Re: Suggestions for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

[Joseph Friedman <josephf@touro.edu>]

Brian,

	Would it not be fair to say that the United States maintains legal control
over the functions carried out by IANA? IANA is a function funded by the
Department of Defense, a contract between DoD and USC/ISI.  The U.S. is now
making the decisions regarding ICANNs taking over IANAs functions, not IETF.

Joseph 

At 02:56 PM 11/11/98 +0000, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>No. The IETF is nothing to do with the American government. 
>The IETF decides who it delegates its own parameter registration to;
>right now it is delegated to ISI. Naturally, Jon hoped, as I personally
>hope, that ICANN would be the natural home for this activity. But
>we (the IETF) haven't yet reached a consensus on this. 
>
>  Brian
>
>Joseph Friedman wrote:
>> 
>> At 01:32 PM 11/11/98 +0000, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>> >
>> >Joseph Friedman wrote:
>> >>
>> >...
>> >> 1) The name of the organization
>> >>
>> >> The name of the organization, currently the Internet Corporation for
>> Assigned
>> >> Names and Numbers (ICANN), should be renamed to the Internet Assigned
>> Number
>> >> Authority (IANA).
>> >
>> >This is impossible. IANA is a technical function executed for the IETF,
>> >currently by ISI, which the IETF (acting through the IAB) will
>> >re-delegate by the end of the year. The name is not available for ICANN
>> >as a corporation.
>> 
>> The IETF can't be possibly be re-delegating the technical functions
>> currently executed by IANA.  The functions will be carried on by the new
>> organization (ICANN) after the transition.
>> 
>> And how is it then that Dr. Postel proposed the new organization be named
>> IANA if that name isn't available?
>> 
>> >...
>> >
>> >Regards
>> >
>> >   Brian Carpenter
>> >   Chair, Internet Architecture Board
>> >
>