[IP] This is even worse
Delivered-To: dfarber+@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:29:58 -0400
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@xxxxxxxx>
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Dave,
A quick note: that IAB document is from January and was not prepared in
response to Verisign's latest move.
[ my error but that even makes it worse. In spite of this caution (put
mildly) VERISIGN went ahead with the plan. THAT IS WORSE djf]
BTW as we reported at News.com, ICANN has refused to comment so far, but
has said they may have a statement in the next day or so:
http://news.com.com/2100-1032-5077530.html
The Department of Commerce is referring calls to ICANN and Verisign.
Meanwhile it announced today it's extended the government's contract with
Verisign for three more years:
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-17sep03.htm
GREAT TIMINMG. Maybe DOC needs some new people. djf
-Declan
At 01:23 PM 9/17/2003, you wrote:
I would consider ICANNs response to this issue to be a very good indicator
of their ability to be a guardian of the DNS. If they don't take a strong
position, I will read that as yet another bad bad sign.
Dave
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 13:08:10 -0400
From: "Adam H. Pendleton" <fmonkey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Dave Farber wrote:
Doesn't Verisign have some kind of contract with a
government body specifying how they are to
discharge their trust in running the DNS?
Yes, Verisign has a contract with the United States Department of
Commerce. In adition, their actions are overseen, in principle, by the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Currently the DoC is
referring all queries to ICANN and Verisign, though they may issue a
statement in the next few days. ICANN has said that they *will* be
issuing a statement in a few days, and there has already been much
internal discussion. See:
http://www.iab.org/Documents/icann-vgrs-response.html
ahp
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