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

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe and all,

  Again your consistently correct evaluation points up why policy
wonks should be banned from ever making such technically involved
or directly relevant decisions.

  It is clear that all consumers, domain name holders, and ecommerce
in general will pay a huge price for this ill conceived decision.

Joe Baptista wrote:

> 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.
>
> <EOF>
> 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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