Re: [Internetgovtech] Transition to the web

[Miles Fidelman <[e-mail]>]

David Conrad wrote:
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>>> What would stop the IETF/IESG/IAB from deciding to pick their own "IANA" and having that IANA provide protocol parameter allocation, modifications, and deletion services under the terms the IETF/IESG/IAB permits?
>> Well, that is the $64,000 dollar question underlying all this transition stuff, isn't it.
> No. The transition stuff is trying to figure out how to not disrupt the way the Internet works while removing NTIA from the functions it provides. As far as I can tell, those functions are:
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> 1) ensure ICANN has followed its own processes in validating changes to the root zone;
> 2) provide a mechanism by which ICANN can be held accountable for its actions;
> 3) facilitate obtaining exemptions for dealing with entities under sanction in order to provide registry services; and
> 4) reduce the risk ICANN will be subject to inappropriate legal, economic, and/or geo-political pressure.

Isn't that what I just said?

>> The question of who pays for the IETF-related IANA functions seems to be one of those details.
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> That is not a function that is currently performed by NTIA. Section 4.4 and 4.5 of RFC 2860 is explicit that ICANN may not charge for IETF-related IANA services. The existing arrangement appears to be working and I have heard no one (other than perhaps yourself) arguing that this is an issue that needs to be addressed as part of the transition. In particular, neither the chair of the IETF, the chair of the IAB, nor ICANN's CEO have suggested that the MOU needs to be revised/terminated to allow ICANN to charge for IETF-related registry services. I'm unclear why you think it is an issue.
>

Umm.. yes, it is.  ICANN plays its role in the process, because the DOC 
contract says that it must perform those functions.  And it 
cross-subsidizes those functions from its income stream from other IANA 
functions.

Miles Fidelman

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