Re: ICANN & Blockchain

Hi All,

However in recent days there was presentation in ICANN 58 at Copenhagen -
About blockchain and DNS.

http://schd.ws/hosted_files/icann58copenhagen2017/88/1.%20Abderrahman%3AAbdou%20Blockchain%20-%20ICANN58.pdf

It seems the research is more preliminary in nature. As namecoin
implementation is totally ignored.

This space for blockchain work to be done is very massive as entire
function of internet governance can be shifted to blockchain. (
http://melnge.github.io/Melange/ )

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Regards

Harsh Patel




On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 11:11 AM, Michael D. Palage <michael@palage.com>
wrote:

> Hello All,
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> The following URL is a response from ICANN to a request that I submitted
> last month under its Document Information Disclosure Policy asking for “all
> initiatives, documents and research by ICANN dealing with blockchain and
> distributed ledger technology [DLT] in connection with the [Domain Name
> System] DNS and other unique identifiers schemes/frameworks.” See
> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/didp-20170214-
> 1-palage-request-2017-03-16-en
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> While ICANN’s response was largely non-responsive to my inquiry, I found
> the following disclaimer rather intriguing.
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> To the extent that there have been any personal preliminary interest or
> individual research conducted relating to blockchain and DLT, those
> documents are subject to the following DIDP Defined Conditions of
> Nondisclosure and are therefore not appropriate for public disclosure:  …
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> Information that relates in any way to the security and stability of the
> Internet, including the operation of the L Root or any changes,
> modifications, or additions to the root zone.
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> So while I believe Tony and Melvin’s concerns about the potential attack
> vectors in namecoin are valid, I found it really interesting to see that it
> is likely that ICANN is experimenting with blockchain in connection with
> the L Root based upon its  qualified non-response.
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> Best regards,
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> Michael
>