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Simon St.Laurent scripsit: > It's not clear that the "IANA function" in general has been contracted > to ICANN - the message appears to be only about country codes. I'd > certainly like clarification on the status of the IANA generally, > though. Thus spake RFC 3160, the Tao of the IETF (2001 but still current): # The core registrar for the IETF's activities is the IANA. Many # Internet protocols require that someone keep track of protocol items # that were added after the protocol came out. Typical examples of the # kinds of registries needed are for TCP port numbers and MIME types. # The IAB has designated the IANA organization to perform these tasks, # and the IANA's activities are financially supported by ICANN, the # Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Who pays the piper calls the tune, and the Commerce Department is simply reaffirming the status quo. -- John Cowan <jcowan@r...> http://www.ccil.org/~cowan http://www.reutershealth.com Unified Gaelic in Cyrillic script! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Celticonlang
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