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

[Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>]

I don't think so.

  Brian

Joseph Friedman wrote:
> 
> 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
> >> >
> >