Dear Parminder,
On 27/02/2016 11:45, parminder wrote:
As a stop gap measure, before
such incorporation under international law can be worked out,
a new ICANN free from formal NTIA oversight should set up a
parallel redundant authoritative root in a non US location,
which is fully primed to work and take over from the US based
one the moment there is any interference by the US state -
whether its judicial, legislative or executive branch, either
in ICANN's policy process, or actual entries in the
authoritative root. Since Internet's root system works by
reputation and 'community acceptance' and not by any necessary
physical components and linkages, this should be easy to work
out.. This IMHO would be the best interim check on the US
state's possibilities to interfere with ICANN/ root file
business.
In theory, yes, all of what you are saying is possible, except one
thing: has the "US state" ever interfered with the ICANN/root file
business, as you put it? You are speaking of a risk that has been
shown to not exist. I am much less confident of the ability of
some other states to keep their hands off interference with the
root...
Kindest regards,