Dean Anderson wrote:
Todd is right. While I rather doubt that the USG /would/ shut down the
roots or ARIN (thats pretty extreme), I believe the objective of the
bill is to make explicit and indisputable USG control over
infrastructure. As I understand it, the objective of the bill is so that
the USG indisputably /could/ shut down whatever they thought necessary,
including as Todd correctly notes, ARIN and the roots.
--Dean
Actually this is really funny because Mike Rubin (NIST's general
counsel) on the morning he was running off to congress to testify before
the 9/11 commission on NIST's findings on the collapse of the WTC towers
told me "Todd I will be dead before I let NIST run the Internet". It was
a response to me personally (i.e. over a phone) where I suggested that
this specific piece of legislation was a couple of years out at most.
Seems like I may have been more accurate than anyone wanted.
Todd Glassey
On Thu, 3 Sep 2009, Todd Glassey wrote:
Dean Anderson wrote:
BTW, RFC2870 is not the authority on root server operations. The
authority is found in the MoU with ICANN that root server operators are
supposed to sign. Rumor has it that many root server operaters haven't
signed the MoU, defying ICANN's authority over their operation.
--Dean
Actually Dean - good point - the MOU was never codified in a formal
contract meaning that the US Department of Commerce still formally owns
the root's and so under this newly proposed cyber-control law would give
the US President the legal authority to on a mere presidential order
(especially a HSPD) or just a simple presidential directive can shut all
- repeat ALL - of ARIN's and each of the root systems down since the US
DoC still owns them.
I wonder how many of the Internet-Mavens on this list have figured that
out...
Todd Glassey
On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Dean Anderson wrote:
RFC2870 describes root server operational requirements.
Unsurprisingly, I see you only received frivolous answers from the same
group of people who don't want to have any accountability for root
server operations.
You might review the archives for discussion of RFC2870. A while back,
they were trying to alter the charter to remove root server operations
from the first item of the WG charter, in order to silence my attempts
to discuss TCP Anycast issues on root servers. But ICANN/IANA/D.O.C.
looks to the IETF and particularly the DNSOP WG for technical advice on
root server operations. Of course, D.O.C. could find technical advice
somewhere else.
--Dean
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, Todd Glassey wrote:
Since the Internet is formally listed as a component of US Critical
Infrastructure - I want to know the specific provisioning requirements
for operating a root server. Anyone got a pointer to these?
Todd Glassey
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