[ncdnhc-discuss] Esther Dyson on the Agenda Change

[Milton Mueller]

>From her newsletter:

(I hope this is "fair use"!)

ICANN has just announced that the agency's annual 
meeting next month, which was supposed to include 
a decision on the ALSC's recommendations, will focus 
on security issues. That sounds very nice -- responsive 
to current conditions and so forth -- but it ends up delaying 
more pressing issues.

Security is important, and ICANN's member organization―
-- technical developers, Internet service providers, 
address and domain name registries and registrars -- should 
certainly work together on security issues. But most of 
what they need to do is fairly specific and beyond the 
purview of a policy and standards body. ICANN and its 
members do need to be aware of security issues, but the 
details -- especially for ensuring the integrity of the root 
servers, which are the foundation of the Domain Name 
System probably should NOT be discussed in public. 
Regardless,accomplishing these things requires staff and 
technical expert time ― not a lot of discussion at the board 
level.