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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you, Zhiwei for the comments, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The WP had a call and considered each of them and here is how they are addressed (see below).
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let me know if you have any questions regarding them, or have further feedback.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you very much again. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Steve<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">YAN Zhiwei <yanzhiwei@cnnic.cn><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 10:50 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Steve Sheng <steve.sheng@icann.org>, "rssac-caucus@icann.org" <rssac-caucus@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Re: [RSSAC Caucus] FOR REVIEW: DRAFT RSSAC Advisory on Rogue DNS Root Server Operators<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Hi, Steve and all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The followings are some of my comments on this draft:<o:p></o:p></p>
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In Section 1, “The purpose of the root server system (RSS) is to give authoritative answers to queries about the DNS root”. This may be described as “The purpose of the root server system (RSS) is to give authoritative answers to queries about the DNS Top-Level
Domains (TLDs) (or root zone)”. Because “DNS root” may lead people to understand it as “root servers” as “Root Hind File” acts.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red">>> editor: Thank you. This sentence is changed to “</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">The purpose of the root server system (RSS) is to provide responses to queries
for data in the root zone.</span><span style="color:red">”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">2) “RSS” is defined in the first paragraph of Section 1, it can be used directly in the following contents as the abbreviation of “root server system”, for example in the 4th paragraph of Section 1.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:red">>> editor: Thank you. This is fixed.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">3) This document mainly defines the rogue activities of RSO. As emphasized in Subsection 2.2, it cannot or is difficult to be used to judge or determine the intent of these behaviors or even mitigate these behaviors.
So, in 4th paragraph of Section 1, the description “Future RSS governance bodies may use this document for developing a more complete definition of rogue RSO actions and will ultimately be the authority in determining subjective factors, such as intent, when
judging the actions of an RSO.” should be weakened or without pointing out its application in “determining subjective factors, such as intent, when judging the actions of an RSO”.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="color:red">>> editor: The WP had a discussion, and this is changed to “</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">Future RSS governance bodies may use this document for developing a more complete definition
of rogue RSO actions.”</span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">4) “Incorrect additional answers” part in Section 3: “extra NS records that are not the root zone” should be “extra NS records that are not in the root zone”.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:red">>> Editor: Thank you, this is corrected.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">5) The currently listed cases are mainly the resolution service, should we consider the behavior of root zone management? for example, the RSO does not actively or timely update the root zone file.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:red">>> Editor: The WP discussed this on the call. Regarding the behavior of root zone management such as not timely serve the root zone file, these are captured as part of RSSAC047.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">6) As in the “Intentionally degraded service” part, should we consider the behavior of link quality manipulation such as shut down the IPv4 or IPv6 connection, UDP or TCP connection and so on, except the dropping
or delaying packets for degrading responses?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:red">>> Editor: The WP discussed this and decided not go into specifics on how the service can be degraded. Reasons are (1) the term “degrade service” covers a range of scenarios. It is good
to describe in general terms, (1) creative people can think of many ways to degrade the service, over-specifying may limit the applicability of this scenario.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">BR,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Zhiwei Yan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EFEFEF"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> <a href="mailto:steve.sheng@icann.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">Steve
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EFEFEF"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Date:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> 2021-04-07 23:04<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EFEFEF"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">To:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> <a href="mailto:rssac-caucus@icann.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">rssac-caucus@icann.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#EFEFEF"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> [RSSAC Caucus] FOR REVIEW: DRAFT RSSAC
Advisory on Rogue DNS Root Server Operators<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear RSSAC Caucus, <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> On behalf of Ken Renard, please see included (and attached) for your review the draft RSSAC Advisory on Rogue DNS Root Server Operators.
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Given the evolution of root server system (RSS) governance, this document aims to inform future RSS governance bodies on the types of root server operator (RSO) activity that might be considered rogue and the risks that these activities
may pose to the Internet community. <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> The PDF version is attached to this email. The google doc link for the document is at:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1XS2dIl_Sv1f7e4pA19QHnHEmLgRSkgEI2-zD7Tp0hog/edit?usp=sharing__;!!PtGJab4!oFmllhQQn51mKvTSew-PEEkbm0I1oYDPjCMr05-bDvEyT-WjoGlCGn73EdZs8wX5GielK4Q$">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XS2dIl_Sv1f7e4pA19QHnHEmLgRSkgEI2-zD7Tp0hog/edit?usp=sharing [docs.google.com]</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Please kindly review and provide your feedback <i>by Monday 19 April.</i>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Steve Sheng<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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