Re: [ga] Letter to Dr. Vint Cerf

[Eric Dierker <ERIC@HI-TEK.COM>]

Kent, you presuppose that the original entitlement automatically goes to ICANN
supported root.  The only places you could possible come up with this is in the
President's Directive and in the resulting CFR.  Those documents repeat at least 8
times that competition amoung registries - and even roots is to be encouraged. No
where, and I repeat no where has ICANN been given exclusivity in roots.

Therefor, ICANN would be direct violation of the CFR and Presidential directive if
they were to act in a manner inhibiting competition - Not to mention anti-trust.

If I were Mr. Cerf I would think long and hard about this.

Sincerely,

Kent Crispin wrote:

> Jefsey, I'm sure you didn't realize it, but you have made the strongest
> case I have seen so far for my proposal that there should be legal
> sanctions against the connection of alternate root system to the global
> Internet.  And of course, I don't speak for Dr Cerf in this matter.
> But you have posted these comments far and wide, and indicate yourself
> that you expect public response.
>
> Comments below:
>
> Nothing is being taken away from her.  She chose to use an alternate
> root system that was very unwisely connected to the global internet, and
> she can continue to do so.  However, her actions were irresponsible in
> that they ignored a very large scale process that has been going on for
> years, and she must take the consequences.
>
> > 2. The second question is both technical and legal. I will handle it
> > through a case study.
>
>
> The operator of the .biz that is operating in an alternate root.  Such
> operation is in direct contradiction to the best technical advice
> available (RFC 2826), and it is clearly irresponsible to operate in
> contradiction to such authoritative advice.  I am not a lawyer, but in a
> US court, at least, willfully ignoring such important and widely known
> information would be extremely damaging -- worse than mere negligence.
>
> If I were Ms Gellagos, I would be thinking very hard about this.
>
> --
> Kent Crispin                               "Be good, and you will be

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