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Re: national security

2003-11-30 19:50:18
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:42:18 EST, Dean Anderson said:

The main criticism of the IETF/IANA/ICANN by the rest of the world seems
to fall under the democratic constituencies issue.  People outside the US
seem to distrust the US, and feel that their voices are not being heard,
and that they aren't being represented properly.  I don't know whether
there is a truly genuine failing in this respect, but there is clearly a
widespread concern.  The perception is just as serious as an actual
impropriety.

I've not followed the innards of the ITU process - have they fixed the
balloting/veto setup that resulted in such "all options for everybody"
elephantine standards like X.[45]00?  Democratic constituencies aren't
always a good idea.....

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