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The proposal pointed to by the NTIA Blog entry (and by Milton's piece) is
an implementation of the recommendation of the CWG and DT-F. But carried
to an extreme. It allows the transition to occur with no code
changes and virtually no changes in procedure other than those which will
be well tested prior to the transition.<br><br>
I think that the temporary cloning of the entire RZMS is a rather extreme
measure to avoid making coding or operational changes at the moment of
transition, but it *IS* following the sound engineering practice of
minimizing concurrent changes, and specifically ones that cannot be fully
tested prior to the moment of transition. If it had been me, I would have
developed the revised code and used the cloned system to test
THAT....<br><br>
As far as I can tell, this proposal has nothing to do with the
relationship of the NTIA and Verisign and their cooperative agreement
(other than altering the mechanics of what is done under the agreement).
<br><br>
Alan<br><br>
At 22/08/2015 10:36 PM, Seun Ojedeji wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hi,<br><br>
Just to mention that Milton wrote an interesting blog post summary about
this proposal:<br><br>
<a href="http://www.internetgovernance.org/2015/08/18/whats-going-on-between-ntia-icann-and-verisign/">
http://www.internetgovernance.org/2015/08/18/whats-going-on-between-ntia-icann-and-verisign/</a>
<br><br>
Inline with determining consistency with what DT-F proposed, it will be
good to ask the question of whether the proposal shared by Larry will
ultimately remove the administrative role NTIA. The current wording in
the proposal does not make that clear and I think that would indeed
determine if we are really done with stewardship transition or just
scratching the surface.<br><br>
Regards<br>
Sent from my Asus Zenfone2<br>
Kindly excuse brevity and typos.<br>
On 18 Aug 2015 08:31, "Seun Ojedeji"
<<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>
> wrote:<br>
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<dd>Hello,<br><br>
<dd>Larry has just posted an update on the IANA transition and extension
of ICANN contract. An item of the update is the proposal that addresses
the administrative(middleman) role of NTIA in the update of the root.
Although the CWG did not address this in its proposal due to scope, it
highlights some high level principles (expectations) on this. It may be
good to check if the ICANN/Verisign proposal meets such expectations.
<br><br>
<dd>Regards<br><br>
<br>
<dd><a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/update-iana-transition">
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/update-iana-transition</a><br><br>
<dd><h1><b>An Update on the IANA Transition</b></h1><br>
<dd>August 17, 2015 by Assistant Secretary for Communications and
Information and NTIA Administrator Lawrence E. Strickling<br>
<br>
<dd>The Internet’s global multistakeholder community has made
tremendous progress in its work to develop a proposal to transition the
historic stewardship role NTIA has played related to Internet’s domain
name system (DNS).<br><br>
<dd>When we
<a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions">
announced</a> our intent in March 2014 to complete the privatization of
the DNS, we noted that the base period of our contract with ICANN to
perform technical functions related to the DNS, known as the IANA
functions, expired on September 30, 2015. However, it has become
increasingly apparent over the last few months that the community needs
time to complete its work, have the plan reviewed by the U.S. Government
and then implement it if it is approved.<br><br>
<dd>Accordingly, in May we asked the groups developing the transition
documents how long it would take to finish and implement their
proposals. After factoring in time for public comment, U.S.
Government evaluation and implementation of the proposals, the community
estimated it could take until at least September 2016 to complete this
process. In response to their feedback, we informed Congress on Friday
that we plan to extend our IANA contract with ICANN for one year to
September 30, 2016. Beyond 2016, we have options to extend the contract
for up to three additional years if needed.<br><br>
<dd>This one-year extension will provide the community with the time it
needs to finish its work. The groups are already far along in planning
the IANA transition and are currently taking comments on their IANA
transition proposals. As we indicated in a recent
<a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/fr_iana_transition_comment_notice_08102015.pdf">
Federal Register notice</a>, we encourage all interested stakeholders to
engage and weigh in on the proposals.<br><br>
<dd>In preparation for the implementation phase of the IANA stewardship
transition, NTIA also asked Verisign and ICANN to submit a proposal
detailing how best to remove NTIA’s administrative role associated with
root zone management, which the groups working on the transition were not
asked to address. We asked Verisign and ICANN to submit a proposal
detailing how best to do this in a manner that maintains the security,
stability and resiliency of the DNS. Under the current root zone
management system, Verisign edits and distributes the root zone file
after it has received authorization to do so from NTIA. Verisign and
ICANN have developed a
<a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/root_zone_administrator_proposal-relatedtoiana_functionsste-final.pdf">
proposal</a> that outlines a technical plan and testing regime for
phasing out the largely clerical role NTIA currently plays in this
process. The testing will occur in a parallel environment that will not
disrupt the current operation of the root zone management
system.<br><br>
<dd>These developments will help ensure that the IANA transition will be
done in a manner that preserves the security and stability of the
DNS.<br><br>
<dd>Cheers!<br>
<dd>-- <br>
<dd>
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