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

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

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
> >