Re: [ga] Time to regulate the Re-Sellers

[Karl Auerbach <karl@CaveBear.com>]

On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Joop Teernstra wrote:

> >ICANN is not a consumer protection body.  Yes, ICANN has lifted the lid on
> >that Pandora's box and look at the mess that it has created as a result.
> >
> >ICANN needs to slam the lid back down, start doing what it ought to have
> >been doing all along - technical coordination - and leave the issues of
> >public policy to the bodies that were created for that purpose.
... 
> You mean  ICANN has to do away with this whole idea of "ICANN accredited 
> registrars"?

Yes, ICANN should not be accrediting *anyone*, not registrars and not TLD
registries, except to present an initial and yearly certificate from a
qualified auditor that:

   a) The registrar or registry adheres to industry standard protocols
      (However, there needs to be some flexibility built in here to allow
      for protocol experimentation and evolution by regi*s - [that's 
      pronounced "regi-stars"]

   b) The regi* engages in adequate business data protection practices
      that business failure or disaster will leave enough records and
      assets in usable form that another entity can resume operations
      or acquire assets.

		--karl--


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