Senator Burns Takes Aim at ICANN (Again)

Thanks to its "reform", ICANN has lost its ability to be a place of discussion among the members of the Internet Community. These discussions will last in another places. Thanks to its "reform", ICANN has lost its ability to appear any longer as an "international" open (and "transparent") entity. Questions raised by Senator Burns are legitimate but maybe not for the reasons he thinks. My approach would be to ask: if ICANN is a US entity strictly obeying the US government (and if everybody knowns that) is it really necessary to keep this deceptive structure alive? One other point: the *real* debate is not on ICANN's future. It is on IANA's future and who controls the root and for what purposes (political and blackmail activities or strictly administrative and technical). In that way, I understand well the point of view of Sen. Burns about American national security. But the point is that internet and DNS are global public resources, and that what is a "national security problem" for the US is also a "national security problem" for any responsible government. That is why I believe that ICANN's reform as it is, is a strong strategical and political mistake even from the US point of view. ICANN has closed its doors to history. Then history will be written in another places by another people. I guess that some ITU people are dreaming about it. These are my personal opinions. Loic Damilaville ISOC FR

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