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<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>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<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 lfo3">
<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 lfo3">
<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 lfo3">
<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>
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