Re: DNS under o=Internet

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> Does it makes sense
> in  the context of  X.500. From what I  understood this kind of naming
> authorites are somewhat different. To me a national body of ISO is the
> right authority  to provide naming  (and addresssing)  or  to delegate
> part  of its authority  to another body which will  do so (under  some
> kind of  rules). Does  IANA  or ISOC actually   enforce this.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but in this case, it doesn't seem
as if it matters whether ISO has delegated registration authority
to the IANA (or some other Internet authority). The fact of the
matter is that the Internet exists, and has a registration authority.
This registration authority is more or less globally recognized
in the Internet universe.

Given this, as long as Directory operators agree to list the Internet,
they have to accept the Internet registration authority. In other words
I'm arguing that the IANA's (or whatever) authority to register
Internet-centric things is derived not from a delegation from ISO,
but from its recognition as the registration authority for the Internet
by the Internet community.

This is the same concept as the recognition of the civil naming
authorities. I don't think ISO ever delegated the U.S. Government
the right to be the registration authority for the civil infrastructure
in the U.S. (that right is derived from sovereignity) for example :-).

> In other
> words, does the IANA has  any authority to  allocate  Directory  Names
> and/or NSAPs? (I'm just asking, not arguing!).

This is a subtly different question. The answer, in my opinion, is
"no", at least for Directory names. The whole point of this listing
model is that *nobody* has the right to allocate/assign/register
things in the Directory. The Directory is just reflecting existing
reality.


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