[discuss] A thought experiment - what follows the 'IANA transition?'

Wed Apr 2 19:37:55 UTC 2014

Hi Mike,
At 11:09 02-04-2014, michael gurstein wrote:
>It might be interesting and useful to know (as an extension of the 
>thought experiment for example) which of the issues listed below 
>various colleagues thought might be applicable to IETF type 
>multistakeholder decision making processes and which might not 
>(recognizing that multistakeholder consultation processes will have 
>value in a much broader range of issue areas).

I am not sure about the meaning of "IETF type multistakeholder 
decision making processes".  I'll comment on some of the issues which 
were listed.

There was a research group (not in the IETF) working on spam.  The 
group spent many years on that problem and did not produce 
anything.  There is a government agency which tried to get a group in 
the IETF to work on solving spam-related problems.  There was 
(informal) agreement to take that problem to the ITU as the 
communication model being proposed was better suited for that 
organization [1].  There is an ITU Study Group working on countering spam [2].

There were IETF working groups which worked on 
internationalization.  The working groups have been closed as they 
completed their work.

There is some ongoing work in an IETF working group which is related 
to exchanging information about security incidents.  That might be 
related to "cybercrime".

There are always technical choices.  If I participate in the IETF I 
would follow http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2026 Some of these 
technical choices can affect the security of the internet [3].  I 
suggest subscribing to the IETF discussion list [4] (if you are not 
already subscribed) if you are interested in technical choices or the 
security of the internet.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy

1. This is from my memory.  I suggest treating it as unreliable information.
2. http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/about/groups/Pages/sg17.aspx
3. There are other venues in which technical choices relating to the 
security of the internet are discussed.
4. https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf  