Is the IANA a function performed by ICANN ?
2004-06-25 13:21:31
My understanding was that IANA is a neutral, independent, technical
authority, everyone using the TCP/IP technology could trust, independently
from any operational, political, national, commercial consideration which
are the areas of ICANN, and of other bodies (such as GAC, MINC, ITU, ISOC,
UN, etc.).
Also, that as the custodian of the references necessary to use the IETF IP,
it was part of the IETF IPR protection system. I understand that it
predated the creation of ICANN, of ISOC, of IETF and even (under the name
of NIC) of the DNS.
I am therefore surprised and (IANAL) I am not sure about the implications
of the following IANA definition, in a document ICANN is to publish on Monday :
"the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a function performed by
ICANN".
http://www.iana.org/procedures/delegation-data.html
ICANN's position within the intergovernance is under UN study, subject to
possible political negotiations or intergovernmental agreements (cf. the
ongoing WSIS Prepcom meeting in Hammamet). ICANN is only under contract for
three years with the USG. RIRs only entered into an MoU with ICANN on the
grounds that it may not be still here in two years. The majority of ccTLDs
are not interested in joining ICANN's ccNSO. I do not understand how this
fits with the necessity of a perpetual, stable, not controverted,
consensually accepted, trusted technical standard parameters repository?
Or do I read the definition wrong?
jfc
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