[governance] Root Server

[David Conrad]

Parminder,

On Jul 27, 2014, at 1:36 AM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
> I dont see why we should not already be seeking such a body

No one is stopping you (or whoever 'we' is in the above). You (or whoever 'we' is in the above) just need to come up with something that is at least as trusted by resolver operators of the world as the current system, then convince those operators to make use of that zone maintenance/signing/distribution system.

My suspicion is that this will be a hard sell for a variety of reasons, however the first step is to actually come up with a proposal that resolver operators (not politicians) might look at and decide if they want to play along.

> In fact we now already have a US court decision to sieze .ir from the root file.

As far as I am aware, despite that court decision, .IR remains in the root and nothing has changed with respect to its registration information.

> IANA transition issue is supposed to be basically about these huge current and impending problems.

My understanding of the transition of the stewardship of IANA is that it is about removing NTIA from its current role. That seems to be a more focused scope that what you believe the IANA transition is supposed to be about. I'm unsure where you derived your view of the IANA transition, but you might want to reread http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions.

> The fact that we have a complete sham being carried out right now in the name of IANA transition is something at least civil society should sit up and reflect about... 

As far as I can tell, NTIA and the various folks involved in the transition appear to be are quite serious about wanting to remove NTIA from its current role. I'm unsure why you would consider it a 'sham' unless of course you're accusing the transition participants of not pursuing your personal view of the transition. If that is indeed the case, then I suspect the problem does not really lie with them.

Regards,
-drc

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