[discuss] Options for root zone (was Re: Interesting article)

Fri Jan 17 02:45:59 UTC 2014

Agreed.

And besides some well know facts most of the issues and problem statement
under discussion are based on perceptions and hypothetical situations.

While the alleged USG control over IANA is perceived by many as a problem,
operationally since the first IP packet was delivered and the first domain
was added to the root zone this control has not been a problem. I'm not
going to deny that we have some rough and tense situations but so far the
system has been working fine.

Then, once again, what is the problem that are we trying to solve ?

Regards
Jorge

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Suzanne Woolf <suzworldwide at gmail.com>wrote:

> If I may attempt a restatement of the issue….
>
> As a technical analysis might put it: For at least some stakeholders, one
> requirement for a legitimate, trustworthy system of oversight for the
> contents of the root zone is that the US government (or, to generalize, any
> government) *can't* act in the way described. This requirement has not been
> met to date.
>
> We can stipulate that the US government *hasn't* acted in the way people
> fear. As a practical matter, and as already noted by others here, I think
> it would be extremely difficult and dangerous for the US government to do
> so. However, unless I've seriously misunderstood some previous discussion
> here, this practical limitation is not necessarily considered responsive to
> the requirement, or to the question of whether it's been met.
>
> I think the exact formulation of that requirement, and others we might be
> able to agree on for oversight of the contents of the root zone, is worth
> discussing. Wearing my "techie" hat, I'll say it's very helpful to have
> both the requirements analysis for the ideal system, and the analysis of
> how the system we actually have behaves in the real world. I hope we can do
> both.
>
>
> Suzanne
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