[governance] Programme outline and schedule released

[Karl Auerbach]

Milton Mueller wrote:

> (2) ICANN and Core Internet Resources
> 
> Core Internet resources should be discussed as a main session in the 
> IGF. Policy toward "critical Internet resources" are a major topic  in
> the Tunis Agenda and the mandate for the IGF. Currently, name and 
> number resources are administered by ICANN and the Regional Internet 
> Registries.

I'd insert the word "some" after "Currently, ".

Part of the IANA function is performed by ICANN under a contract from the US 
Gov't.  That says to me that ICANN in that regard is merely a subordinate 
operational contractor acting behalf of a principal.  A prudent regard for 
reality suggests that we should recognize the principal not the subordinate.

Moreover, some of the IANA function derives from the IETF, a body that has 
recently organized its own support mechanisms and has made noises of 
displeasure with the status quo.  Again, we should recognize the IETF as the 
primary in that aspect of protocol numbers assignment rather than the 
nearly-clerical and clearly subordinate secondary.

In addition, the IEEE, W3C, and even the ITU are also major, and perhaps 
actually the dominant in certain regards, sources of internet protocol numbers.

Many folks are simply avoiding number assignment altogether and simply 
self-assigning protocol numbers.

There is also the fact that on the internet, not every "core" number resource 
needs to be centrally administered.  For example, in the case of IP multicast 
address use occasional collisions are anticipated as part of the normal nature 
of things.  And, of course, we have the ongoing, but technically incorrect, 
belief that domain name consistency on the net requires exactly one DNS root.

		--karl--


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