Dean, > > If you could support this observation by tangible textual reference, that > > would > > be appreciated. As a side note, there is an IETF liaison to ICANN, > > independent > > of whatever WG charter. > > I'm not sure what you mean to dispute. The text of the charter I quoted > cites "This will include root zone name servers, gTLD name servers > [...]" I don't think it can be made plainer.
the fact that name servers dealing with a certain level in the DNS hierarchy or with certain parts of the DNS tree are not or are no longer explicitly mentioned does not imply that they could not taken into special consideration where appropriate. > The liason role is communicative; the liason communicates the consensus > of (in this case) DNSOP. The person of liason has not previously been > the sole technical expert provided by the IETF. But if that becomes so, > this isn't what is described in the MoU. The IETF technical expertise IETF Liaisons are appointed by and report to the IAB. There is an IAB statement regarding the IETF's Liaison to the ICANN Board of Directors at <http://www.iab.org/liaisons/icann/icann-liaison.html>. Neither DNSOP nor any other IETF WG is mentioned there and is at the sole discretion of the IAB to consult with IETF WGs in its (the IAB's) role of assisting the Liaison in executing their duties. I asked you to provide tangible reference (i.e. "chapter and verse") to support your view of DNSOP having a special role w.r.t. root server operations. I fail to see this information having been provided. Also, there was no support of your view. Therefore I consider this issue closed. > People in favor of changing the charter indeed held the position you > describe. But my recollection is that the charter wasn't changed; those > people didn't have a consensus to change the charter that way at that > time. The sad fact is that me dropped the ball on the charter work. > > Note however, that the charter as proposed would _not_ prevent the > > DNSOP WG from, say, updating RFC 2870. > > Under what provision of the new charter would RFC 2870 fall under? The general clause The DNS Operations (DNSOP) Working Group will develop and review guidelines for the correct, efficient and secure configuration, administration, and operation of DNS authoritative servers, resolvers, and DNSSEC validators. would certainly cover this. -Peter [with hat] _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
