> On 21 Mar 2017, at 14:53, Suzanne Woolf <suzworldw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > RFC 3172 was written in 2001…
RFC 3172 was an attempt to rewrite history and contrive an acronym: Address and Routing Parameter Area - really? > Respectfully, I’ve always wondered who has this problem (US or non-US) > besides network infrastructure geeks Of a Certain Age (yes, including myself, > and many IETF participants). It's a convenient tool for those hostile to USG "control" of the Internet: ie the US military is responsible for everything under .arpa, the US military's ARPA has still got some special status in the operation/development/control of the Internet, etc, etc. [And say things like "if .arpa isn't for US military control, why can't the string be changed?" or ".arpa hasn't been renamed since the Internet started 25-30 years ago. That proves ARPA/DoD is in charge of the Internet.".] It's utter nonsense of course. But that doesn't stop government officials and policymakers from making these arguments. I have seen them do this many times. Sigh. RFC3172 didn't make things better. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
