<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 4:11 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 6:21 PM, David Conrad <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drc@virtualized.org" target="_blank">drc@virtualized.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Sala,<br>
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On Aug 26, 2012, at 1:55 AM, "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> [...] Personally, I've always found it somewhat depressing that people in forums such as this focus on stuff like what TLDs will be created or who has the power to deny those TLDs when the _real_ "critical Internet resources" are things like fibers and base stations and electricity and environments that allow folks to interconnect their devices and networks together. </div>
</blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>I apologise for the delayed response. One of the four Policy areas being as the <b><i>Infrastructure and Management of Critical Internet Resources</i></b> described within the WGIG 2005 Report and I enclose the link for those new to the list and new to IG discussions (<a href="http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGREPORT.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGREPORT.pdf</a>) page 5 Part III para 13:-</div>
<div><br></div><div>"(a) Issues relating to infrastructure and the management of critical Internet </div><div>resources, including administration of the domain name system and Internet </div><div>protocol addresses (IP addresses), administration of the root server system, technical </div>
<div>standards, <u>peering and interconnection, telecommunications infrastructure, </u></div><div><u>including innovative and convergent technologies</u>, as well as multilingualization. </div><div>These issues are matters of direct relevance to Internet governance and fall within </div>
<div>the ambit of existing organizations with responsibility for these matters; "</div></div></blockquote><div><br><br>Just FYI and AFAIK, there is no existing org which has responsibility for peering. <br><br> </div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div>It is not unusual to have discussions on any of these aspects. I agree that there is not alot of space within the IGF to have sufficient discussions and "air time" on these. I do know that Packet Clearing House along with ARIN and ISOC on Peering and IXPs which I thought was very relevant to the issue of "Access". </div>
<div><br></div><div>There are some diverse challenges globally and it would seem to me that the IGF is a fantastic place to raise and share best practices lessons so that when these stakeholders return can leapfrog. I agree with you in this regard. That does not mean however that there are no discussions on other aspects. I will just use two examples, to make my point.</div>
<div><ul><li>Whois Look Ups is a significant issue especially when it comes to accuracy of records and at the end of the day it becomes incumbent on Registrars to properly manage these. </li><li>Transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6 etc [poor anti dumping laws, and general lack of awareness can make Telcos in the Pacific region vulnerable targets especially when procuring supposedly v6 compatible equipment that do not meet certain standards. </li>
</ul></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Do you have any evidence of this? I have always suspected that this is a red-herring when I have heard this idea being touted in Africa. Lots (much/most) of routing gear has been v6 ready for over a decade. CPEs excluded.<br>
<br><br></div></div>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>