Name Space

 

 

SAC079SSAC Advisory on the Changing Nature of IPv4 Address Semantics

 

 

SAC080SSAC Approval of CCWG-Accountability Supplemental Final Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations

 

 

SAC081SSAC Response to Request for Input on Next Generation gTLD RDS to Replace WHOIS Policy Development Process (PDP)

 

 

SAC082SSAC Response to the Request for Advice Relating to the 2012 New gTLD Round

 

 

SAC083SSAC Comment on Proposed Amendments to Base New gTLD Registry Agreement

 

 

SAC084SSAC Comments on Guidelines for the Extended Process Similarity Review Panel for the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process

 

 

SAC085SSAC Response to the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group on the Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms in all Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs)

 

 

SAC086SSAC Response to the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures -- Seeking Community Comments

 

 

SAC087SSAC Response to the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group on Next Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services - Second Outreach

 

 

SAC088 SSAC Response to the ccNSO evaluation of SAC084

 

 

SAC089SSAC Response to ccNSO Comments on SAC084

 

 

SAC090SSAC Advisory on the Stability of the Domain Namespace

 

 

SAC091SSAC Comment on Identifier Technology Health Indicators

 

 

SAC092SSAC Input to the Cross Community Working Group on Accountability Work Stream 2, Human Rights

 

 

SAC093SSAC Comments on the Draft Recommendations of the CCWG Accountability-WS2 on SO/AC Accountability

 

 

SAC094SSAC Response to the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group Community Comment 2

 

 

SAC096SSAC Comment on the CCWG-Accountability-WS2 Draft Framework of Interpretation for Human Rights

 

 

SAC098The Security, Stability and Resiliency of the DNS Review (SSR2)

 

 

SAC099SSAC Response to the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process Working Group Request Regarding Root Scaling

 

 

SAC100SSAC Advisory Regarding Access to Domain Name Registration Data

 

SAC101SSAC Advisory Regarding Access to Domain Name Registration Data (RETIRED)

 

SAC102SSAC Comment on the Updated Plan for Continuing the Root KSK Rollover

 

SAC103SSAC Response to the new gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process Working Group Initial Report

 

SAC104SSAC Comment on Initial Report of the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Expedited Policy Development Process

 

SAC105The DNS and the Internet of Things: Opportunities, Risks, and Challenges

 

SAC107SSAC Comment to NIST on Quantum Cryptography Algorithms

 

SAC108SSAC Comments on the IANA Proposal for Future Root Zone KSK Rollovers

 

SAC109The Implications of DNS over HTTPS and DNS over TLS

 

SAC110SSAC Comments on the Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team Draft Report

 

SAC111SSAC Comment on the Initial Report of the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Phase 2 Expedited Policy Development Process

 

 

SAC112

Minority Statement on the Final Report of the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Phase 2 Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) (R1)

 

 

SAC115SSAC Report on an Interoperable Approach to Addressing Abuse Handling in the DNS

 

 

SAC116SSAC Comments on the Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency (SSR2) Review Team Final Report

 

 

SAC117Report on Root Service Early Warning Systems

 

SAC119Feedback to the GNSO Transfer Policy Review PDP WG

 

SAC120SSAC Input to GNSO IDN EPDP on Internationalized Domain Name Variants

 

SAC121SSAC Briefing on Routing Security

 

SSAC2020-06SSAC Public Comment on the Initial Report of the New gTLD Auction Proceeds Cross-Community Working Group

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