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IANA – Plan B Dr Willie Black 25 March 2003. The Problem. ICANN/IANA not responsive to requests from non-contracted ccTLDs ICANN/IANA has not agreed operational procedures with those who need the service ICANN/IANA mixing policy with operations ICANN/IANA not costing operation clearly.
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The Problem • ICANN/IANA not responsive to requests from non-contracted ccTLDs • ICANN/IANA has not agreed operational procedures with those who need the service • ICANN/IANA mixing policy with operations • ICANN/IANA not costing operation clearly
Current Contracts Situation • Doc – Verisign to propagate the root zone file • Doc – ICANN/IANA to maintain database • ccTLDs – IANA ???
ccIANA ftom Shanghai • Technical • Schema, Authentication, Process • Legal • Very lightweight contract (call it an MoU!) • Authority to operator to put into root • Authority to remove temporarily in extremis • Payment of costs • Regionally distributed • Political • Acceptance by DoC • Support of regional governments
Reality • USG has renewed with ICANN (6 months+) • USG probably not willing to distribute IANA function or have outside US • Possibility that USG will open a tender if ICANN/IANA fails to address community needs?
Possible Criteria for IANA • No interference in national policy-making • No subjectivity judgments by IANA??? • Ring-fenced funding & Not-for-profit regime • Separate contracts ONLY for IANA part • Specification and Management of operating policies only by the TLD managers and IANA • Well-defined procedures and SLAs
Questions • Agree criteria with changes? • Publish in communiqué? • Agree technical spec? Who? How? • Should we have dialogue with ICANN? How? • Dialogue with other parties? Who? How?