On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 09:51:34AM +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > had no part in the ICANN creation. I remember a discussion with Stuart > Cheshire where he explained that IETF, not ICANN, created the entire > name space, since it created the rules, and therefore has rights above > those of ICANN.
With respect, while that is one view of the history, it is surely not the only one, and it seems to me it is one that is not shared by all the actors in this space. Most importantly, it involves a false dichotomy between "ICANN" and "IETF": neither organization existed at the time the DNS name space was created, so it's hard to credit the idea that either of them created the name space. I do not think we want to turn over the rock labelled, "Who owns the DNS name space?" Under that rock live all manner of creatures from layer 9 and above. We have two allocation procedures: regular allocation via IANA procedures (which happen to be defined right now in ICANN) and RFC 6761. One of those procedures is the one we can exercise, and I still believe the only question is whether any particular registration attempt works under RFC 6761. I agree with Ted Lemon that the question of what happened in the past is not exactly relevant. What _is_ relevant in my view is how these names need to be used in support of the protocols they're supposed to be supporting. This is exactly the same question I had since I first read the grothoff draft; see my earlier review. Best, A -- Andrew Sullivan a...@anvilwalrusden.com _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
