Kilnam Chon KAIST [e-mail]

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Bucharest
Comments on Root Name Servers
2002. 6. 23 28 Kilnam ChonKAISTchon_at_cosmos.ka
ist.ac.kr
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1. Root Name Server and Other Name Servers

• Root Name Server     Master Root Name Server
  with 13 root name server copies      (10 in USA,
  2 in Europe, and 1 in Asia)- Top Level
  Domain(TLD) Name Server     Master TLD Name
  Server for each TLD(ccTLD or gTLD)
• with one or more copies - Second Level
  Domain(SLD) Name Server     Master SLD Name
  Server for each SLD with zero or more
  copies      (Third Level Domain Name Server in
  the case of the TLD is
• hierarchical)

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2. Some of the major issues at ICANN
ccTLDRIR Root (Name) Server
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3. Current Operation
All root name servers are operated by volunteers
of various organizations.
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4. Technical Issues
4.1 Volunteer-based Operation     Is current
volunteer-based operation appropriate for the
future?
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4.2 Service Level Agreement    Do we need any
service level agreement(SLA) to be
implemented?
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4.3 Is the number of the root name servers
appropriate for the future? 
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4.4 Is the current arrangement robust enough?
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4.5 Do we need any architectural improvement?   
Example Distributed root name servers
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5. Policy and Management Issues
5.1 Funding   Is the current funding scheme
based on the volunteers appropriate?
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5.2 Contract    Can we have an appropriate
contract based on the current volunteer-based
operation?
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5.3 Is current scheme appropriate politically
and managerially?    Geographical
diversity of the root name servers    Master
copy location - relocatable?
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6. Remark
6.1 Workshops to develop consensus    We may
need various workshops to develop consensus on
technical and policy issues. 6.2 Root Name
Servers for Internationalized Top Level
Domains    Do we want to keep the
internationalized Top Level Domains in the
same server as the ASCII Top Level Domains?