[CRISP-TEAM] 2ND CRISP IANA PROPOSAL Draft - CRISP Review

[Alan Barrett]

On Thu, 08 Jan 2015, Andrei Robachevsky wrote:
>I.A. A description of the service or activity
>
>The IANA activities relevant to the number resources communities are the
>maintenance of the global Internet number resource registries, including
>the allocation of IPv4
>addresses, IPv6 addresses, and Autonomous System Numbers (“ASNs”) to the
>Regional
>Internet Registries (“RIRs”) as well as the delegation of subdomains
>below the “INADDR.
>ARPA” and “IP6.ARPA” domains in accordance with the allocation of IPv4 and
>IPv6 addresses.

I support this change.  "Maintenance of the registries", not just
Allocation of resources.

>2) If we agree with that I also suggest that we change one of the SLA
>principles: "ii. Distribution of Internet Number Resources by the IANA
>Operator to RIRs"
>
>ii. Description of Services Provided by the IANA Operator to RIRs
>
>Principle:
>The IANA Operator will maintain the global Internet number resource
>registries. The IANA Operator will distribute Internet number Resources
>to the RIRs in accordance with the specific processes and timelines
>described in this section of the agreement. The IANA Operator will
>delegate subdomains below the “IN- ADDR.ARPA” and “IP6.ARPA” domains in
>accordance with the allocation of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

I support this change.

>3) I also suggest a minor change to to  Section II.B.2 to make it more
>clear (e.g. whose formation - may be read that ICANN provided services
>since IANA's formation):
>
>Section II.B.2
>
>There is no contractual obligation directly to the Internet number
>resource community for the IANA operator to provide IANA registry
>services for the Internet number registries; IANA services for the
>Internet number registries are provided by ICANN since its formation as
>a result of the NTIA IANA Functions contract and hence IANA services for
>the Internet number registries are presently subject to change per that
>agreement.
>
>change to:
>
>There is no contractual obligation directly to the Internet number
>resource community for the IANA operator to provide IANA registry
>services for the Internet number registries. ICANN has historically
>provided IANA services for the Internet number registries under the
>terms of the NTIA IANA Functions contract and therefore IANA services
>for the Internet number registries are presently subject to change per
>that agreement.

I agree that this change makes it clearer that we are talking about
ICANN's formation, not IANA's formation.

>4) Finally, regarding I.C.· What registries are involved in providing
>the service or activity:
>
>> [...] Delegation of subdomains below the “IN-ADDR.ARPA” and “IP6.ARPA” domain names also requires interaction with the .ARPA zone registry.
>
>I am not sure that that delegation affects .ARPA. Maybe:
>
>"[...] Delegation of subdomains below the “IN-ADDR.ARPA” and “IP6.ARPA”
>domains in accordance with the allocation of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses."

The question is specifically about which registries are affected. 
You seem to think that third-level or lower-level subdomains under 
IN-ADDR.ARPA or IP6.ARPA do not affect the ARPA registry, and you 
may be right (I don't know exactly where the boundary of the ARPA 
registry is), but I want to mention the ARPA registry just in case 
it's relevant.  Would you be satisfied with this:

   Delegation of subdomains below the “IN-ADDR.ARPA” and “IP6.ARPA”
   domain names may also require direct or indirect interaction with
   the .ARPA registry.

("requires" -> "may also require", add "direct or indirect", 
and use the phrase ".ARPA registry" for consistency with the 
www.iana.org page.)

--apb (Alan Barrett)