[DNSOP] Re: [Ext] Re: Call for Adoption: draft-davies-internal-tld

[Kim Davies <[e-mail]>]

Hi Petr,

Quoting Petr Spacek on Tuesday April 22, 2025:
> > 
> > The fact of the matter is that some people want "no delegation" and some
> > people want "insecure delegation". That ship has sailed, and we ended up
> > with "no delegation". DNSOP can´t change that.
> 
> Just to clarify: Are you suggesting ICANN board cannot ever issue another
> resolution on this matter?

I don't think that's true. We have a situation where SSAC specifically
stated the domain should not be delegated in the root zone, it is a
constraint that the ICANN Board codified in accepting SSAC's advice, and
thus that is the constraint we have today.

I have no insight into SSAC's deliberations but I think a reasonable
take is that the prohibition was intended purely to provide assurance
that name collisions would be avoided between private-use and labels
that may be created inside an actual delegation from the root. A
specialized delegation purely for a technical enablement reason (e.g.
breaking the chain of trust) that is consistent with the intent may
still be deemed consistent with the goal of SSAC's restriction. If that
is the case I think superseding advice could be provided to clarify that
aspect and adopted if there was a consensus that this made sense.

kim