<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Feb 28, 2014, at 12:00 AM, John Curran <<a href="mailto:jcurran@istaff.org">jcurran@istaff.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">On Feb 27, 2014, at 7:32 PM, Ian Peter <<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>> wrote:<br><div><br></div><div>Ian -</div><div><br></div><div> Very nice writeup... I have just a couple of comments, which you may use or </div><div> discard as desired.</div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div style="font-family: Calibri;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 13pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 13pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 13pt;">ROADMAP</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 13pt;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">This roadmap
suggests that the IANA functions, though necessary processes in the secure and
authoritative functioning of the Internet, no longer need a separate entity and
would more productively merged with similar functions under the auspices of
ICANN. </font></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div>It is an interesting formulation of the problem statement... At present, I would describe </div><div>the IANA functions as "a set of tasks" rather than an "entity", and hence would instead</div><div>phrase the purpose of a roadmap as:</div><div><br></div><div>"This roadmap suggests that the IANA functions (which are necessary for the secure </div><div>and proper functioning of the Internet) that are currently administered by ICANN per</div><div>USG contract should remain at ICANN and be performed instead under its auspices </div><div>via the strengthening of accountability mechanisms to meet the global public interest."</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>I like Ian's initial note and this suggested refinement, but would also like to see some clarification regarding those IANA functions which do not relate to the DNS root. </div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Subject of course to many concerns about details, this direction appears
to have widespread support from governments, civil society, technical community,
and private sector.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">In order to
achieve this desired change efficiently and productively, the following roadmap
is proposed.</font></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: 13pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: ignore"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">1.</font><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><font face="Times New Roman"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</font></font></span></span></span><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">ICANN should be
requested to prepare a proposal for management of the previous IANA functions
within the ICANN multistakeholder model, bearing in mind the following
criteria:</font></div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></font> </p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: 13pt;"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">(a) protection of the root zone from political or other
improper interference; </font></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;">The above criteria confuses me - are we referring to ICANN's DNS policy development role, </span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;">or </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;">performance of the IANA functions? The latter are technical tasks in registry administration</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;">and the </span>most important criteria would be that ICANN continue to implement all IANA registry </div><div>functions in accordance with the respective policies (I guess one could further elaborate to </div><div>point out that operating per respective policies means free from political or other interference,</div><div>but that really is secondary to making sure that the IANA follows IETF protocol, RIR IP, and </div><div>ICANN DNS policies, both presently adopted and as revised in the future.)</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Right. In particular, one would hope that proper administration of the IANA functions includes protection from "improper interference" in any of them as an initial requirement.</div><div><br></div><div>The IANA functions do not consist only of those related to the DNS, yet many of the suggestions and assumptions we see tend to be limited to issues and mechanisms that may apply more closely to DNS-related IANA functions than to others. It would be helpful to be clear whether we're talking about the DNS-related functions only, or the full scope of IANA's responsibilities to the internet community.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>best,</div><div>Suzanne</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>