[governance] Re: Fwd: [dns-operations] DNSSEC in the Root Zone

[McTim]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Avri Doria <avri at psg.com> wrote:
>
> On 7 Oct 2009, at 05:17, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
>
>> (This is a good opportunity to show that the end of the JPA changed
>> nothing.)
>>
>> IANA/ICANN, now "independent", is currently asking the US governement
>> about its plans for the inclusion of TLD keys in the signed root.
>
>
> As several comments have already pointed out:  US DOC/NTIA  still controls
> the choke point.  And as I understand it, has no plans to change that
> arrangement.

One more extension after the current one.

However, if NTIA has a role in root signing, then after the next
extension runs out, they may still have to carry out that role, or
find someone else (NIST?).

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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