IANA Stewardship Transition
In March 2014, the United States Department of Commerce National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) announced that it was planning to step out of stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions..
NTIA asked ICANN to convene global stakeholders to develop a proposal to transition the current role played by NTIA.
Among other things, IANA is responsible for maintaining many of the codes and numbers contained in a variety of Internet protocols developed by the IETF. The views of the IETF community are important for NTIA's evaluation of any proposal. ICANN has convened an IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) to help with the transition plan, and the IETF has appointed Alissa Cooper and Jari Arkko to the group.
IETF Community Discussion
The IETF established the IANAPLAN Working Group (IANAPLAN WG) to address the topic. The IANAPLAN WG produced and the IESG approved a document as a response to the ICG's request for proposals. Interested IETF participants are encouraged to subscribe to the IANAPLAN WG mailing list at:
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ianaplan
IANAPLAN WG Interim Meeting Proceedings (14:00 UTC, 2014-10-06)
<http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/interim/2014/10/06/ianaplan/proceedings.html>
IANAPLAN BOF at IETF 90 (13:00 UTC, 24 July 2014) <http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/90/minutes/minutes-90-ianaplan>
IANAPLAN WG at IETF 91 (13:00 HST, 10 November 2014) <http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/91/minutes/minutes-91-ianaplan>
Documents
- Draft Response to the Internet Coordination Group Request for Proposals on IANA
- IANAPLAN Working Group (IANAPLAN WG) Charter
Additional References
- Internet Architecture Board IANA Evolution Program
- RFC 2850 (especially section 2(d))
- RFC 2860
- RFC 3777
- RFC 6220
- IETF-ICANN-MOU_2000
- IETF-ICANN Supplemental Agreement Dec 2007
- IETF-ICANN Supplemental Agreement March 2008
- ICANN-IETF Supplemental Agreement March 2009
- ICANN-IETF Supplemental Agreement 2010
- ICANN-IETF Supplemental Agreement 2011
- ICANN-IETF Supplemental Agreement 2012
- ICANN-IETF Supplemental Agreement 2013
- ICANN-IETF Supplemental Agreement 2014