Friends and Colleagues, ICANN’s Office of the CTO (OCTO) has published a new paper entitled “Brief Overview of the Root Server System”. The paper covers 4 key items: DNS Resolution Process Root-Server System Hosting a root-server instance The role of ICANN’s Root-Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) You can read the paper here >> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/octo-010-en.pdf [PDF]. Likewise, I am attaching it to this email, too. Finally, if you are interested in hosting an instance, please write to me offlist. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN