[Chapter-delegates] Draft ISOC comments on WGIG report

[Steve Crocker]

Franck,

The formula of 13 root servers predates ICANN.  It's approximately  
the number of addresses that fit into one packet and is related to  
the technological limitations in starting up DNS service for a  
client.  Each of the 13 addresses corresponds to one of the 13 root  
server operations, lettered A though M.  Many of these servers use  
anycast to provide multiple distributed servers, as you suggested.

Steve




Steve Crocker
steve at shinkuro.com


On Aug 9, 2005, at 6:49 PM, Franck Martin wrote:

> [PS: Michael can you send me the attachment again, it got removed  
> on the way by our anti-virus scan engine]
>
> I have a question about the WGIG report, it states that there can  
> only be 13 root servers due to technological issues. Is that true.  
> I suppose these 13 are without counting the anycast servers? I fear  
> here another go at discrediting ICANN?
>
> PICISOC will certainly prepare an independednt submission (time  
> permit). It is nice to be able to support ISOC position now that we  
> know it, however our main point, is that creating another UN type  
> forum is draining resources on developping countries as they have  
> to meet the costs in physical participation. In countries with  
> little population it may mean removing somebody from the workforce  
> several weeks a year.
> We would rather see increased virtual participatory approaches,  
> like ICANN, IETF, APNIC is doing where you can particiapte in  
> meetings from your office.
> We would rather recommend that this form of participation be  
> encourage by the UN, and that in general Internet Governance issues  
> should be discussed in current UN forum. No need to create another  
> structure to put more burden on developping countries and tax payers.
>
> (note: even India has issues to find money to send representatives  
> to all these Internet meetings, why create another forum?)
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> Michael R Nelson wrote:
>> Attached is a draft of ISOC comments on the new report of the UN  
>> Working Group on Internet Government (WGIG).
>>
>> The draft combines large portions of the statements that Lynn St.  
>> Amour and Brian Carpenter made at the last public meeting of the  
>> WGIG in June.
>> In addition, it contains criticiques of specific parts of the report.
>>
>> Several parts of the draft reflect discussions during last  
>> weekend's meetings of the ISOC Advisory Committee and the ISOC  
>> Board in Paris. I have also included data from the recent members'  
>> survey regarding the WGIG report. Thank you to all of you who  
>> provided your input and advice.
>>
>> The most important (and likely the most controversial) sections of  
>> the draft are:
>>
>> 1) The last paragraph of the Executive Summary on the first page,  
>> which calls for more focus on technological solutions (and less  
>> focus on ICANN, DNS, IP addresses)
>>
>> 2) The first portion of the section on "How to Read the WGIG  
>> Report" on page 4.
>>
>> 3) A call for reform of UN agencies (especially the ITU) in the  
>> last paragraph of page 6.
>>
>> 4) A clear statement of opposition to the idea of a single general- 
>> purpose forum linked to the UN to discuss Internet issues (and a  
>> criticism of the UN ICT Task Force, the GBDE, and the Global  
>> Information Infrastructure Commission) on page 8.
>>
>> 5) A statement of ISOC's priorities for WSIS at the bottom of page  
>> 10 and the top of page 11.
>>
>> If you have comments regarding this draft, please e-mail them to  
>> me, Lynn St. Amour, and Miriam Kuehne (mnelson at isoc.org,  
>> st.amour at isoc.org, kuehne at isoc.org)
>> Please send any comments you have by Thursday night, August 11.
>>
>> We aim to finish work on these comments by Friday, August 12,  
>> since they must be submitted to the WSIS Secretariat by Monday,  
>> August 15
>>
>> (See attached file: ISOC comments on WGIG report V3a.doc)
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>> Michael R. Nelson
>> Director, Internet Technology and Strategy
>> IBM Corporation
>> 1301 K St., N.W., Suite 1200
>> Washington, DC 20005
>> 202-515-5137
>> cell 703-598-5187
>> mrn at us.ibm.com
>>
>>
>
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