[discuss] discuss Digest, Vol 3, Issue 67

Wed Feb 19 00:12:13 UTC 2014

At 00:36 19/02/2014, Phil Corwin wrote:
>I have no firm personal view as to whether DOC/NTIA could lawfully 
>proceed as you suggest it might in 2015 in the absence of 
>authorizing legislation. However, as a political matter, that 
>Executive department and subsidiary agency might well wish to have 
>the cover of some type of Congressional backing before taking such a 
>step given the potential consequences.

Hi! Phil,
Might be interesting to dig into the way ICE uses the root to "close" 
some domain names. And what is the legislation or jurisprudence if 
any to use ORSN to access them.
jfc 