Bob Helfant writes:
> I was not aware of this. Can I assume then that whatever power IANA
> exercises is subject to ISOC approval as their "umbrella".
Not exactly. The governance has always been vaguely defined, and some
people would question it entirely. Also, the IANA has clearly always
had autonomy.
The point is that Ohta-san's question wasn't entirely out of place.
.pm
> Bob Helfant
>
> At 10:36 AM 6/9/98 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> >
> >Bob Helfant writes:
> >> At 04:29 PM 6/9/98 +0900, Masataka Ohta wrote:
> >> >The point is that with ISOC already incorporated no one need IANA
> >> >incorporated.
> >>
> >> What does ISOC have to do with any of these issues?
> >
> >Everything, Bob. The ISOC is the umbrella for the IETF and the IANA.
> >
> >.pm
> >
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