Re: Is the IANA a function performed by ICANN ?

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On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 22:05:36 +0200, "JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey@xxxxxxxxxx>  said:

> "the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a function performed by 
> ICANN".
> http://www.iana.org/procedures/delegation-data.html

> grounds that it may not be still here in two years. The majority of ccTLDs 
> are not interested in joining ICANN's ccNSO. I do not understand how this 

IANA and the ccNSO/ccTLD are two different beasts.  ccNSO and company
keep track of what NS records are authoritative for what zones. IANA  keeps
track of things like the fact that HTTP is port 80, and which DHCP options
use what numbers, and the like.

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