RSSAC Caucus

RSSAC Caucus is a group of experts related to the Root Server System, and is affiliated with Root Server System Advisory Committee at ICANN. On 10 July 2014, the RSSAC appointed the initial members of the Caucus and the purpose of establishing the RSAAC Caucus is to delegate the essential work related to Root Server System to a number of experts.

Caucus Members

* Afifa Abbas	* Anand Buddhdev	* Geoff Huston	* Daniel Mahoney	* Linjian Song
* Joe Abley	* Michael Casadevall	* Chris Ishisoko	* Terry Manderson	* William Sotomayor
* Mohamed Abuabed	* Harish Chowdhary	* Daniel Karrenberg	* Jim Martin	* Ryan Stephenson
* Alejandro Acosta	* Bruce Crabill	* Howard Kash	* George Michaelson	* Robert Story
* Anupam Agrawal	* John Crain	* Akira Kato	* Daniel Migault	* Ondrej Sury
* Yoshitaka Aharen	* Steve Crocker	* Shane Kerr	* Paul Muchene	* Mahdi Taghizadeh
* Yazid M. Akanho	* João Damas	* Muhammad Farhan Khan	* Russ Mundy	* Willem Toorop
* Jaap Akkerhuis	* Kim Davies	* Hank Kilmer	* Jun Murai	* Brad Verd
* Malick Alassane	* Peter DeVries	* Mallory Knodel	* Ignatius Nkrumah	* Mauricio Vergara Ereche
* Nicolas Antoniello	* Brian Dickson	* Mark Kosters	* Abdulkarim Oloyede	* Paul Vixie
* Tim April	* Paul Ebersman	* Dimitrii Kovalenko	* Jeff Osborn	* Wei Wang
* Mohammad Abdul Awal	* Michael Frauenhoffer	* Suresh Krishnaswamy	* Benno Overeinder	* Matt Weinberg
* Fred Baker	* Kazunori Fujiwara	* Warren Kumari	* Colin Petrie	* Duane Wessels
* Mohit Batra	* Abdalmonem Galila	* Pan Lanlan	* Amir Qayyum	* Suzanne Woolf
* Ray Bellis	* Shailesh Gupta	* Matt Larson	* Anand Raje	* Kevin Wright
* Ramanou Biaou	* Wes Hardaker	* Dave Lawrence	* Kaveh Ranjbar	* Zhiwei Yan
* Jack Biesiadecki	* John Heidemann	* Lars-Johan Liman	* Kenneth Renard	* Dessalegn Yehuala
* Rao Naveed Bin Rais	* Paul Hoffman	* Baojun Liu	* Karl Reuss	* Arturo Servin
* Marc Blanchet	* Hiro Hotta	* Di Ma	* Joey Salazar	* Sofia Silva Berenguer
* John Bond	* Shumon Huque	* Yuji Sekiya	* Shinta Sato	* Tripti Sinha
* Mukund Sivaraman	* Ali Hussain	* Gerry Sneeringer	* Barbara Schleckser	* Gaurav Kansal

Work

Title	Status	Work Party Leaders	RSSAC Shepherds	Staff Support	ICANN Meetings	Timeframe	Output
Tool to Gather a Local Perspective of the Root Server System	active	Abdulkarim Oloyede	Ken Renard	Andrew McConachie
Effects and Mitigations of a Rogue Root Server Operator	active	Ken Renard	Ken Renard	Steve Sheng
Expectations of the Root Server System and Related Metrics	closed	Duane Wessels and Russ Mundy	Brad Verd and Wes Hardaker	Steve Sheng			RSSAC047
Studying Modern Resolver Behaviours	closed	Paul Hoffman	Fred Baker	Andrew McConachie			Report on the Conclusion of the Modern Resolver Behavior Work Party
Service Coverage of the Root Server System	inactive	Lars-Johan Liman	Lars-Johan Liman	Steve Sheng
Packet Sizes	closed	George Michaelson	Duane Wessels	Andrew McConachie
Best Practices for the Distribution of Anycast Instances of the Root Name Service	closed	Kaveh Ranjbar	Kaveh Ranjbar	Andrew McConachie
Harmonization of Anonymization Procedures for Data Collecting	closed	Paul Hoffman	Lars-Johan Liman	Andrew McConachie			RSSAC040
Technical Analysis of the Naming Scheme Used for Individual Root Servers	closed	Paul Hoffman	Suzanne Woolf	Steve Sheng			RSSAC028