From brian@hursley.ibm.com  Wed Oct 14 02:48:15 1998
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:47:19 +0100
From: Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>
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Subject: [Fwd: Comment from the Internet Architecture Board]

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 18:05:17 +0100
From: Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>
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Comment from the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), 
a committee of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
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The IAB is pleased to note the incorporation of the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
and recommends that the draft by laws submitted by 
Jon Postel, head of the existing Internet Assigned 
Numbers Authority designated by the IAB, should form 
the basis of the Corporation's by laws. 

Two relevant earlier statements by the IAB are attached.

   Brian Carpenter (IAB Chair)
   October 13, 1998

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Subject: 
             IAB actions concerning the IANA
Date: 
             Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:46:05 +0100
From: 
             Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>
Organization: 
             IBM Internet Division
To: 
             Ira Magaziner <Ira_C._Magaziner@oa.eop.gov>,
             Chris Wilkinson <Christopher.WILKINSON@bxl.dg13.cec.be>
CC: 
             Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>

IAB actions concerning the IANA

On September 4, 1998 the IAB issued a statement in general support
of the third published draft by laws for the "new IANA" corporation.
The IAB has briefly reviewed the fifth draft published on September
28, and finds it to be broadly compatible with the third draft. 
However, since all the issues surrounding the new corporation have not
yet been fully resolved, the IAB has decided under the terms of
RFC 1601 to prolong for three months the current designation of the 
team under Jon Postel at ISI as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.
We will work on an interim agreement with the IANA to define the
specifics of this.

Meanwhile the IAB will work with the IESG and the ISOC to prepare a
proposal for the Protocol Supporting Organization likely to be required 
by the new corporation. We will also work on a proposal for open
procedures for the IETF appointments to this Organization and to the
Board of the proposed new IANA corporation. Finally we will work on a
proposal for a memorandum of understanding, or equivalent, between the
IETF and the IANA. IETF consensus will be sought for these proposals, 
most likely via the IETF process working group (the POISSON WG).

    Brian Carpenter (IAB Chair)
    September 30, 1998

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Subject: 
             IAB Statement on New IANA
Date: 
             Fri, 04 Sep 1998 12:26:52 +0100
From: 
             Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>
Organization: 
             IBM Internet Division
To: 
             Ira Magaziner <Ira_C._Magaziner@oa.eop.gov>,
             Chris Wilkinson <Christopher.WILKINSON@bxl.dg13.cec.be>
CC: 
             Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>


[Note: the draft of this statement was approved by acclamation
at the IETF plenary meeting attended by approximately 1000 people
on August 26, 1998. It was subsequently approved by a one-week
electronic mail "last call" to the IETF, which generated more than
80% favorable comments.] 

IAB statement on New IANA

In June 1998, the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) reviewed 
the US Government White Paper at
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/6_5_98dns.htm
and welcomed it, especially the emphasis on self-administration
for the Internet. In particular, the IAB believed then and 
believes now that for stability of operation, the technical work 
of the new corporation must be initially built out from the existing 
IANA technical team hosted by the Information Sciences Institute of the 
University of Southern California under the direction of Jon Postel.

This week the IAB has considered the draft by-laws of the new
IANA corporation as most recently revised and posted at 
http://www.iana.org . While the IETF recognizes deficiencies in 
the present draft and wishes that they be remedied, the IAB and 
the IETF endorse the draft as the basis for the final by laws, 
on the basis that:

1. The IETF will be the "Protocol Supporting Organization"
for the new IANA. 

2. The IAB, consulting with the IESG, will be the "Protocol Council" 
for the new IANA.

3. The regular IETF nominations process will be modified to 
incorporate the appointment of the three corresponding IANA Board 
Members.

The IAB is an oversight committee of the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF), whose charter published as RFC 1601 includes the
desgnation of the IANA. For further details, please see the Web sites
http://www.iab.org/iab and http://www.ietf.org

  
  Brian Carpenter (IAB Chair)                September 4, 1998
  in agreement with Fred Baker (IETF Chair)

(ends)

