RE: [soac-mapo] RE: Initial Draft ToR for Recommendation 6 Implementation Discussion

[Milton L Mueller <mueller@xxxxxxx>]

From: owner-soac-mapo@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-soac-mapo@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Richard Tindal

I question use of the word 'preserving' in this sentence:  "preserving 
the.................universal resolvability of the DNS (as noted in 
Recommendation 4)."

I don't think there's universal resolvability of the DNS today.  For example, I 
don't think .TW names resolve in the PRC.  As preserve means to 'keep 
unchanged' I don't think we can preserve something that doesn't exist.     
Also,  I don't see specific reference to 'universal resolvability' in GNSO 
Recommendation 4.

I think a better word than 'preserving' is 'maximizing'.   i think 'maximizing' 
also works well with the additional concepts introduced in Milton's version of 
the sentence.

This is a very good observation, Richard.
There are a couple of countries that block .il (Israel) as well. Some 
e-commerce providers have chosen to "block" exchanges with certain TLDs (I 
recall .ro having some issues like that).

But, do these actions mean that the DNS is not "universally resolvable?" I 
think not. The DNS is resolva-able, it's just that some participants in the 
network choose not to avail themselves of the resolution capability. 
Furthermore, if ICANN refuses to create a TLD because one or two countries 
might choose to block it, I don't see how that improves the general 
resolvability of the DNS. Do you?

I think we need to engage in a more well-rounded discussion with GAC members 
about this "universal resolvability" issue.

--MM