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Re: [wg-c] historical trivia (getting to the Shepperd/Kleiman "p
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On 16-Mar-2000 Dave Crocker wrote:
> At 07:57 PM 3/15/00 -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:
>>Sure it is. IANA had no such authority. It's endorsement was no better than
>
> 10 years of responsibility for DNS administration -- as in, from the
> inception of the DNS -- says otherwise. The myth that IANA was just a
> mechanical arm of the US government does not hold up under serious analysis
> of its role and actions.
Please, Dave, show me where IANA has this authority, and where the NSF
specifically delegated it to them. Let's deal with facts, Dave. When you can
present some, this issue can be revisited. There is simply no reason to
discuss it otherwise, because the evidence and facts clearly show that IANA had
no such authority, it ASSUMED that authority on its own without any
authorization.
> The entire basis for the legitimacy of that effort is more extensive, as
> you know.
No, it isn't. The gTLD-MoU effort is no more legitimate than any other
attempt to add new gTLDs by groups like IOD, vrx.net, Iperdome, etc.
Please, prove me wrong. Show me some facts, Dave, not a strong seeded desire
by the gTLD-MoU supporters to see their efforts legitimized after the fact.
I don't doubt that the gTLD-MoU supports believed they were acting with
authority, and believed IANA had that authority. But the fact remains that
IANA didn't. The NSF made that very clear.
If you can point to some official document that gave IANA that authority,
please do. It sure would have done wonders from some of the many lawsuits over
the years.
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