[gnso-idn-wg] Role and Uses of the DNS

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I realize that I said something that might have been misunderstood  
about ICANN's responsibilities regarding DNS (I thought I heard a few  
sotto voce gasps).

Certainly the ICANN mandate toward the stability and security of the  
DNS and the Root File system means that there is a strong  
responsibility for some uses of the system.  It is just that DNS is  
used for a great many things (notice the number of different record  
types/qtypes beyond A, AAAA, CNAME, DNAME, TA, DLV that can be served  
http://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters ).  It was these uses  
and abuses of the DNS that I thought were beyond the purview of ICANN.

a.