[rssac-caucus] FYI: Root Stability Study RFP
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-06-05-en The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (³ICANN²) is seeking one or more providers to conduct a technical study examining the impact of the New gTLD Program (the Program) on the DNS root system. Consistent with its mission supporting the security and stability of the Internet¹s system of unique identifiers, ICANN will undertake an examination of the Program¹s impact on the DNS root system. The selected provider(s) will design and execute one or more studies incorporating the collection and analysis of data from root server operators, historical performance data, data gathered from previous studies, and other tools and measures. ICANN is seeking one or more qualified providers to manage this complex exercise in a timely and efficient manner. A review of the Program for security and stability impact is a previous commitment based on advice from ICANN¹s Governmental Advisory Committee <https://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/board-notes-gac-scorecard-cle an-15apr11-en.pdf> and other discussions. Specifically, ICANN committed to review the effects of the New gTLD Program on the operations of the DNS root system, and to postpone delegations in a future round until it is determined that the delegations in the 2012 round have not jeopardized the root system's security or stability. The goals of this study include, at a minimum: * Executing a thorough review of the impact of the Program on the security and stability of the DNS. * Identifying what steps, if any, should be undertaken as a prerequisite to adding more TLDs to the root zone. * Identifying what steps, if any, should be undertaken by the community going forward to assess the state of the root zone on an ongoing basis. For additional information, complete timeline, and instructions for submitting responses please click <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/root-stability-study-rfp-05jun1 5-en.zip> . [ZIP, 983 KB] Proposals should be submitted to RootStabilityStudy-RFP@icann.org by 23:59 UTC ON 2 July 2015.
so this is a follow up to the first root scalability report. manning bmanning@karoshi.com PO Box 12317 Marina del Rey, CA 90295 310.322.8102 On 9June2015Tuesday, at 8:24, Steve Sheng <steve.sheng@icann.org> wrote:
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-06-05-en
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) is seeking one or more providers to conduct a technical study examining the impact of the New gTLD Program (the Program) on the DNS root system. Consistent with its mission supporting the security and stability of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers, ICANN will undertake an examination of the Program’s impact on the DNS root system. The selected provider(s) will design and execute one or more studies incorporating the collection and analysis of data from root server operators, historical performance data, data gathered from previous studies, and other tools and measures. ICANN is seeking one or more qualified providers to manage this complex exercise in a timely and efficient manner. A review of the Program for security and stability impact is a previous commitment based on advice from ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee and other discussions. Specifically, ICANN committed to review the effects of the New gTLD Program on the operations of the DNS root system, and to postpone delegations in a future round until it is determined that the delegations in the 2012 round have not jeopardized the root system's security or stability. The goals of this study include, at a minimum: • Executing a thorough review of the impact of the Program on the security and stability of the DNS. • Identifying what steps, if any, should be undertaken as a prerequisite to adding more TLDs to the root zone. • Identifying what steps, if any, should be undertaken by the community going forward to assess the state of the root zone on an ongoing basis. For additional information, complete timeline, and instructions for submitting responses please click. [ZIP, 983 KB] Proposals should be submitted to RootStabilityStudy-RFP@icann.org by 23:59 UTC ON 2 July 2015. _______________________________________________ rssac-caucus mailing list rssac-caucus@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/rssac-caucus
FYI, there is a thorough study done by Joe and Kim in June 2012 which is not included in the project overview document. http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/historical-documentation/root-scaling-27j... Davey On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 11:24 PM, Steve Sheng <steve.sheng@icann.org> wrote:
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-06-05-en
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) is seeking one or more providers to conduct a technical study examining the impact of the New gTLD Program (the Program) on the DNS root system. Consistent with its mission supporting the security and stability of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers, ICANN will undertake an examination of the Program’s impact on the DNS root system. The selected provider(s) will design and execute one or more studies incorporating the collection and analysis of data from root server operators, historical performance data, data gathered from previous studies, and other tools and measures. ICANN is seeking one or more qualified providers to manage this complex exercise in a timely and efficient manner.
A review of the Program for security and stability impact is a previous commitment based on advice from ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee <https://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/board-notes-gac-scorecard-clea...> and other discussions. Specifically, ICANN committed to review the effects of the New gTLD Program on the operations of the DNS root system, and to postpone delegations in a future round until it is determined that the delegations in the 2012 round have not jeopardized the root system's security or stability.
The goals of this study include, at a minimum:
- Executing a thorough review of the impact of the Program on the security and stability of the DNS. - Identifying what steps, if any, should be undertaken as a prerequisite to adding more TLDs to the root zone. - Identifying what steps, if any, should be undertaken by the community going forward to assess the state of the root zone on an ongoing basis.
For additional information, complete timeline, and instructions for submitting responses please click <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/root-stability-study-rfp-05jun15...>. [ZIP, 983 KB]
Proposals should be submitted to RootStabilityStudy-RFP@icann.org by 23:59 UTC ON 2 July 2015.
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On 10 Jun 2015, at 4:05, Davey Song wrote:
FYI, there is a thorough study done by Joe and Kim in June 2012 which is not included in the project overview document.
http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/historical-documentation/root-scaling-27j...
Thanks, Davey! I am particularly pleased that we managed to cite both Donna Summers and Angry Birds in Appendix E. That appendix provides describes a numerical model for predicting the compiled root zone size (using BIND9's named-compilezone as a normalisation tool) based on the number of TLDs and the prevalence of AAAA and DS records. It seems like fun to see how accurate it turned out to be. The numerical model is collapsed to three parameters, the number of TLDs (T), the number of AAAA RRs per TLD (alpha) and the number of DS RRs per TLD (delta). This gives S = 730585 bytes = 713 KB, or thereabouts. [walrus:~]% dig @xfr.cjr.dns.icann.org . axfr | awk '($2 ~ /^[0-9]+$/ && $3 == "IN" && $4 == "NS") { if (!tld[$1]) { tld[$1] = 1; T++; } } ($3 == "IN" && $4 == "AAAA" ) { aaaa++; } ($3 == "IN" && $4 == "DS") { ds++; } END { print T, aaaa/T, ds/T, T*(496.225 + 70.1988*aaaa/T + 125.387*ds/T); }' 964 1.7168 1.12552 730585 [walrus:~]% The actual size of the root zone according to the measure used in that report is 704 KB, so the model is off by 1.3%, which seems acceptable. Hooray! :-) [walrus:~]% named-compilezone -i none -f text -F raw=0 -o root.compiled . root zone ./IN: loaded serial 2015061000 (DNSSEC signed) dump zone to root.compiled...done OK [walrus:~]% ls -al root* -rw-r--r-- 1 jabley staff 953547 10 Jun 09:38 root -rw-r--r-- 1 jabley staff 720776 10 Jun 09:39 root.compiled [walrus:~]% Joe
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