− | As chairman of IETF, Housley is working closely with the [[ICANN|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]] to improve and maintain the security, effectiveness and efficiency of the internet operations. He was involved in reviewing the ICANN Staff proposal to sign the root zone file using the [[DNSSEC]] Technology submitted by former ICANN President and CEO [[Paul Twomey]] to the [[NTIA]] on Sepember 2, 2008.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/DNS/ICANNDNSSECProposal.pdf ICANN Letter to NTIA Asst. Sec. Baker Regarding [[DNSSEC]] Technology]</ref> | + | As chairman of IETF, Housley is working closely with the [[ICANN|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]] to improve and maintain the security, effectiveness and efficiency of the internet operations. On May 2008, he expressed his support to the proposal of the [[PIR|Public Interest Registry]] to implement [[DNSSEC]] in the [[.org]] registry and emphasized that the technology should be used within the entire internet to resolve domain name issues. He further encourage ICANN to approve PIR's proposal.<ref>[http://forum.icann.org/lists/pir-dnssec-proposal/msg00004.html Summary and Analysis of Comments on PIR Proposal]</ref> |