On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 11:05 AM David Conrad <d...@virtualized.org> wrote: > On Nov 16, 2024, at 10:00 PM, William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > > It seems to me that an RIR should be expected to locate itself in a legal > > jurisdiction where they're unlikely to be ordered to alter service that is > > within their territory but outside of that legal jurisdiction. > > Moreover, it seems to me that they should routinely monitor the local and > > regional legal environments and maintain contingency plans for relocation > > in the event of adverse changes. > > Having long ago had some experience relocating a (much, much smaller) > RIR from one legal jurisdiction to another, this would be a non-trivial > undertaking with significant cost and implying a high level of disruption,
Hi David, Hence the need for _contingency planning_ performed under no time pressure far in advance of any action. And since no jurisdiction is immune, that contingency planning includes figuring out how much interference is enough that the trigger should be pulled on executing the plan. You figure these things out in advance so that when the pressure is on there's no need for hand-wringing; you just follow the plan. Really, it's just another part of the disaster recovery planning. A different failure mode that requires recovery. > > To the extent that the ICP offers ICANN authority over the number system, > > ICANN must do the same. > > I suspect this is a bit outside the scope of the current effort. Under proposed principles - governance - authority, the draft says, "ICANN shall have final authority to..." So long as ICANN is meant to hold the final authority in any matter relevant to the RIR system, the question of external interference in ICANN operations is in scope for the effort. > While geographic monopolies may have made sense in the past, it is unclear to > me how/why they make sense today (unless the point is to create/perpetuate a > cartel). They discourage forum shopping. Forum shopping tends to cause a race to the bottom. It's unhealthy. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin b...@herrin.us https://bill.herrin.us/
