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--></style></head><body lang=en-JO link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>Friends and Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>ICANN’s <i>Office of the CTO (OCTO)</i> has published a new paper entitled “<b>Brief Overview of the Root Server System</b>”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>The paper covers 4 key items:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>DNS Resolution Process<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>Root-Server System<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hosting a root-server instance<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>The role of ICANN’s Root-Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>You can read the paper here >> <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/octo-010-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/octo-010-en.pdf</a> [PDF]. Likewise, I am attaching it to this email, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>Finally, if you are interested in hosting an instance, please write to me offlist.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>Fahd Batayneh<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>