[governance] Re: Good contribution on IP addresses and Internet Governance

[Roland Perry]

In message <4DB7B923.5050909 at digsys.bg>, at 09:35:15 on Wed, 27 Apr 
2011, Daniel Kalchev <daniel at digsys.bg> writes

>The DNS services function is an auxiliary function, but it is the 
>operational function that is necessary for the Internet's DNS to 
>function. RIRs handle the reverse-DNS lookups via in-addr.arpa and TLD 
>DNS operators, together with the root zone DNS operators handle the 
>forward DNS resolution.
>
>It is this DNS service, that needs independent, globally routable and 
>'stable' IP address space. It is not the RIRs or TLD registries as 
>such, but their DNS operators - sometimes a subdivision, sometimes 
>external contractors, that need such assignments.

I'm not sure such distinctions are very useful (and as far as I know 
none of the RIRs outsources its operations). It's all a bit like saying 
an airline doesn't need an airport to land its planes at, instead it's 
only the pilot who does. In a sense, both are true, and as passengers we
don't quibble about the details as long as we get there safely.
-- 
Roland Perry
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