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ICANN and CENTR at odds
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Here and here. ICANN seems suddenly and uncharacteristically opposed to lawyers controlling the namespace. -g
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The articles in silcon.com, for which fnord provides links above, are well worth reading. According to silicon.com, CENTR
ccTLDs are unwilling to remit their ICANN-designated payments unless ICANN enters into binding service level
agreements, covering root zone maintenance, under which it would be subject to actual cash damages if it didn't
perform up to spec. ICANN, the articles continue, is unwilling to go along. Says Stuart Lynn: "We're not going to talk
about contracts. Our lawyers have advised that it would open us up to liability, which we are not prepared to do."
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Coverage from ComputerWorld. Funny that ICANN takes unto itself the responsibility for security and stability of the internet addressing system (to the temporary exclusion of all else), but when it comes to actually accepting that responsibility in a legal sense it would rather run and hide. -g
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Peter Mott (.aq)
I am just looking for a signal that ICANN/IANA is here to represent the needs of its customers, being the operators of the name server networks, as opposed to simply just being a part of administrative process.
Stuart Lynn
I think you could see that we are putting a lot of focus on improving services. We are trying to improve as much as we can. I am not going to guarantee something that is not under our control.
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The game remains the same, the 13 (?) root server
operators take no responsibility because they can
point to ICANN and say "we follow ICANN advice".
ICANN takes no responsibility because they say,
"We just give advice, we can not control what the
root server operators do."
Who are the root server operators ?
Network Solutions of course (i.e. Verisign and SAIC)
Nominum (Paul Vixie and David Conrad) who operates the .INFO TLD and also operates the
IN-ADDR.ARPA under contract from ARIN where
David Conrad is on the Board and the President
of ARIN comes from SAIC (i.e. Network Solutions)
Jun Murai the ICANN Board Squatter from Japan
Some U.S. government sites and academics
The game has not changed. Postel played the
same game. Under the Postel regime, David Conrad
ran APNIC from Japan, selling IP addresses to
the Pacific Rim ISPs.
Europe has been somewhat immune from much
of the insider deal making. CENTR could have been
a much more effective ICANN, with RIPE as a
better example. That of course did not sit well
with the folks in California and Washington, D.C.
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