Name: Amrita Choudhury

Organization: CCAOI

Submission ID: 69 supplement

Dear Ms. Cooper,

Further to our submission (Submission 69) we wish to add the following points.
In addition to our response on Root Zone Maintainer in Question 6, we wish to add, as theRoot Zone Maintainer has a critical role to play for the security, stability and resilience of the DNS
System, the transition of the Root Zone Maintainer should therefore be considered one of thenecessary conditions to ensue the completeness of the ICG proposal. We believe, any change inthe root zone content or environment should be carried out by the global multistakeholder
community with utmost transparency and accountability, therefore the Root Zone Maintainer
should be appointed through an open, fair, transparent and accountable tender process.
Also, in continuation to our response to NTIA’s concern of government capture of IANA
functions in Question 9, we wish to add that while safeguards have been defined to ensure ICANN
is not captured by any government or government led organization, it is equally important toinitiate further discussion on the issues of jurisdiction, especially since in the current
scenario, being subjected to the laws of a specific nation may leave ICANN and PTI open to somelevel of indirect government control.
Thanking you and looking forward to favorable consideration of suggestions in the interest of
growth of internet in the country.

Yours very truly,
for CCAOI

Amrita Choudhury
Directorwww.ccaoi.in8th September, 2015

Ms Alissa Cooper
Chair
IANA stewardship Community Group (ICG)

Sub: CCAOI’s additional comme nts their submission to ICG on the IANA StewardshipTransition Proposal (submission: 69)

Dear Ms. Cooper,
Further to our submission (Submission 69) we wish to add the following points.
In addition to our response on Root Zone Maintainer in Question 6, we wish to add, as theRoot Zone Maintainer has a critical role to play for the security, stability and resilience of theDNS System, the transition of the Root Zone Maintainer should therefore be considered one of
the necessary conditions to ensue the completeness of the ICG proposal. We believe, any change
in the root zone content or environment should be carried out by the global multistakeholder
community with utmost transparency and accountability, therefore the Root Zone Maintainer
should be appointed through an open, fair, transparent and accountable tender process.
Also, in continuation to our response to NTIA’s concern of governme nt capture of IANA
functions in Question 9, we wish to add that while safeguards have been defined to ensure
ICANN is not captured by any government or government led organization, it is equallyimportant to initiate further discussion on the issues of jurisdiction, especially since in thecurrent scenario, being subjected to the laws of a specific nation may leave ICANN and PTI
open to some level of indirect government control.
Thanking you and looking forward to favorable consideration of suggestions in the interest ofgrowth of internet in the country.

Yours very truly,for CCAOI

Amrita Choudhury
Directorwww.ccaoi.in
CCAOI submission to ICG on IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal
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