[ga] TLDs as A Records ??? ICANN Moves Forward Towards Internationalized Top-Level Labels in the DNS

[Joe Baptista <baptista@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a serious mistake.  Technically speaking this may cause error 
and collissions with many of the IDNs roots - i.e. i-dns, china root and 
arab root systems.  The current IANA root servers are under significant 
strain from bogus queries - nothing has changed since I reported on it 
this past February 2003 - which see URL:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/05/dud_queries_swamp_us_internet/

I expect this move will increase error.  Also of note is that absolutely 
no data on root servers and analysis of traffic patters is made 
available for public distribution.  The CAIDA data which was published 
was the first and last time that happened.  I suspect ICANN is again 
pulling te wool over the sheeps collective faces.  baaah :)

http://www.ag-ip-news.com/GetArticle.asp?Art_ID=4466&lang=en

AGIPNEWS4466

3/6/2007 13:54 GMT
ag-IP-news
ICANN Moves Forward Towards Internationalized Top-Level Labels in the DNS

MARINA DEL REY, CA - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and 
Number (ICANN) posted a set of draft procedures describing how the 
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) will manage the insertion, 
administration and removal of internationalized top-level labels (as 
delegated A-records) in the DNS root zone. These procedures are intended 
to guide an evaluation plan providing for the insertion and monitoring 
of sample IDNs into the root zone later this year.

According to a press release by ICANN, this announcement includes the 
draft procedure itself (IANA Root Zone Procedures for Test IDN 
Deployment, and a draft paper (IDN TLD Root Server Performance / 
Tolerance) describing the negative impacts to the DNS (tolerance 
measure) that, if observed, would trigger an emergency revocation 
procedure. The revocation procedure provides for the rapid removal of 
IDNs from the root zone if these negative impacts rise to the level 
specified in the tolerance document. The Root Server System Advisory 
Committee (RSSAC) is also analyzing the tolerance measure.

The public comment period is open until June 22, 2007. Following the 
public comment period ICANN staff will revise these documents and 
publish a final set of procedures that will be reviewed by ICANN Board 
of Directors at the ICANN Meeting in San Juan (June 25- 29, 2007 June).  
The procedure will be implemented according to standard processes for 
newly adopted or revisions to IANA services.

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also see:

Announcement - http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-02jun07.htm
Draft Proceedure - 
http://www.icann.org/topics/idn/idn-iana-root-zone-procedures-02jun07.htm
Draft Paper - 
http://www.icann.org/topics/idn/idn-tld-tolerance-measure-02jun07.htm

regards
joe baptista

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