[AusNOG] So ICANN approved generic TLDs

[Terry Manderson]

On 22/06/2011, at 8:47 AM, Daniel Brown wrote:

> Pretty obvious it's a cash grab with a globalisation agenda, sad day for the
> internet imho, things like this will just fuel fractures and splinter of the
> "internet"

I would suggest that _not_ allowing such recognisable organisations to 
seek and acquire a TLD that they want to call their own would be a more active
catalyst to the fracturing of the internet namespace. Think alternate roots and DNS 
protocol shifts by using Classes [1].

[1] http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/2009/forum/geneva/Pdfs/WSISForum09-InfraClasses-V0%201%20(2).pdf

> 
> Most TLS's would be a huge monopoly, .law, .bank, .food, all under the
> command of a tsar. Bad day of history imho in relation to this.

really? perhaps reflect on how the monopolisation of .aero, .name et el is going. ;)

> 
> Isn't IANA the DoC/DoJ?
> 

IANA, in terms of the function, is currently a zero dollar contract awarded by NTIA, a part of the DoC.

Do keep in mind that IANA is a function that has a lot of stakeholders, from the IETF, the RIRs, and the Domain name folk

Recently (feb) the IANA function came up for review, 

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/frnotices/2011/fr_ianafunctionsnoi_02252011.pdf
(Docket No. 110207099–1099–01)

and then extended last week:

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/frnotices/2011/FR_IANA_FurtherNOI_06142011.pdf
(Docket No. 110207099–1319–02)

Public comments to date can be found here:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/comments/110207099-1099-01/

Cheers
Terry