− | Since its inception, the committee continuously performs projects under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement ([[CRADA]] between [[ICANN]] the National Institute for Standards and Technology ([[NIST]]) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration ([[NTIA]]) to conduct a collaborative study to address the operational and technical requirements of the root name servers to be able to establish a more robust and secure management of the Internet ([[DNS]]) root server system.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/committees/dns-root/crada.htm CRADA]</ref> | + | Since its inception, the committee continuously performs projects under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement ([[CRADA]]<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/committees/dns-root/crada.htm CRADA]</ref> between [[ICANN]] the National Institute for Standards and Technology ([[NIST]]) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration ([[NTIA]]) to conduct a collaborative study to address the operational and technical requirements of the root name servers to be able to establish a more robust and secure management of the Internet ([[DNS]]) root server system.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/committees/dns-root/ www.icann.org]</ref> |