Transcript Slide 1

Glen de Saint Géry
ICANN GNSO Secretariat
for
Theresa Swinehart
Counsel for International Legal Affairs
Domain Day
Milan
Overview
• ICANN post reform
• Future goals
• Challenges
ICANN has a limited mission
• Ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet's unique
identifier systems. In particular, ICANN:
• 1. Coordinates the allocation and assignment of the three sets
of unique identifiers for the Internet, which are
a. Domain names (forming a system referred to as "DNS");
b. Internet protocol ("IP") addresses and autonomous system ("AS")
numbers; and
c. Protocol port and parameter numbers.
• 2. Coordinates the operation and evolution of the DNS root
name server system.
• 3. Coordinates very limited policy development reasonably and
appropriately related to these technical functions.
What we don’t do:
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Content on the internet
SPAM
Financial transactions online
Consumer protection law
Privacy law
Data protection law
Intellectual Property law
E-commerce, e-education, e-government etc.
The various interest groups competing for influence
over the Domain Name and Addressing systems put the
previous administrative process under breaking strain
ITU
(ITU-T)
WIPO
Foreign
Business
OECD
ccTLD
registries
Universities
IAB
US
Business
ETSI
Intellectual
Property
interests
Developing
World
Governments
NSI/
Verisign
US Military
Registrars
ISPs
IETF
Consumers
Registries
UNDP
Root
Server
Operators
Regional
Internet
Registries
Security
Issues
FTC
NATO
FCC
OECD
governments
Civil
Society
Groups
W3C
Jon Postel / IANA
ICANN post reform
• ICANN post reform
– New CEO, staff reorganization, new staff
– 3 year MoU, as last one before full independence of organization
– Globalization
• Staff from over 8 countries, international board, supporting
orgnazations full geographic diversity, GAC with over 80 members
• ICANN as a non-governmental, public/private
partnership has accomplished much since its inception
• No longer an ‘experiment’ – it is an existing and viable
organization in the new economic environment.
ICANN has introduced robust competition into the
market for domain registration services.
ICANN-Accredited Registrars: 1998-2002
Unit: ICANN-Accredited Registrars
200
150
100
50
0
Registrars
Dec '98
Dec '99
Dec '00
Dec '01
Dec '02
1
98
157
157
162
Demand for gTLD domains has been
strong.
Domain name registrations in the Generic Top Level Domains: 1996-2002
Unit: Number of Registrations
92,000
837,000
1,029,000
.name
.biz
.info
.com/.net/.org
32,142,000
28,200,000
29,866,000
10,717,000
627000
1,541,000
3,362,000
As at Dec 96 As at Dec 97 As at Dec 98 As at Dec 99 As at Dec 00 As at Dec 01 As at Dec 02
An increasingly global internet has contributed to ccTLDs
having grown as a proportion of total registrations.
ccTLD vs. gTLD registration share: 2001-2003
Unit: Percent of total registrations
ccTLDs
11,009,000
28%
gTLDs
28,200,000
72%
as of 1-Jan-01
ccTLDs
19,711,000
38%
gTLDs
31,824,000
62%
as of 1-Jan-03
Future goals
• Continued globalization
Currently have a staff from over 8 countries
An Australian CEO
Presence in regions. Recently announced opening of
office in Brussels
Translation of materials
Each supporting organization has geographic diversity
Governmental Advisory Committee – over 80 members
Completing the MoU with the US Government
Final Steps
Challenges
• Govt efforts to take over domain name and
IP addressing space
– WSIS debate
• Risk of negative impact on public/private
partnership
– Risks alienating technical, business, and
Internet community
– Internet grew as partnership of technical,
business. Don’t break it.