[governance] Comments related to the WGIG report

[Vittorio Bertola]

Robert Guerra ha scritto:
> I've just posted a blog entry with my comments related to the WGIG  
> report.
> 
> You can find the comments here:
> 
> http://www.privaterra.org/activities/wsis/blog/wgig-rg-comments.html

May I comment on one of your comments? You say:

"In regards to stability - The threat of the creation of a alternate top 
level DNS is increasingly being mentioned. This would create a 
Split/fracture of the DNS. This would lead to instability. This is an 
issue of critical concern - Proactive measures, policies and actions are 
needed to prevent this."

I strongly disagree with this. A single root system is highly desirable, 
but, at the same time, having the option to have more than one is a 
basic "check and balance" on the fact that the current one is well 
managed. This is a very general principle over the Internet, and it is 
at the heart of its inherent support for freedom: if you don't like how 
something is managed - be it a service, a website, an application, a 
server... - you are free to spend some effort to create your own 
alternative, and if you meet the expectations of the public better, your 
service will become the most used one.

There are a number of scenarios in which you could have a "collaborative 
split" of the root, that is, groups of countries / stakeholders creating 
their own roots and agreeing to keep them synchronized as long as no 
major policy / military controversy arises. I think this could in the 
end be beneficial, not damaging, to the Internet; certainly better than 
forcing everyone (and it really means forcing, by police) to use one 
single root system with whose management they don't agree.

Of course, it would be different if you had a "competitive split", that 
is, the Internet breaking in two parts whose managers explicitly try to 
create hurdles for users to access one from the other. Still, I prefer 
to have the freedom to create a separate DNS, than being forced to 
comply with policies that I don't like or that I did not have an option 
to influence.
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