Picket Fence

The informal name for the limits on what ICANN (glossary)ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN can impose on registries (glossary)registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry and registrars (glossary)registrar A company that registers domain names for customers with the registry. Full definition of registrar through consensus policies (glossary)consensus policy An ICANN community rule that gTLD registries and registrars must follow. Full definition of consensus policy. Their contracts list the topics that such policies may cover. The ICANN Bylaws (glossary)ICANN Bylaws ICANN's main rulebook, which sets its mission, structure and accountability rules. Full definition of ICANN Bylaws also list them, in Annex G-1 for registrars and Annex G-2 for registries. Anything outside that list needs a contract change, not a policy.