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"Brad" == Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> writes:

>> http://www.iana.org/procedures/delegation-data.html. Brad> I read the proposal on the web page. Except for their Brad> complete lack of discussion of things like IPv6, DNSSEC, Brad> etc..., I don't see anything specifically and obviously Brad> wrong with what they've got. Everything seems, more or Brad> less, fairly reasonable. Brad> Do you have some specific comments/views on the Brad> proposal? If so, could/would you be willing to share them Brad> with us? Well the section "IANA Procedures for Removing Problematic Delegation Data" suggests to me that IANA may unilaterally decide to change the delegation of a TLD without the consent of the TLD operator. And it's not at all clear what circumstances and criteria would prevail for IANA to justify taking that action. Not that this practice can ever be justified IMO. IANA can't possibly know what the best or correct name servers for some TLD will be. By definition only the TLD operator can decide that. I'm rather surprised that nobody seems to think this is part of the proposal could be more than a little controversial. And if IANA starts changing the root zone whenever it feels like doing so -- OK I exaggerate for effect -- that sets a very dangerous precedent. When it comes to the root zone, IANA must only act as the registry. It must always be someone/something else that decides what goes in the root zone. Of course this doesn't preclude IANA from checking delegations and making recommendations about changes. But there must be a seperate role that has the responsibility of instructing IANA to make changes to the root zone. IANA must not have that authority itself. Perhaps this section of the proposal is just badly written? However I fear it's badly thought out instead.