Press Releases
ICANN Announces Membership of Security Committee
Apr 11 2002
At its November 2001 meeting, the ICANN Board directed the ICANN President to appoint a President's standing committee on the security and stability of the Internet's naming and address allocation systems (also known as the "Security Committee"). In February 2002, Dr. Steve Crocker was appointed chair of the Committee and at its March 2002 meeting, the Board approved the charter for the committee.
The membership of the Security Committee is now complete. The following individuals have graciously agreed to serve as members of the committee in addition to Dr. Crocker as Chair:
- Alain Aina (Consultant)
- Jaap Akkerhuis (SIDN)
- Doug Barton (Yahoo!)
- Steve Bellovin (ATT)
- Rob Blokzijl (RIPE)
- David Conrad (Nominum)
- Steve Crocker (Consultant), Chair
- Daniel Karrenberg (RIPE-NCC)
- Mark Kosters (VeriSign)
- Allison Mankin (ISI)
- Ram Mohan (Afilias)
- Russ Mundy (Network Associates Laboratories)
- Jun Murai (Keio University)
- Frederico Neves (registro.br)
- Ray Plzak (ARIN)
- Doron Shikmoni (ForeScout, ISOC-IL)
- Ken Silva (VeriSign)
- Bruce Tonkin (Melbourne IT)
- Paul Vixie (ISC)
- Rick Wesson (Alice's Registry)
Stuart Lynn, President of ICANN, noted that this is an "international committee of people who are experts in Internet security standards and operations. The ICANN and Internet community will undoubtedly benefit from their counsel and insight."
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