Agree Thomas . ICANN's real mission is hardly understood in all of its essence. I believe that Paul Levans still has some more work to do in this field, clarifying more and more which issues are and are not under ICANN's "coordination". It is an endless task but needs to be done. rgs Vanda Scartezini Polo Consultores Associados Alameda Santos 1470 #1407 Tel - +55113266.6253 Mob- +55118181.1464 vanda@uol.com.br Before print think about the Environment "The information contained in this message - and attached files - is restricted, and its confidentiality protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify the sender immediately. Please be advised that the improper use of the aforementioned information will create grounds for legal action." "As informações existentes nesta mensagem e nos arquivos anexados são para uso restrito, com sigilo protegido por lei. Caso não seja o destinatário, favor apagar esta mensagem e notificar o remetente. O uso impróprio das informações desta mensagem será tratado conforme a legislação em vigor." -----Mensagem original----- De: alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] Em nome de Thomas Narten Enviada em: quarta-feira, 27 de fevereiro de 2008 11:47 Para: Jean Armour Polly Cc: At-Large Worldwide Assunto: Re: [At-Large] Pakistan YouTube Block affected wider Internet
But Internet stability certainly ICANN's mission.
It is? Not in my opinion. ICANN's mission is much narrower. Focussed on coordination of certain global identifiers. To be even more clear, a key word is "coordination". The main part of that system where "Internet stability" comes in is some parts of the DNS (e.g., TLDs and the root zone). It is not ICANN's mission to deal with every aspect of Internet security or stability, and the Pakistan YouTube incident is far out of scope (or competence/ability) for ICANN to get involved. Thomas _______________________________________________ ALAC mailing list ALAC@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org At-Large Official Site: http://www.alac.icann.org ALAC Independent: http://www.icannalac.org