[Gnso-newgtld-wg] Informational RFC to create Private Namespace TLDs

Mon Jun 15 20:29:33 UTC 2020

Hi Jeff,

Re your message below to the Sub Pro list about the IETF draft proposal that  "there should be strings that are reserved at the top level to allow entities to create private internets", I'm pasting the ICANN Mission provisions below which you referenced in your NCAP post.

It strikes me that the IETF is an "Internet protocol standards development organization", so I'm unsure as to why you object to the initiation of an IETF process on this issue.  I think your position is that this proposed IETF standard "has no particular technical purpose"?  Is that the essence of what you are saying?

Anne
Section 1.1(a)(i):  ICANN "Coordinates the allocation and assignment of names in the root zone of the Domain Name System ("DNS")"..
Section 1.1(a)(iv):  ICANN "Collaborates with other bodies as appropriate to provide registries needed for the functioning of the Internet as specified by Internet protocol standards development organizations."

From: Gnso-newgtld-wg <gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces at icann.org> On Behalf Of Jeff Neuman
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 6:57 AM
To: gnso-newgtld-wg at icann.org
Subject: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Informational RFC to create Private Namespace TLDs

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I thought I would forward this new Informational RFC put out by two employees working in ICANN's OCTO group.

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-arends-private-use-tld/?include_text=1

This proposed informational draft is not as technical as most of them.  In fact, I would argue that although this has been filed to be dealt with at the IETF level, it really should be dealt with within ICANN's Multi-stakeholder processes as opposed to the IETF.  It relates to a topic we have discussed before - Special Use Domains.

In this draft, the authors argue that there should be strings that are reserved at the top level to allow entities to create private internets.  There are a bunch of reasons to do this and some of them are articulated in the draft.  I am not commenting on the merits of the RFC and not making an argument for or against.

However, this is the type of thing I would think that the ICANN Community should have the ability to influence as opposed to circumventing the ICANN multi-stakeholder processes by going to the IETF to get these reserved as "special use" domains.  Remember, we are recommending that Special Use domains that go through the IETF should be accounted for by being reserved from delegation by ICANN. Previously special use domains that were reserved had a particular technical purpose, but this one doesn't seem to fall into that category.

Although we have completed our section on Special Use domains, I wanted to bring this to everyone's attention in case they had some thoughts.

Jeff Neuman
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