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 ICANN to Manage DNS for Another Three Years
posted by michael on Thursday September 18 2003, @08:36AM
dmehus writes "ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce have reached an agreement under which the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed in 1998, will be extended for an additional three years for ICANN to manage the Internet's naming and numbering system. Full details are available in the announcement issued today."
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"ICANN says during this term, it will complete the following tasks: implement an objective process for selecting new Top Level Domains; implement an effective strategy for multi-lingual communications and international outreach; and develop a contingency plan, consistent with the international nature of the internet, to ensure continuity of operations in the event of a severe disruption of operations. In addition, ICANN's Chairman, Vint Cerf, added, "This agreement between ICANN and the Department of Commerce marks a major milestone in ICANN's history and the process of transition from the historical purely governmental oversight of the Internet to a public/private partnership. I am very grateful for the efforts of ICANN's CEO, Paul Twomey and his staff, working with the Department of Commerce, to complete this critical step on behalf of the ICANN and Internet communities." "
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I would agree with you that by barring public elections to ICANN's Board is opaque, at best, and undemocratic, at worst. It is indeed shameful.
However, in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration [doc.gov] statement from newly installed administrator Michael Gallagher, it does say that the latest amendment sets out specific goals for ICANN to meet or risk losing its right to manage the Internet's naming and numbering system. One in particular is a clear and consistent policy that must be drafted and implemented by March 2004 concerning WHOIS data accuracy and how it will ensure accuracy. I hope it includes a provision (or provisions) that protect the privacy of individual users, such as requiring username and password verification to access the WHOIS database or letting the domain name owner that their domain name was looked up in the WHOIS database and by whom. The other deadline is a policy for adding new TLDs by September 2004. I hope they decide to use Dr. Mueller's White Paper. It would sure save them the work. :)
So, ICANN is improving, albeit slowly.
Cheers,
Doug
Doug Mehus
http://doug.mehus.info/ [mehus.info]
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