Re: [icann-eu] Re: Root Servers and ICANN

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----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Roberts <roberts@icann.org>
To: Jefsey Morfin <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>
Cc: <icann-europe@fitug.de>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 10:03 PM
Subject: [icann-eu] Re: Root Servers and ICANN


> Mr. Fleming has made a minor cottage industry out of taking my
> statement below out of context and polluting the net with it.  Let me
> make a few brief comments about the actual state of affairs.
>
> 1) The White Paper and our MOU with the Department of Commerce
> require an ICANN effort to enhance the root server system.  A
> committee chaired by Jun Murai has been working on this for almost
> two years and has made reports on its progress at every ICANN public
> meeting.  The action plan recommended by the RSSAC and adopted by the
> Board in Yokohama involves a series of technical, operational and
> administrative changes in the operation of the root server system,
> most of which will take place in 2001.  See
> <http://www.icann.org/dnsroot-com.html>.
>
> 2) It has never been contemplated by ICANN or the DOC that ICANN
> would become an operator of the system.  It is a distributed system -
> geographically, technically, and administratively - that has worked
> extremely well over a long period of years.  ICANN currently operates
> the L root server in Los Angeles, and it will become the operator of
> the new Distribution Master server at some point in the future. The
> RSSAC, as reported in Yokohama and again this past week in Marina del
> Rey, is engaged in a study of root server traffic as a guide to
> potential expansion of the system in the future.  When the committee
> has something to say on this topic, it will make a public report to
> the Board.
>
> 3) The root server operator organizations are currently circulating
> among themselves a draft agreement that will reflect the enhancements
> recommended by the RSSAC.  After discussion, the operators have
> recommended through the RSSAC that the existing non-commercial,
> public service character of the operation of the root server system
> be continued.
>
> 4) When the recommended changes are in place some time next year,
> there will be a set of written agreements that meet the objectives of
> the White Paper for a chain of accountability for the root servers
> that contributes to the stability of the Internet.  The commitments
> made to ICANN by the operators will be extended in turn to all of the
> TLD nameserver operators who rely on the root server system for their
> own stable name resolution.  It is neither necessary nor desirable
> that the agreements between the root server operators and ICANN, and
> the TLD operator agreements with ICANN be of a commercial nature.
>
> - Mike
>
>
>
>
>
> At 2:07 +0100 11/19/00, Jefsey Morfin wrote:
> >At 17:45 12/11/00, JIM FLEMING wrote:
> >>"c) Root server system improvements
> >>
> >>Mr Roberts clarified the role of ICANN in relation to the operation of
the
> >>root server system. He noted that ICANN owes an enormous debt of
gratitude
> >>to the operators of the root servers. The services provided by the root
> >>server operators are voluntary services undertaken in the public
interest.
> >>ICANN works with the root server operators, but does not operate the
root
> >>server system. Against this background, it is inappropriate for ICANN to
> >>enter into contracts with the ccTLDs to provide root server system
> >>services."
> >>
> >>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> >
> >Questions:
> >1. how many ccTLD cooperate freely as an operator of a root server?
> >2. where can I find the requirements to operate a root server
> >3. would it not be advisable that ccTLDs cooperate in operating a root
> >     servers to achieve a better geographical distribution of the root
servers,
> >     increase their number and achieve a better global reliability
> >and stability?
> >Jefsey
>
>