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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Original link: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-07-14-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-07-14-en</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;background:white'><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;border:none;padding:0in'><span style='font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>90-day<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Root Zone<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Management System "Parallel Testing" Period Ends Successfully<o:p></o:p></span></h1></div><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>ICANN<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and Verisign today announce the successful completion of a 90-day parallel testing period of the Root Zone<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Management System (RZMS), which concluded on 6 July 2016. During the testing period, zero unexplained differences were found between the production RZMS and the parallel test version of the RZMS, which has the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) authorization step removed. This result confirms that the production RZMS and parallel test system produce an identical output for every root zone file published, which was a key step to ensuring the continued security and stability of the Internet's root zone post transition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'><a href="http://www.verisign.com/rzms-parallel-ops/index.html"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Daily comparison reports</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>created during the testing period are available on Verisign's website. Additionally, monthly progress reports for the testing period are available on<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN's designated<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/stewardship-implementation/root-zone-management-system-parallel-testing"><span style='color:#0098D5'>Root Zone</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#0098D5;text-decoration:none'> </span></span><span style='color:#0098D5'>Management System Parallel Testing webpage</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>The authorization process step performed by<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>NTIA<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>will be removed upon the successful completion of the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>IANA<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Stewardship Transition, currently projected for 30 September 2016. Until then, the authoritative root zone file will continue to be produced by the production RZMS that contains the authorization step performed by<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>NTIA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:1.25rem'><span style='font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333'>For more information on<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ICANN's broader<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>IANA<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Stewardship Transition implementation planning efforts, visit:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship-implementation"><span style='color:#0098D5'>https://www.icann.org/stewardship-implementation</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Grace Abuhamad</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:black'>Manager, Public Policy</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:black'>ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers</span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>801 17th Street NW, Suite 400 | Washington, DC 20006</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:black'>Direct: +1 202 249 7545 | Mobile: +1 310 200 7638</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Interested in the IANA Stewardship Transition? </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><a href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability"><span style='color:blue'>LEARN MORE</span></a>. <a href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability#status"><span style='color:blue'>STAY UPDATED</span></a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/icann"><span style='color:blue'>FOLLOW</span></a>. <a href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability#involved"><span style='color:blue'>ENGAGE</span></a>. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>