Dear Protocol Council Members, Please find below the message of Mr. S. Lynn, concerning the PSO-PC Statement on the Alternative Roots Issue. Best regards, Vladimir -----Original Message----- From: M. Stuart Lynn [mailto:lynn@icann.org] Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 9:44 PM To: Androuchko, Vladimir Cc: pso-pc, ITU (MLIST); ICANN Board List Subject: Re: PSO-PC Position on the Alternative Roots Issue Thank you, Vladimir, for passing on the statement of the Protocol Council. I am sharing it with the ICANN Board who I know will appreciate receiving the Council's views. Please pass on my thanks to the Council and the Protocol Supporting Organizations for clarifying their views on this important subject. These are helpful contributions. Stuart At 2:30 PM +0200 10/11/01, Androuchko, Vladimir wrote: >Dear Stuart, >On behalf of the Protocol Council, I'm sending you the Position of the >PSO-PC on the Alternative Roots Issue. It was agreed that each Protocol >Supporting Organization gives also its comments/statements concerning >the Alternative Roots Issue. > >The PSO Statement is: > >"The Internet DNS currently operates using a Single Authoritative Root >Server System. Although, it would be technically possible to devise and >standardize a fully compliant alternative multiple root server system, >there appears to be no technical reason for changing from the present >working system, as this would require the development of a new set of >protocols for use by the DNS." > >Additional IETF statement: > >"The Internet currently operates using a tree-structured name space >known as the DNS. Of necessity, such a name space must have a single, >authoritative root. Moving to a model that would not require such a >single, authoritative root would require replacing the present, working >DNS with some other system. Such a replacement would require the >development of a new naming paradigm, as well as the protocols and >software to implement it. Developing and deploying such replacement >protocols would take years, and would have enormous potential for >disruption of the Internet. IETF does not see any technical benefit >in such an effort." > >The ITU-T Study Group 2 conclusion on the Alternative Roots Issue, >which was reached during the ITU-T Study Group 2 meeting (Geneva, 4-14 >September 2001) states: > >"Study Group 2 has noted the PSO statement and has no objections to it. >However, Study Group 2 notes that there may be other issues in >addition to technical reasons such as administrative and national >sovereignty considerations." > >ETSI supports the IETF statement and the ITU-T Study Group 2 statement. >ETSI considers that the ITU-T Study Group 2 statement is outside the scope >of the PSO. >W3C supported IETF Statement. -- __________________ Stuart Lynn President and CEO ICANN 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 Tel: 310-823-9358 Fax: 310-823-8649 Email: lynn@icann.org