Andrew,
I absolutely agree with you. I think this is overall a very positive
development. Let me share what I think is the direction of this 1net
initiative and the conference in Brazil.
The idea of the 1net is to provide a platform for a dialog between the
different players in the Internet Governance arena. The principle used for
this is going to be based on the "multi-stakeholder" principle, which
means that different people from different groups can join and discuss as
equals. These different groups include people from the technical community
(us, for instance), business, civil society and even governments. The aim
of the dialog is to look at, for instance, Internet Governance topics that
have no real home. The idea is that we can discuss these topics that has
worked well in the Internet - in an open dialog between all the interested
people. Exactly as we do this in the IETF.
I also agree the 1net.org is not the most beautiful web page and, even
worse, does not even support IPv6. I have pushed this point forward
already and I hope this gets addressed quickly.
Anyways, I would underline that this is a positive effort trying to
address Internet issues in the same way that we have found out in the IETF
to work well - open discussion and dialog. I think people should put their
skepticism aside for now, subscribe and then contribute actively into
shaping this initiative as the dialog starts.
I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Jonne.
On 11/19/13 3:16 AM, "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs(_at_)anvilwalrusden(_dot_)com>
wrote:
Dear colleagues,
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 04:27:39PM -0800, Dave Crocker wrote:
In either case, it seems like it should prompt considerable caution
rather than considerable haste.
Perhaps it should prompt considered effort to impart some clue to
those who are trying to do this. I'm not excited about how 1net.org
has been initiated, but it is an opportunity for us to participate
constructively and to carry once again to the would-be
governors-of-Internet our not inconsiderable knowledge of the
technical facts. These set certain boundaries on what is technically
possible to govern on the Internet, and we have a chance here to make
that clear.
I have managed to join at least one mailing list associated with this
effort. I've already sent one rather pointed message about the
outstanding issues to that mailing list. I'm prepared to relay
messages from others, so if you feel too uncomfortable to do it
yourself because of reservations about the legitimacy of the effort
you may (for the time being!) ask me to send on remarks (with relevant
personally-identifying information redacted if you think that is
important).
I am reminded of Lyndon Johnson's remark about J. Edgar Hoover and the
tent. I think this is a case where we might want to worry about our
location relative to the inside of the tent.
It's not as if it is difficult to set up a basic web site these days...
I suspect that depends on who you are, and what you mean by "basic web
site". DNSSEC, IPv6, good certificate handling, and clear whois data
are all somewhat mysterious to many people these days. To the extent
that is true, it says something about the technical environment we
(all of us) have built. This issue was a subtext of some of the
plenary discussion in Vancouver, so let's take this opportunity to
show we know how to help for real.
Best regards,
A
(as ever, speaking only for myself)
--
Andrew Sullivan
ajs(_at_)anvilwalrusden(_dot_)com