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Root Server System Advisory Committee

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The Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) was created under the Article VII Section 3 (b) of the ICANN Bylaws which gave ICANN Board the mandate to appoint the initial Chairman of the Committee, after which the following chairman will be elected by the members of the committee. Jun Murai, who was one of the nine initial directors of the ICANN Board in 1998 was appointed chairman of RSSAC.[1]

Responsibility[edit | edit source]

RSSAC was delegated to advise the ICANN Board regarding the operational requirements of the root name servers of the Domain Name System (DNS) which include hardware capacities, operating systems, name server versions, network connectivity, physical environment as well as its security aspects. RSSAC was also tasked to review the number, location, and distribution of the root name server and its total system performance, robustness, and reliability.[2]

RSSAC Working Group[edit | edit source]

The RSSAC Working Group is composed of:

References[edit | edit source]