Re: OpenCRS: Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues

[Dan White <dwhite () olp net>]

On 30/01/11 18:49 -0500, Shawn Merdinger wrote:
> http://opencrs.com/document/97-868/
>
> Summary
>
> Navigating the Internet requires using addresses and corresponding
> names that identify the location of individual computers. The Domain
> Name System (DNS) is the distributed set of databases residing in

I had no idea that DNS root zone administration had reached the level of
US congressional review, and I'm slightly encouraged that it has.

Two relevant items that were left out of this overview, that re-enforce the
need for a clear separation between the technical administration of IANA
resources and US interests:

     Jon Postel's attempt to move several DNS root name servers away from
     network solutions [1]

     The recent domain hijacking done at the demand of the MPAA and RIAA.

I'm encouraged by the tone of the "Concluding Observations" though:

     "In transferring management of the DNS to the private sector, the key
     policy question has always been how to best ensure achievement of the
     White Paper principles: Internet stability and security, competition,
     private and bottom-up policymaking and coordination, and fair
     representation of the global Internet community"

Which restates the concept of transferring ICANN (or its replacement) to
private control, and at least provides a foundation for why one might want
to do so.

These two sections are bound to be used as scare tactics against it:

     .xxx and Protecting Children on the Internet

     Domain Names and Intellectual Property 


[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Postel

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Dan White
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