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A message from Mikey O'Connor. It was sent to the threat that was
preparing for the PDP Chairs discussion on Wednesday, but it goes WAY
over an above the original subject and into all sorts of compelling
issues, many of which can readily fit into "accountability and
transparency".<br><br>
Alan<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">From: Mike O'Connor
<mike@haven2.com><br>
Subject: and now, for something completely different -- SSR<br>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 22:06:15 -0500<br>
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hi all,<br><br>
one last picture from Mikey before our call on Wednesday.<br><br>
Olivier will know this picture -- it's one we developed in the DSSA
together. so there's perhaps less need for us to discuss this one
on our call (where *is* that agenda Alan?).<br><br>
i bring this forward because i think ICANN is getting really close to
splitting the root with all this late maneuvering around the SSR issues
(dotless domains, name collision, internal certs, etc.). i'm
levering these questions to the ATRT into this conversation because i was
the GNSO co-chair of the recently-dead DSSA working group. here
goes...<br><br>
-- where is the connection between the SSAC and action? why are
reports that point to serious SSR issues not finding their way into
policy discussions in a timely way? as a test case please consider
tracing the path that SAC045 took, and determine why we didn't have Lyman
Chapin's report on namespace collision commissioned and completed 3 years
ago. why didn't the GNSO pick up on this and launch a
discussion/investigation/PDP?<br><br>
-- does ICANN (the corporation) have a conflict of interest, now that so
much of its budget is dependent on the revenue anticipated from new
gTLDs? is it losing its place as trusted steward for the root
because of that? <br><br>
-- has ICANN gotten so big and so layered with complexity and privilege
that it has forgotten how easy it is to stand up a separate root?
to a person, my corporate and ISP uber-network-geek pals are saying that
the easiest way to take care of all the problems caused by new gTLDs may
be to simply edit those domains out of a privately operated root
zone. it used to be hard to stand up a robust root -- now
it's easy, cheap and may well be a lot less work that chasing down all
the troubles that could be caused by new gTLDs. <br><br>
-- in olden times, alternate root providers were viewed with nothing but
distain. but suppose that the largest corporate and
connectivity-provider DNS operators decided to collaborate on a
"clean" DNS root zone that simply pointed to the the legacy
registries and treated the ICANN new-gTLDs the way that all alternate
TLD/zone providers have been treated?<br><br>
-- here's another investigation the ATRT may want to pursue. why
does the staff suggest a tiered risk-management approach to
name-collision, and try to make it sound like InterIsles' report is the
source of that approach, when that's not the case? InterIsle
describes 5 approaches to managing the risk in their report, none of
which include the option that the staff constructed. yet through
tricky wording, the two 5-August staff reports attempt to make it sound
as though they're carrying out the recommendations made in the report
when in fact they're cherry-picking their way to the speediest rollout
schedule.<br><br>
-- by the way, what happened to the bottom-up multi-stakeholder process
in any of these late-breaking SSR issues? sure, we're out for
comments right now. but then what? this is TMCH on steroids
and this time we may see ICANN lose its credibility with the technical
community that underpins this hallucination we all agree to share.
what if the trust relationship is broken and we geeks just stick our
hands in our pockets and walk on down the road?<br><br>
-- why did ICANN take so long to react to the constant barrage of
communication (from Verisign and others) about risks related to new
gTLDs, and why is that reaction still so muted? what on earth is
going on with the communications between Verisign and the NTIA?
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-- in short -- what is becoming of the "grand bargain" that was
struck back in the late '90's? are "gaps in policy,
management, or leadership threatening to split the root"? the
DSSA drew this picture a couple years ago -- now our predictions (and
those of the Internet Society on which they're based) seem to be coming
true.<br><br>
there. that ought to provide some entertainment for the last couple
days before our call. :-)<br><br>
discuss away,<br><br>
mikey<br><br>
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