Re: [ga] Nuclear Threat from the ccTLDs

[David Farrar <david@farrar.com>]

> On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, at 06:59 [=GMT+1300], DPF wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 18:05:35 +0100 (CET), Marc Schneiders
> > <marc@fuchsia.bijt.net> wrote:
> 
> > >From the ccTLD communique from Sjanghai:
> 
> > >"managers agreed to set up a Working Group to develop
> > >a plan to set up a system of independent management of the DNS root
> > >entries and database entries."
> 
> > >That would be the end of the ICANN root. The ccTLDs have never, I
> > >think, been so clear before.
> 
> > What the above could imply (I am guessing as I was not there) is that
> > if ICANN continues down the same path, then ccTLDs could apply to DOC
> > to take over the IANA function.
> 
> Why would they do that? Does DoC have any authority over .NL or .MG or
> ..EU or .JP or .NZ? They could apply to the ITU, or to ... themselves?

The simple answer is yes.  DoC have policy control of Root Server A and hence 
do have ultimate control over all TLDs.  Now they don't actually want this 
control (as exercising it is politically very dangerous) which is why they set 
up ICANN to do it for them but ICANN is failing so they still have control.

DPF

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