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Consultation session
IANA stewardship transition

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Background
• IANA has always operated under USG stewardship
– Changes were made over time
• ICANN was established in 1999 to “privatise” the
stewardship of IANA
– A “multistakeholder” approach, but before that term emerged
• USG maintained a contract with ICANN for the operation of
IANA services
– But it has been expected that it would eventually relinquish that
control
– Various reviews and renewals of this contract have been done
– Proposed in March 2014 to end the contract, and transfer
stewardship to the Internet community (with conditions)
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3.
USG relationship
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ICANN
IANA
Contract
USG
Root zone updates

4.
IANA Registries
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“Numbers” “Names”
“Protocol
Parameters”
Root zone file

5.
IANA “Operational Communities”
• Numbers
– Regional Internet address Registries
– Represented by the NRO
• Names
– gTLD and ccTLD Registries
– Represented by the “CCWG”
• Protocol Parameters
– IETF
– Represented by the IAB
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RIRs and ICANN
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ASO
ICANN
IANA
RIR
RIR
RIR
RIR
RIR
Policy
Making
Policy
Implementation
Services
PDP

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NRO background statements
• Submissions to NTIA
– 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
• Exchange of letters with ICANN
– 2007, 2009
• Submissions to ICANN
– 2011, 2014
• Montevideo statement
– October 2013
• Summary:
– https://www.nro.net/nro-and-internet-governance/iana-oversight/rir-communications
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Current Situation…
• USG announcement, March 2014
– Intent to transfer IANA stewardship to the Internet community
– Subject to stated conditions and agreement
– ICANN to convene a multistakeholder planning process
– Community consultation April-May 2014
• IANA Coordination Group (ICG), June 2014
– Tasked to produce the transition plan, for implementation when
contract expires in September 2015
– RFP issued 9 September, with deadline 15 January 2015
• Responses requested from 3 “Operational Communities”
– All ICG processes are transparent, documented and accessible
online:
• https://www.icann.org/stewardship
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9.
Draft proposal

10.
RIRs: consultation process
https://www.nro.net/iana-oversight
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DATE PROCESS
8 September 2014 ICG release of RFP
Sep – Nov 2014 NRO regional consultations
December 2014 NRO to consolidate regional consultations
15 January 2015 NRO to submit transition plan to ICG
27 February 2015 ICG to produce draft transition plan
Mar - May 2015 NRO regional consultations about draft plan
29 May 2015 NRO response to draft plan
26 June 2015 ICG to send final proposal to the USG

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ICG: consultation process
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• RIRs
• Names
• Protocol
(communities)
ICG
USgov

12.
IP addressing community
• Possible issues to consider
– ICANN as the ongoing operator of IANA
– Operational security of IANA functions
– Policy compliance by IANA
– IANA oversight mechanisms
– ICANN’s accountability to the RIR communities
– Agreements between ICANN and the RIRs/NRO
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13.
Draft proposal – for discussion
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PRINCIPLE TRANSITION PLAN
USG to terminate the IANA contract (30 September 2015)
Technical stability and continuity
Decisions about future oversight mechanisms for IANA
should not affect the ongoing technical operations and the
continuity of existing policies.
ICANN to continue as operator of IANA
(until further notice)
ICANN should continue its responsibilities for IANA during and after the
transition of the NTIA stewardship role.
NRO to enter into a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with ICANN
(before 30 June 2015)
Agreement with ICANN for IANA’s provision of IP addressing related
functions, including accountability (dispute resolution etc).
Transparency, consistency and completeness in all
arrangements
Agreements should clearly define relationships and
accountability, to ensure that they are fully transparent,
consistent, complete and sufficient.
NRO to review current agreements with ICANN
(before 31 December 2014)
To identify all necessary features and any gaps.
NRO to enter into an Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) with ICANN
(before 30 June 2015)
The exchange of letters by NRO with ICANN in 2007 and 2009 can be
replaced by an Affirmation of Commitments with ICANN for mutual
recognition, rights and responsibilities.

14.
Questions …
• What are the current agreements that RIRs have with ICANN?
– ASO MoU, signed between ICANN and NRO in 2004
– Exchange of letters between ICANN and NRO in 2007
– Renewal of exchange of letters in 2009
• What does an SLA between ICANN and NRO mean?
– A contract with ICANN for IANA to provide the IP address allocation
service to the RIRs
• What is an Affirmation of Commitments?
– A non-binding expression of understanding between NRO and ICANN
that describes:
• the bottom up consensus-based, multi- stakeholder model for Internet governance;
• the preservation of good governance practices of transparency and accountability;
• acting in the best interests of the Internet community
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Next steps
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DATE PROCESS
17 September 2014 Consultation session at APNIC38
Sept - Nov 2014 Mailing list discussion ianaxfer@apnic.net
December 2014 NRO to compile RIR proposals
15 January 2015 NRO to submit initial transition plan to ICG

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