Comments and Recommendations as a member of the GNSO Post Expiry Domain Name Recovery working group.
Hello I have been a part of the GNSO PEDNR working group as a member with affiliation to Isoc India Chennai as an at-Large sturcture. On various problems related to the Domain name renewal / expiry / redemption, some of the positions that I have taken and the comments that I have posted are shown in the attached PDF. Most of my suggestions arise in the average user's interest.I am posting this for comments from the At Large Structures and RALO officers to ask if any of these suggestions must be pressed for inclusion. Apart from the points mentioned in this PDF, I have also tried to argue that at-Large / NCSG as user's organizations may look into the terms of the domain registration contracts as drafted by the Registrars. The rationale is that the average Registrant signs the routine registration agreements without clearly understanding the clauses of these one-sided agreements. At-Large, for instance, which includes Legal Experts as part of its member base could take up this task of negotiating better terms for the benefit of the average Registrant. The email archives of this working group is at the location http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-pednr-dt/ Sivasubramanian M http://isolatednetworks.com http://www.isocmadras.com facebook: http://is.gd/x8Sh LinkedIn: http://is.gd/x8U6 Twitter: http://is.gd/x8Vz
My general sense is that "whoa, this is increasing ICANN's already hyper-inflated role even further." But one specific point really rubbed me wrong (it was the question that hit me wrong, not your answer.) Question 38, the question itself, is based on an entirely fallacious and incorrect perception of what DNS is and does. The question itself falls into the old, and very, very wrong, trap of believing that DNS is a system for looking up IP(v4, v6) addresses. That is wrong. DNS is a system for mapping structured names into zero or more records, of which there are numerous types used for numerous purposes only one of which is for holding IPv4 addresses. There is absolutely no reason why a DNS name needs to reference an IP address. There are users out there who use DNS to map RFID keys, geographic locations, crypto keys, text (I have the text of the Magna Carta under some domain names), etc etc. It annoys me greatly when those who are racing to regulate the internet do not even begin to comprehend the nature of the technology. It would be good if the ALAC would slap back when ICANN makes incorrect assertions or implications about DNS technology. --karl--
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