Re: [icann-europe] RE: [ecdiscuss] Re: [icann-europe] European Root Server System

[Jefsey Morfin <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>]

On 13:53 25/04/02, R.Gaetano@iaea.org said:
>I also agree that the root should be unique,

The root is by nature unique. As is the universe.

>but I have to admit that the USA *does* practice way too much control over 
>the root/ICANN, I *do see* the need for a change.

Question: have you a real problem in having the root/ICANN (Legacy) under 
ICANN supervision and the root/eu under EEC, building together with the 
other namespace manager (USG for Govnet, China for their root, etc..) the 
"universal root". It takes around 30 days for a change proposed by the 
ICANN to be entered into the USG root. Don't you think there is plenty of 
time to concert between different parallel root operators to make sur they 
use the same, or even to use a common secretariat to fullfil the job?

>Examples:
>- All 4 top managers of ICANN so far (2 CEOs and 2 Board Chair) are US 
>nationals - do you think that this is a coincidence?
>- By directly subcontracting the management of the A-root, the US has 
>*complete* control of the root.
>If this is not *too much*, I would like to know what in your view "too 
>much" would be.
>
>The problem, though, cannot be solved with some form of "retaliation" like 
>have the European autonomous root: honestly, this would be far worse.

No one talk about autonomous root here We talk about root servers. Why does 
everyone want to talk about fighting and not about concertation. Some 
developper 20 years ago did not designed the root server protocol for more 
than 13 machines to work together because at that time 3 or 4 root servers 
were luxury. Would he have chosen 371 there would be plenty of people 
explaining us that the world is designed for a 371 root servers system or 
war ...

>But the political problem of having international jurisdiction over key 
>global issues of the Internet should be solved, methinks.

Internet is the Jon Postel private sub-network which interconnected the 
international public data network system in 1984 and did not change its 
adminisrtation much until Berner-Lee used it for the web. Let it rest in 
peace under the ICANN post Jon Postel management and let consider the Intl 
network wich includes X.121 and TCP/IP networks and several billions of 
users to be.

IMHO if we understand the way its gouvenance should be organized, the 
ICANN's role will fit easily into it at its right place. May be we aree 
better not to fix the roof before digging the foundations?
jfc







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