On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 08:04:17PM +0530, Sivasubramanian M wrote:
ICANN Coordinates the allocation of Names and Numbers, by policies and programs​. "Rule" may be a strong word here, slipped in from the question that I was answering, it is coordination, and the coordination happens by agreements. If it coordinates the allocation, it ought to consider itself responsible for all aspects concerning how fairly these resources are allocated, and ICANN especially ought to pay attention to the aspects related to DNS data.
I think you will discover that quite a few of us spent a lot of time during the CCWG-Accountability work ensuring that the Mission was quite clear that ICANN does not "coordinate" the DNS beyond the root zone and certain subordinate policies in zones delegated according to contracts with ICANN. ICANN most definitely does not coordinate the allocation of names worldwide. The _whole point_ of the DNS is to prevent such centralization in the interests of ensuring administration is local (loosely speaking, network topologically) to the affected parties.
By your question, "what rules does ICANN make about DNS", are you implying that DNS is free for all, in a commercial sense?
Yes, actually, it is, and that's a feature and not a bug. A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@anvilwalrusden.com