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Re: NTIA request for feedback on DNSSEC deployment at the root zone

2008-10-13 20:17:46


Brian E Carpenter wrote:


Like it or not, civil servants somewhere in an office called NTIA are
faced with the task of deciding about these (boring but required) DNSSEC
KSK scenarios.


Actually they have another option, which is to leave ICANN alone
to take the technical decisions for technical reasons, including
getting advice from the IETF if they want.


Someone may naively believe the NTIA staff *has the option* to let ICANN alone on DNSSEC deployment decisions. But that's not true, because the US "administration" established, and now abides, by the "US Principles on the Internat's Domain Name and Addressing System." That's reference 19 in the Notice of Inquiry. Any submission *aiming* at changing those principles will be quietly ignored by NTIA, a waste of energy from the part of the submitter, and out of scope.

But I see your point if you suggest that technical comments should be accompanied by a disclaimer against any implied admission (acknowledgement) of legitimacy for the US governement to maintain oversight of ICANN and/or IANA.

Regards,

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- Thierry Moreau

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