Re: [icann-eu] Re: [ICANN-EU] ccTLDs to ask for BoD seats?

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Thomas and all,

  ICANN and the GAC have no such power to assure mutual
assured destruction.  Only the governments individually involved
can do that for themselves.  Several countries have already indicated
that they are not happy with ICANN/GAC/WIPO.  I doubt that
their positions will change much unless the GAC, ICANN and WIPO
can make dramatic changes in their policy positions.  This is also
not likely.  Hence, it IS likely that some ccTLD's will break away.
They are not going to pay tribute to ICANN, nor should they.

Thomas Roessler wrote:

> On 2000-11-29 10:41:40 -0500, t byfield wrote:
>
> > and so on. this conversation about roots is 99.9% theology, imo,
> > and ICANN is the rough equivalent of an avignon pope.
>
> The quote from the ccTLD constituency about "going nuclear" gives a
> little hint about what they can actually threaten with: Mutually
> Assured Destruction.
>
> Look at either side's nuclear options: (1) either ccTLDs are removed
> from the "official" root, or (2) they remove themselves from the
> "official" root (by changing, for instance, nameservers' IP
> addresses), taking root services from someone else. Note that the
> latter option is the only way by which ccTLD operators could try to
> force users and ISPs into using a root different from the default
> one.
>
> Also note that each of these options implies that certain ccTLDs
> would not be available to those who continue to use the default
> root.
>
> Of course, these options would generate a major desaster for the net
> - one which governments (and the ISP and user communities!) would
> most likely not want to see for a second time.  The most likely
> consequences would be that (1) ICANN would be replaced by a
> government-driven entity, and that (2) ccTLDs would find themselves
> replaced by entirely government-driven entities.  That is, use of
> the "nuclear option" would result in the assured destruction of
> ICANN as we know it _and_ in the assured destruction of the ccTLD
> operator structure we know today.
>
> I'm convinced that neither ICANN nor the ccTLD operators wish such
> effects.  Nevertheless, it's important to know and to note that both
> sides have access to triggers for self-destruction of the current
> DNS structure.
>
> --
> Thomas Roessler                         <roessler@does-not-exist.org>

Regards,

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