ICANN or IANA

[Doug Barton]

Edward Lewis wrote:
> At 11:11 +0200 4/7/08, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> 
>> IANA is just the name for an ICANN activity, it is not a separate
>> body.
> 
> Not quite.  IANA is a US government contracted function that is 
> performed by ICANN.  ICANN is trying to be "free" of its tie to the 
> US Gov't.  IANA exists because the US government pays for it to 
> exist.  

Unless things have changed dramatically since I was there, the IANA 
function is on a "no fee" basis, which means that ICANN receives no 
funding from the USG. You can see the most recent IANA contract for 
yourself at http://www.icann.org/general/iana-contract-14aug06.pdf.

hth,

Doug