From brian@hursley.ibm.com Wed Oct 14 02:48:15 1998 Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:47:19 +0100 From: Brian E Carpenter To: iana@iana.org Subject: [Fwd: Comment from the Internet Architecture Board] Message-ID: <3623884D.C9610FAE@hursley.ibm.com> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 18:05:17 +0100 From: Brian E Carpenter Organization: IBM Internet Division X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dnspolicy@ntia.doc.gov Subject: Comment from the Internet Architecture Board Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Comment from the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), a committee of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). ---------------------------------------------------------- The IAB is pleased to note the incorporation of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and recommends that the draft by laws submitted by Jon Postel, head of the existing Internet Assigned Numbers Authority designated by the IAB, should form the basis of the Corporation's by laws. Two relevant earlier statements by the IAB are attached. Brian Carpenter (IAB Chair) October 13, 1998 ------------------------------ Subject: IAB actions concerning the IANA Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:46:05 +0100 From: Brian E Carpenter Organization: IBM Internet Division To: Ira Magaziner , Chris Wilkinson CC: Fred Baker IAB actions concerning the IANA On September 4, 1998 the IAB issued a statement in general support of the third published draft by laws for the "new IANA" corporation. The IAB has briefly reviewed the fifth draft published on September 28, and finds it to be broadly compatible with the third draft. However, since all the issues surrounding the new corporation have not yet been fully resolved, the IAB has decided under the terms of RFC 1601 to prolong for three months the current designation of the team under Jon Postel at ISI as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. We will work on an interim agreement with the IANA to define the specifics of this. Meanwhile the IAB will work with the IESG and the ISOC to prepare a proposal for the Protocol Supporting Organization likely to be required by the new corporation. We will also work on a proposal for open procedures for the IETF appointments to this Organization and to the Board of the proposed new IANA corporation. Finally we will work on a proposal for a memorandum of understanding, or equivalent, between the IETF and the IANA. IETF consensus will be sought for these proposals, most likely via the IETF process working group (the POISSON WG). Brian Carpenter (IAB Chair) September 30, 1998 ------------------------------------------- Subject: IAB Statement on New IANA Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 12:26:52 +0100 From: Brian E Carpenter Organization: IBM Internet Division To: Ira Magaziner , Chris Wilkinson CC: Fred Baker [Note: the draft of this statement was approved by acclamation at the IETF plenary meeting attended by approximately 1000 people on August 26, 1998. It was subsequently approved by a one-week electronic mail "last call" to the IETF, which generated more than 80% favorable comments.] IAB statement on New IANA In June 1998, the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) reviewed the US Government White Paper at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/6_5_98dns.htm and welcomed it, especially the emphasis on self-administration for the Internet. In particular, the IAB believed then and believes now that for stability of operation, the technical work of the new corporation must be initially built out from the existing IANA technical team hosted by the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California under the direction of Jon Postel. This week the IAB has considered the draft by-laws of the new IANA corporation as most recently revised and posted at http://www.iana.org . While the IETF recognizes deficiencies in the present draft and wishes that they be remedied, the IAB and the IETF endorse the draft as the basis for the final by laws, on the basis that: 1. The IETF will be the "Protocol Supporting Organization" for the new IANA. 2. The IAB, consulting with the IESG, will be the "Protocol Council" for the new IANA. 3. The regular IETF nominations process will be modified to incorporate the appointment of the three corresponding IANA Board Members. The IAB is an oversight committee of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), whose charter published as RFC 1601 includes the desgnation of the IANA. For further details, please see the Web sites http://www.iab.org/iab and http://www.ietf.org Brian Carpenter (IAB Chair) September 4, 1998 in agreement with Fred Baker (IETF Chair) (ends)