[ga] Comments from JPNIC and JPRS

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                                                         Sep. 10, 2001
Dear ICANN Board,

After ICANN issued the two documents on "A Unique, Authoritative Root
for the DNS": discussion draft published on May 28th and the finalized
version on July 9th, Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC) and Japan
Registry Service Co., Ltd. (JPRS), who are administering JP domain
names, reviewed them and have expressed their views as the JP registry
in the following comments.

The comments have been published today via JPNIC's website for the local
and global Internet community.

We sincerely hope ICANN would take in consider these comments for future
policy development and its management.

Yours Sincerely,

Jun Murai
President
Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC)

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                      Comments on Alternate Roots

It is vital that the name space be unique, as Internet users rely on
domain names to identify sites and other users. Therefore, competition of
name spaces should be avoided. In this context, there is a clear need
for some sort of central organization or coordination body. ICANN is
one such organization.

However, ICANN's recent introduction of the new gTLDs was less than swift,
and cost no little expense. This is one of the main reasons to stimulate
alternate roots activities. ICANN should accept the criticisms it is
receiving from outside the organization and reflect them on its activities.

Whatever the faults of the current ICANN, a central organization or
coordination body of some sort is needed. If we push ahead along the
path of reconciling ICANN and alternate roots, we will later strike the
recurring problem of needing a higher level ICANN-like organization or
coordination body. We will then have to tackle yet again the type of
difficulties that we have experienced in building ICANN, and this could
result in delays in the continued healthy growth of the Internet. We
feel a situation of this sort would be a major obstacle in ensuring
the stability of the Internet and its continued development.

In light of this, we propose the following:

(1) There should be a mechanism to ensure the uniqueness of name space
    for all Internet users. Currently, the root servers managed by
    ICANN/IANA are the best available mechanism for ensuring the name
    space uniqueness. Measures to counter any practice that could
    hinder the operation of this mechanism should be urgently
    researched and implemented.

(2) ICANN should work to speed up all procedures, including decision
    making and the implementation of those decisions.

(3) ICANN should swiftly review the new gTLDs, not limiting this to
    an evaluation of the introduced gTLDs, but also including an
    evaluation of the entire gTLD introduction process.

(4) ICANN should devote more energy to educational programs. Greater
    effort should be made to publicize the current advantages and
    drawbacks of the Internet and to promote an accurate understanding
    of such among Internet users.


Jun Murai
President
Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC)

Koki Higashida
President
Japan Registry Service Co., Ltd. (JPRS)

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