[ncdnhc-discuss] Domain registrars rally around ICANN

[Joop Teernstra]

At 12:03 p.m. 16/08/2002 -0400, Chris Chiu wrote:
>A number of domain name registrars reportedly have signed on to a draft
>letter expressing "continuing support for" the Internet Corporation for
>Assigned Names and Numbers' restructuring committee. The letter goes on to
>argue that "ICANN remains the most viable solution to ensure the ongoing
>stability of the Internet's naming and addressing systems." The letter comes
>after the Council of European National Top Level Domain registries (CENTR)
>as well as Verisign and DENIC issued statements suggesting that ICANN should
>play a role largely limited to that of a "a central depository of
>information about, and provide coordination among those who operate, the
>technical infrastructure of the Internet, most notably in the domain name
>and IP numbering systems." None of these documents explicitly mentions
>ICANN's refusal to hold any more public elections.

CENTR remains very critical about the way the IANA function is handled.
See http://www.centr.org/news/ICANN-AXFR.html  especially the last paragraphs.

--Joop