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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">For those of you that don’t like reading attachments, given the importance of these subjects and the fact that we don’t always get to
 meet with the SSAC, please make sure that you read the following before the WT-4 call:&nbsp; I am also adding the following link to read for the Root Zone Scaling:<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">CDAR Analysis of Root Stability Final Report:&nbsp;
</span></b><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cdar-root-stability-final-08mar17-en.pdf"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cdar-root-stability-final-08mar17-en.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
 , dated March 8, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Reading List in Preparation for Meeting with Patrik Fältström, SSAC Chair<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>At the Work Track 4 Sub Team Meeting<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>1500 UTC 25 May 2017<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Internationalized Domain Names:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See SAC052: SSAC Advisory on Single-Character Internationalized Domain Name Top-Level Domains (31 January 2012) at:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-052-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-052-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See SAC060: SSAC Comment on Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs Report (23 July 2013)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">at: <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-060-en.pdf">
https://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-060-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See SAC084: SSAC Comments on Guidelines for the Extended Process Similarity Review Panel for the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process (31 August 2016) at:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-084-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-084-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See SAC089: SSAC Response to ccNSO Comments on SAC084 (12 December 2016) at:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-089-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-089-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Name Collisions:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See SAC045: Invalid Top Level Domain Queries at the Root Level of the Domain Name System (15 November 2010 with corrections) at:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-045-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-045-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See SAC062: SSAC Advisory Concerning the Mitigation of Name Collision Risk (07 November 2013) at:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-062-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-062-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See SAC066: SSAC Comment Concerning JAS Phase One Report on Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions (06 June 2014) at:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-066-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-066-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Conflicting TLD Allocations:</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See SAC090: SSAC Advisory on the Stability of the Domain Namespace (22 December 2016) at:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-090-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-090-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Internet Engineering Task Force Requests for Comments:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">See: </span><a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6761">https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6761</a><span style="color:black">,
</span><a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6762">https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6762</a><span style="color:black">, and
</span><a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7686">https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7686</a><span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Root Zone Scaling:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See SSAC Letter to the ICANN Board on the New Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Process (02 July 2012) at:
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/faltstrom-to-icann-board-02jul12-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/faltstrom-to-icann-board-02jul12-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">See CDAR Analysis of Root Stability Final Report<b><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">:&nbsp;
</span></b><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cdar-root-stability-final-08mar17-en.pdf"><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cdar-root-stability-final-08mar17-en.pdf</span></span></a>
 , dated March 8, 2017.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"> gnso-newgtld-wg-wt4-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt4-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Julie Hedlund<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 11, 2017 6:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> gnso-newgtld-wg-wt4@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt4] Reading List for Topics Under Discussion on 25 May/Meeting with SSAC Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Dear Sub Team Members,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Please see the attached reading list of publications from the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) and the Internet Engineering Task
 Force (IETF) to provide context for the discussion for the Work Track 4 meeting on 25 May.&nbsp; The Sub Team Chairs have invited Patrik Fältström, the SSAC Chair, to give a presentation, answer questions, and join in a discussion with the Sub Team during that
 meeting.&nbsp; The topic areas are: Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), name collisions, conflicting TLD allocations, and root zone scaling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">The reading list also has been uploaded to the meeting wiki at:
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/NGSPP/2017-05-25&#43;New&#43;gTLD&#43;Subsequent&#43;Procedures&#43;PDP&#43;Work&#43;Track&#43;4">
https://community.icann.org/display/NGSPP/2017-05-25&#43;New&#43;gTLD&#43;Subsequent&#43;Procedures&#43;PDP&#43;Work&#43;Track&#43;4</a>. &nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Julie</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Julie Hedlund, Policy Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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