[governance] "Oversight"

[CW Mail]

Hmmm ... this is not a comment on the merits or otherwise of US DoC  
oversight of IANA or of Verisign:

Nonetheless, i do recall that the principle complaint from ccTLDs in  
the past was not so much about who was exercising the 'oversight' but  
rather the time it took and how the delays were documented.

Alternative approaches to this technically formal and usually  
automatic function, flaws and all, need to take account of the  
clients' requirement for transparency and efficiency.

Just a thought,

CW


On 11 Jun 2012, at 17:05, David Conrad wrote:

> Norbert,
>
> Just a small nit:
>
> On Jun 11, 2012, at 3:32 AM, Norbert Bollow wrote:
>> John Curran <jcurran at istaff.org> wrote:
>>> For clarity, which USG "oversight role" are we referring to?
>> ...
>> 3) review of root zone changes before publication
>
> Currently, outside of internal checks done by Verisign as the Root  
> Zone Manager, there is no review of root zone changes prior to  
> publication. DoC's role, as far as I understand it, is to verify  
> that ICANN, as the IANA function operator, followed the documented  
> policies and processes in handling a request from a TLD  
> administrator. Once a change is authorized, the next point (outside  
> of Verisign) where the change can be reviewed is after it hits the  
> root servers.
>
> As mentioned in a previous note, I believe this to be a flaw in the  
> current root zone management system.
>
> Regards,
> -drc
>
>
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