Re: [DNSOP] [[e-mail]: I-D Action: draft-grothoff-iesg-special-use-p2p-names-00.txt]

[David Conrad <[e-mail]>]

On Dec 4, 2013, at 12:53 PM, Joe Abley <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 4 December 2013 at 15:01, SM wrote:
>> At 09:14 04-12-2013, David Conrad wrote:
>>> On the minus side, management of .ARPA is a part of the IANA 
>>> functions contract which implies changes will require US DoC NTIA 
>>> approval, so I'd agree that there is a potential for delays and ... 
>>> non-technical discussion.
>> 
>> .arpa is an IETF matter.
> 
> Per RFC 3172, changes to the ARPA zone are authorised by the IAB.
> 
> Per the most recently-awarded IANA Functions Contract, changes to the ARPA zone are not authorised by NTIA. They use a similar workflow to that employed for root zone management, but not identical.

In the past, additions to .ARPA (as approved by the IAB in accordance with RFC 3172) definitely did require NTIA authorization before they could be placed into the zone.  I'm glad to hear that this has been clarified and that NTIA authorization is no longer required.

I personally wouldn't find dumping the decision about whether to add a non-DNS pseudo-domain into the "hostname namespace" into the laps of the IAB objectionable (not being on the IAB :)).

Regards,
-drc