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'''Russ Housley''' is a network security expert and founder of [[Vigil Security, LLC]], a consulting firm.<ref>[http://www.vigilsec.com/about.html Vigil Security LLC About Page]</ref> He is the current chairman of the Internet Engineering Task Force ([[IETF]]) and the Internet Engineering Steering Group ([[IESG]]). As Chairman of the IETF, Housley is also a voting member of the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee ([[IAOC]]) and Internet Architectural Board ([[IAB]]). He is also a trustee of the IETF Trust.<ref>[http://www.vigilsec.com/ Vigil Security, LLC]</ref>

'''Russ Housley''' is a network security expert and founder of [[Vigil Security, LLC]], a consulting firm.<ref>[http://www.vigilsec.com/about.html Vigil Security LLC About Page]</ref> He is the current chairman of the Internet Engineering Task Force ([[IETF]]) and the Internet Engineering Steering Group ([[IESG]]). As Chairman of the IETF, Housley is also a voting member of the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee ([[IAOC]]) and Internet Architectural Board ([[IAB]]). He is also a trustee of the IETF Trust.<ref>[http://www.vigilsec.com/ Vigil Security, LLC]</ref>

==ICANN Involvement==

==ICANN Involvement==

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 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>

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 internet operations. In 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 encouraged 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>

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 September 2, 2008.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/DNS/ICANNDNSSECProposal.pdf ICANN Letter to NTIA Asst. Sec. Baker Regarding [[DNSSEC]] Technology]</ref>

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 September 2, 2008.<ref>[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/DNS/ICANNDNSSECProposal.pdf ICANN Letter to NTIA Asst. Sec. Baker Regarding [[DNSSEC]] Technology]</ref>

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