HI Simon (and Katim),<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 1:56 AM, Simon M. Balthazar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sbalthazar@tznic.or.tz" target="_blank">sbalthazar@tznic.or.tz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On 07/12/2012 01:28, McTim wrote:<br>
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<div>The DoC DOES have a no-fee contract with ICANN to run the
IANA, this does not mean they can determine what is in the
root.</div>
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McTim,<br>
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In IANA Root Zone Process, there's a part that requires DoC
Authorization. They are suppose to authorize all changes to the DNS
root zone, and the root zone database. And that is done after
approval of the ICANN board, meaning they have the final say on what
is to be in the root.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br></font></span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Yes, the process is more complicated than I indicated, it actually involves 4 groups of folk (3 if you don't count the root-server operators. My point was that it is too simplistic to say that the USG controls the root.</div>
<div><br></div><div>from Wikipedia:</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"<a href="http://icannwiki.com/index.php/ICANN" title="ICANN" style="text-decoration:initial;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-repeat:initial initial">ICANN</a> is one of four entities that is a part of the DNSSEC process, it is responsible for receiving and inspecting the information from the <a href="http://icannwiki.com/index.php/TLD" title="TLD" style="text-decoration:initial;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-repeat:initial initial">TLD</a> operators. These actions are perfomed in conjunction with:</p>
<ol style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;margin:0.3em 0px 0px 3.2em;padding:0px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://icannwiki.com/index.php/NTIA" title="NTIA" style="text-decoration:initial;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-repeat:initial initial">The National Telecommunications and Information Administration</a> (NTIA), which is a division of the U.S. <a href="http://icannwiki.com/index.php/DOC" title="DOC" style="text-decoration:initial;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-repeat:initial initial">Department of Commerce</a>, and is responsible for authorizing changes to the <a href="http://icannwiki.com/index.php/Root_Zone" title="Root Zone" style="text-decoration:initial;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-repeat:initial initial">root zone</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://icannwiki.com/index.php/Verisign" title="Verisign" style="text-decoration:initial;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-repeat:initial initial">Verisign</a>, which is contracted by the U.S. government to edit the root zone with the information supplied and authenticated by <a href="http://icannwiki.com/index.php/ICANN" title="ICANN" style="text-decoration:initial;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-repeat:initial initial">ICANN</a>, which is subsequently authorized by the Department of Commerce, and also to distribute the root zone file containing information on where to find info on <a href="http://icannwiki.com/index.php/TLD" title="TLD" style="text-decoration:initial;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-repeat:initial initial">TLDs</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">An international group of <a href="http://icannwiki.com/index.php?title=Root_Service_Operators&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Root Service Operators (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration:initial;color:rgb(165,88,88);background-image:none;background-repeat:initial initial">Root Service Operators</a> that distributes root information from the root zone file across the Internet."</li>
</ol></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>