Re: . (was IPv6 and CDN's)

2021-10-27 Thread Fred Baker
> On Oct 26, 2021, at 9:25 AM, Bryan Fields wrote: > > Can you explain how it would work? Say you have a root server operator who > starts messing up, is there any ability to remove them? You might look at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-037-15jun18-en.pdf. Yes, there is

Re: . (was IPv6 and CDN's)

2021-10-26 Thread John Levine
It appears that Bryan Fields said: >Can you explain how it would work? Say you have a root server operator who >starts messing up, is there any ability to remove them? Nope. We are fortunate that for over 30 years the root servers have all been competent and reliable. >> It’s a hard question,

Re: . (was IPv6 and CDN's)

2021-10-26 Thread John Curran
Bryan - One of the things that was clarified with the IANA Stewardship Transition is that ICANN has (at least) two distinct roles contained within it: one is coordination of the domain name community to develop Domain Name policy and the other is the IANA / Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) r

Re: . (was IPv6 and CDN's)

2021-10-26 Thread Bryan Fields
On 10/26/21 12:10 PM, David Conrad wrote: >> Surely IANA has the power to compel a root server operator to abide by >> policy or they lose the right to be a root server? > To compel? No. Not in the slightest. That is not how the root server system > works. This is a (very) common misconception. Ca