[ncdnhc-discuss] Esther Dyson on the Agenda Change

[Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law]

Actually, the essay is really annoying: it presents the six (basically a
ratification of the decisions ED voted for when on the Board) as a
COMPROMISE, when in fact it's siding with one side.

On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Milton Mueller wrote:

> >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.
> 
> 
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