ICANN Acronyms and Terms
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Root Zone Management System(RZMS)
A system that enables top-level domain administrators to lodge change requests, and for IANA staff to process them for inclusion in the root zone and root zone database.
Root Zone Zone Signing Key Operator(RZ ZSK Operator)
The entity that provides services related to the ZSK for the root zone as outlined in the DNSSEC Practice Statement for the Root Zone ZSK Operator.
The RZ ZSK Operator is responsible for:
- Generating and protecting the private component of the RZ ZSK.
- Securely exporting and transmitting the public RZ ZSK component to the RZ Key Signing Key (KSK) Operator.
- Securely importing the signed RZ ZSK keyset from the RZ KSK Operator.
- Signing the root zone's resource records.
- Issuing an emergency key rollover within a reasonable amount of time if any private key component associated with the zone is lost or suspected to be compromised.
Verisign currently serves as the RZ ZSK Operator under contract with ICANN.
round
One defined application submission and processing period for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs).
routing system
The organized collection of protocols, addressing schemes, and processes that enable the efficient transmission of data packets between and within networks.