[dns-wg] Fwd: Questions on IANA TLD Operations

Here's the latest response from Doug. He confirms that IANA does permit 
multiple names for the same IP address for delegations in the root 
zone. I trust we can now consider this matter closed.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Doug Barton <doug.barton at icann.org>
> Date: May 21, 2005 20:53:13 BST
> To: Jim Reid <jim at rfc1035.com>
> Cc: iana at iana.org, Daniel <dfk at ripe.net>, Mohsen Souissi 
> <Mohsen.Souissi at nic.fr>, Jaap Akkerhuis <jaap at nlnetlabs.nl>, "Olaf M. 
> Kolkman" <olaf at ripe.net>, Lars-Johan Liman <liman at autonomica.se>, 
> Barbara Roseman <barbara.roseman at icann.org>, Peter Koch <pk at denic.de>, 
> Olivier Guillard <Olivier.Guillard at nic.fr>, philippe.lubrano at nic.fr
> Subject: Re: Questions on IANA TLD Operations
>
> On Sat, 21 May 2005, Jim Reid wrote:
>
>> On May 21, 2005, at 04:09, Doug Barton wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you for raising this issue, my response is below. Please let 
>>> me know if you intend to forward this to the WG. Otherwise I am 
>>> happy to do so.
>>
>> Doug, many thanks for the timely reply. It was unfortunate that you 
>> were unable to be in Stockholm when this issue was raised at the WG.
>>
>> However I have to say that your reply leaves me as confused as I was 
>> when we sent the email to yourself and Barbara. Perhaps I've not had 
>> enough caffeine today to get the neurons firing. Your mail says "the 
>> problem is now fixed" without clarifying which problem you are 
>> referring to. One interpretation of your remarks could be that the 
>> problem with the .fr delegation has been resolved because AFNIC has 
>> applied the workaround you suggested. That interpretation of course 
>> leaves the questions we asked unanswered. Could you please give me a 
>> clear and unequivocal answer to this question: "Are TLDs permitted to 
>> register a hostname for their delegation when there is another 
>> hostname in the root zone for the same IP address?"  Thanks.
>
> Yes. I do not know how to make it more unequivocal than that. :)
>
> I'm sorry that you found my answer confusing. One of the reasons it 
> took so long to produce (in addition to the fact that until Monday I 
> am technically still on leave) is that I had several people review it 
> to make sure that it was clear. I am sensitive to your point that 
> English is not the first language for many of the RIPE community, and 
> I appreciate your asking for clarification.
>
>> As far as forwarding your reply  to the WG list is concerned, I think 
>> this should be my responsibility.
>
> That's totally appropriate, and I see that you have already done that, 
> thank you. My only concern is that given the fact that this issue was 
> raised in the WG, I want to be sure that they are informed of the 
> response.
>
> Regards,
>
> Doug
>
> -- 
> Doug Barton
> General Manager, The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
>