[discuss] Problem statement P1

[Shatan, Gregory S.]

I understand these are facts.  Why are they "issues"?

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From: discuss-bounces at 1net.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at 1net.org] On Behalf Of Norbert Bollow
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 1:00 PM
To: John Curran; discuss at 1net.org
Subject: Re: [discuss] Problem statement P1

Am Mon, 20 Jan 2014 07:45:07 -1000
schrieb John Curran <jcurran at istaff.org>:

> On Jan 19, 2014, at 11:06 AM, David Conrad <drc at virtualized.org>
> wrote:
> > ...
> > The USG authorizes changes made to the root zone as well as changes
> > to the root zone's registration (aka "Whois") database by verifying
> > ICANN abides by publicly documented policies prior to the changes
> > being submitted to the Root Zone Maintainer for implementation.
>
> This is a very important distinction which requires consideration with
> respect to the the problem statement.  In particular, there are two
> distinct issues of direct and unique USG involvement with the DNS root
> zone: one via the IANA function contract with ICANN and a completely
> different path via the Root Zone Maintainer process.
>
> I would argue that both issues would need to be addressed to satisfy
> many in the international community, but that does not mean that they
> are the same problem, only that they are interrelated.  Reinforcing
> this belief, I can readily envision potential solutions which are only
> applicable to "US Government involvement in IANA root zone functions"
> and others which are only applicable to "US Government involvement in
> DNS root zone maintenance", and hence would recommend bifurcating the
> problem statement into two and focusing on the IANA root zone aspects
> first.

A third, distinct and also interrelated issue is that of the IANA function contractor being subject to US law.

Greetings,
Norbert

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