Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) Advice

This page provides information on the status of Advice to the Board from the Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC).

The first table below lists the Board Advice with open parsed items; the second table lists all Board Advice received by the RSSAC that has been closed to date. For detailed information about a specific item, click on the appropriate wiki page link and you will be directed to the landing page for that Board Advice item.

Please send inquiries to the Action Request Register (ARR) Team at advice@icann.org.

OPEN ADVICE ITEMS

Please see quarterly updates assigned to the RSSAC on the Quarterly Updates: RSSAC Board Advice wiki page.

Date Issued	Reference ID / Wiki Page Link	Document	Open Items	Closed Items	Deferred Items

Date Issued	Reference ID / Wiki Page Link	Document	Open Items	Closed Items	Deferred Items
Jun 12, 2018	RSSAC037-038	RSSAC Advisory on a Proposed Governance Model for the DNS Root Server System	0	2	2
Mar 12, 2020	RSSAC047	RSSAC Advisory on Metrics for the DNS Root Servers and the Root Server System	1	2	0
Apr 14, 2020	RSSAC049	RSSAC Statement on Joining the Empowered Community	0	0	1
Nov 17, 2021	RSSAC059	Success Criteria for the Root Server System Governance Structure	0	2	2

CLOSED ADVICE ITEMS

Date Issued	Date Closed	Reference ID / Wiki Page Link	Document

Date Issued	Date Closed	Reference ID / Wiki Page Link	Document
Apr 6, 2026	Apr 13, 2026	RSSAC064	RSSAC Statement on KSK Algorithm Rollover
Sep 22, 2025	Sep 26, 2025	RSSAC063	Governance Working Group’s Root Server System Governance Structure
May 6, 2025	May 22, 2025	RSSAC062	Security Incident Reporting
Aug 3, 2017	May 2, 2025	RSSAC028	Technical Analysis of the Naming Scheme Used For Individual Root Servers
Mar 27, 2025	Mar 27, 2025	RSSAC061	Guidelines for Changing IP Addresses
Oct 8, 2024	Oct 8, 2024	RSSAC000v9	RSSAC Operational Procedures v9
Sep 9, 2021	Jan 17, 2025	RSSAC057	Requirements for Measurements of the Local Perspective on the Root Server System
Jan 25, 2024	Feb 8, 2024	RSSAC000v8	RSSAC Operational Procedures v8
Sep 14, 2014	Sep 25, 2014	RSSAC000	RSSAC Operational Procedures
Jun 30, 2016	Jun 30, 2016	RSSAC000v2	RSSAC Operational Procedures v2
Oct 23, 2017	Jan 17, 2018	RSSAC000v3	RSSAC Operational Procedures v3
Oct 23, 2019	Nov 21, 2019	RSSAC000v4	RSSAC Operational Procedures v4
Sep 8, 2020	Sep 29, 2020	RSSAC000v5	RSSAC Operational Procedures v5
Oct 13, 2021	Oct 13, 2021	RSSAC000v6	RSSAC Operational Procedures v6
Nov 28, 2022	Nov 28, 2022	RSSAC000v7	RSSAC Operational Procedures v7
Nov 20, 2014	Jan 23, 2017	RSSAC001	Service Expectations of Root Servers v1
Nov 20, 2014	Jan 23, 2017	RSSAC002	RSSAC Advisory on Measurements of the Root Server System
Jan 7, 2016	Jan 7, 2016	RSSAC002v2	RSSAC Advisory on Measurements for the Root Server System v2
Jun 6, 2016	Jun 6, 2016	RSSAC002v3	RSSAC Advisory on Measurements for the Root Server System v3
Mar 12, 2020	Mar 24, 2020	RSSAC002v4	RSSAC Advisory on Measurements for the Root Server System v4
Jun 22, 2023	Jul 11, 2023	RSSAC002v5	RSSAC Advisory on Measurements for the Root Server System v5
Aug 21, 2015	Jul 21, 2018	RSSAC003	RSSAC Report on Root Zone TTLs
May 8, 2014	May 18, 2017	RSSAC004	Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) Input on "Draft Proposal, Based on Initial Community Feedback, of the Principles and Mechanisms and the Process to Develop a Proposal to Transition NTIA's Stewardship of the IANA Functions"
Jul 10, 2014	May 18, 2017	RSSAC005	RSSAC Guidance to Representatives on the "NTIA IANA Functions' Stewardship Transition Coordination Group"
Jul 10, 2014	May 18, 2018	RSSAC006	RSSAC Statement of Scope for "Service Expectations of Root Servers"
Jul 10, 2014	May 18, 2017	RSSAC007	RSSAC Statement of Scope for "Measurements of the Root Server System"
Sep 2, 2014	May 18, 2018	RSSAC008	RSSAC Statement at the ICANN Accountability Town Hall During IGF 2014
Dec 17, 2014	May 18, 2017	RSSAC009	RSSAC Statement on the Increase of the DNSSEC Signature Validity Period for the DNS Root Zone
Feb 11, 2015	May 18, 2017	RSSAC010	RSSAC Statement of Scope for "Root Zone TTLs"
Feb 12, 2015	May 18, 2017	RSSAC011	IAB Liaison to the RSSAC
Jun 5, 2015	May 18, 2017	RSSAC012	RSSAC Public Comment on CCWG-Accountability Work Stream 1 Draft Report
Jul 9, 2015	May 18, 2017	RSSAC013	Statement of Scope and Work for "History and Technical Analysis of the Naming Scheme Used for Individual Root Servers"
Sep 4, 2015	May 18, 2017	RSSAC014	Comment to "Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions..."
Dec 22, 2015	May 18, 2017	RSSAC015	RSSAC Statement on CCWG-Accountability Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1
Jan 7, 2016	May 18, 2017	RSSAC016	RSSAC Workshop 2015 Report
Feb 4, 2016	May 18, 2017	RSSAC017	RSSAC Statement of Work and Scope for RSSAC002 v3
Mar 10, 2016	May 18, 2017	RSSAC018	RSSAC Statement on the Transmission of the ICG and CCWG-Accountability Proposals
Jun 26, 2016	May 18, 2017	RSSAC019	RSSAC Workshop 2 Report
Jun 28, 2016	May 18, 2017	RSSAC020	RSSAC Statement on Client Side Reliability of Root DNS Data
Sep 8, 2016	May 18, 2017	RSSAC021	RSSAC Statement Concerning The Impact of the Unavailability of a Single Root Server
Oct 6, 2016	May 18, 2017	RSSAC022	Response to the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group on the new Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) Subsequent Procedures
Nov 4, 2016	May 18, 2017	RSSAC023	History of the Root Server System
Jun 17, 2020	Jul 8, 2020	RSSAC023v2	History of the Root Server System v2
Nov 4, 2016	May 18, 2017	RSSAC024	Key Technical Elements of Potential Root Operators
Nov 4, 2016	May 18, 2017	RSSAC025	RSSAC October 2016 Workshop Report
Mar 13, 2017	Mar 22, 2017	RSSAC026	RSSAC Lexicon
Mar 12, 2020	Mar 20, 2020	RSSAC026v2	RSSAC Lexicon v2
Jun 16, 2017	Jun 25, 2017	RSSAC027	May 2017 Workshop Report
Oct 24, 2017	Jan 17, 2018	RSSAC029	Report from the RSSAC October 2017 Workshop
Nov 4, 2017	Jan 17, 2018	RSSAC030	RSSAC Statement on Entries in DNS Root Sources
Feb 2, 2018	Apr 17, 2018	RSSAC031	Response to the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group on the new Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) Subsequent Procedures
Mar 28, 2018	Aug 17, 2018	RSSAC032	Feedback on the Independent Review of the Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) Assessment Report for Public Consultation
Apr 24, 2018	Aug 17, 2018	RSSAC033	RSSAC Statement on the Distinction Between RSSAC and Root-Ops
May 9, 2018	Aug 17, 2018	RSSAC034	Report from the RSSAC May 2018 Workshop
May 11, 2018	May 15, 2018	RSSAC035	RSSAC Statement on the Draft Final Report of the Second Organizational Review of the Nominating Committee
Jun 14, 2018	Sep 20, 2018	RSSAC036	RSSAC Statement on the Draft Final Report of the Second Organizational Review of the RSSAC
Aug 7, 2018	Sep 17, 2018	RSSAC039	RSSAC Statement Regarding ICANN's Updated KSK Rollover Plan
Aug 7, 2018	Sep 17, 2018	RSSAC040