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Background & Related Work

Background & Related Work

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DateDocument or ActivityNotes
25 March 2021ICANN Board Resolutions 2021.03.25.11 - 2021.03.25.14Resolutions accepting NCAP Study 1 and proceeding with Study 2, as proposed to be revised by SSAC. 
5 February 2021SSAC2021-02: Revised Study Two Proposal for the Name Collision Analysis ProjectA proposal from SSAC to revise NCAP Study 2.
1 February 2021Final Report on the new gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development ProcessTopic 29 of this report focuses on the issue of name collisions. The report offers a recommendation, several affirmations, and implementation guidance to ICANN org on how to identify and mitigate name collisions before the next round of gTLDs. 
19 June 2020

Managing the Risks of Top-Level Domain Name Collisions, prepared by Karen Scarfone, Scarfone Cybersecurity

Findings for the NCAP Study 1.
17 April 2019Invitation: Name Collision Analysis Project (NCAP) Discussion GroupAn announcement published to ICANN.org seeking participants for the Name Collision Analysis Project (NCAP) discussion group.
14 March 2019ICANN Board Resolutions 2019.03.14.20 - 2019.03.14.23Resolutions directing ICANN org to proceed with the Study 1 on the Understanding the Current State of Name Collisions as refined by ICANN org.
February 2019SSAC Proposal for the Name Collision Analysis Project (Revised by ICANN Office of the CTO)This document is a revision to a proposal originally produced by SSAC in September 2018 for the ICANN Board Technical Committee (BTC). 
September 2018

SSAC Proposal for the Name Collision Analysis Project

This project proposal was prepared by the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) and details its approach for studying name collision in response to the ICANN Board’s request in resolutions 2017.11.02.29 - 2017.11.02.31.

2 November 2017ICANN Board Resolutions 2017.11.02.29 - 2017.11.02.31Resolutions requesting that SSAC conduct studies to present a data analysis on available information and provide advice to the Board on the topics around DNS name collision.
28 October 2015Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions, prepared by JAS Global AdvisorsA Study on Namespace Collisions in the Global Internet DNS Namespace and a Framework for Risk Mitigation. This is the final report. The Phase One report was published on 24 February 2014.
30 July 2014ICANN Board Resolutions 2014.07.30.NG01-2014.07.30.NG04Resolutions adopting the Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework prepared by ICANN org.
6 June 2014SAC066: SSAC Comment Concerning JAS Phase One Report on Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace CollisionsThe Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) has reviewed the Report prepared for ICANN by JAS Global Advisors (herein referred to as the “JAS”) entitled “Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions: A Study on Namespace Collisions in the Global Internet DNS Namespace and a Framework for Risk Mitigation, Phase One Report.” It has identified eight issues, and makes recommendations in relation to each of them. 
24 February 2014Phase One Report: Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions, prepared by JAS Global AdvisorsA Study on Namespace Collisions in the Global Internet DNS Namespace and a Framework for Risk Mitigation. This is the Phase One report. A final version was published on 28 October 2015. 
17 November 2013

Reports for Alternate Path to Delegation Published

ICANN org published the Alternate Path to Delegation Reports and lists of Second-Level Domains (SLDs) to block for all eligible proposed new gTLDs. 

7 November 2013SAC062: SSAC Advisory Concerning the Mitigation of Name Collision RiskAn advisory to the ICANN Board from the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) concerning ICANN’s proposal to mitigate name collision risks. 
7 October 2013ICANN Board Resolutions 2013.10.07.NG01-2013.10.07NG02Resolutions approving ICANN org's proposal for implementation and outreach as documented in the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management document. 
4 October 2013New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management, prepared by ICANN orgProposal to manage the collision occurrences between new gTLDs and existing private uses of the same strings.
5 August 2013New gTLD Collision Risk Mitigation, prepared by ICANN orgProposals to mitigate the collision risks between new gTLDs and existing private uses of the same strings.
2 August 2013Name Collision in the DNS, prepared by Interisle Consulting Group, LLCA study of the likelihood and potential consequences of collision between new public gTLD labels and existing private uses of the same strings.
18 May 2013ICANN Board Resolutions 2013.05.18.09 – 2013.05.18.11Resolutions commissioning a study on the use of TLDs that are not currently delegated at the root level of the public DNS in enterprises.
15 March 2013SAC057: SSAC Advisory on Internal Name Certificates An advisory to the ICANN Board from the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) concerning security and stability implications for internal name certificates.