[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Reputation systems are not just nice to have (was Re: What we want redux)

[jonathan matkowsky]

Good point

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 3:30 PM Andrew Sullivan <ajs at anvilwalrusden.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 11:57:15AM -0700, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> > I disagree, I think that a case can be made that reputation systems are
> > important, but they're not essential to the operation of the DNS.
>
> Of course, the RDS _itself_ is not essential to the operation of the
> DNS.  We have already decided that the RDS is distinct from the SRS.
> You need some kind of registration system to get data into the DNS.
> You do not actually need an out-of-band troubleshooting mechanism.
>
> But it makes distributed operation with distributed authority _way,
> way_ easier if we have such a mechanism, which is part of what makes
> it legitimate.  Reputation systems are an important part of the actual
> functioning of the Internet and the use of the DNS, and they rely in
> part on information about domain names.
>
> >   You
> > might as easily say that because advertising revenue is also used "in
> > support of domain name operation", we need to make sure that the DNS
> > supports that.
>
> The difference that makes the difference, of course, is that
> information about domain names is directly relevant to the reputation
> decision-making process, and is not relevant to advertising revenue.
>
> Note that revenue considerations in general are not completely
> irrelevant for us: if we decided on something that was hugely
> expensive for some operators, we'd fail.
>
> Best regards,
>
> A
>
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