[governance] Re: Alternative DNS systems and net neutrality

[Karl Auerbach]

Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Dan Krimm [19/11/07 14:11 -0800]:
>> Then I assume you do not dispute my point that the DNS is currently not
>> "working" well in a *political* sense, and thus it would be good to
>> consider options to improve it.  And in fact alternative roots might well
> 
> Do me a favor. Come up with politically acceptable AND technically
> acceptable recommendations - it would be great if these recommendations are
> also calculated to scale and extend to the extent that DNS currently
> extends.

I'm kinda wondering why one might think that competing roots would not 
use 100% exactly the same technology base as used to disseminate the 
existing NTIA/ICANN/Verisign root zone?  In other words, there is no 
reason why competing roots would not be exactly as scalable as the 
current legacy system.

Indeed, if new business methods of TLD operation can thus arise, we may 
find that on the front-office (registration) side that scalability goes 
well beyond what is possible to those stuck using ICANN's rather stodgy 
business methods - and cost a lot less.

As for "politically acceptable" - it depends what metric one uses.  Some 
of us find the present incumbent favoring, restraint of trade mechanisms 
to be not merely politically questionable but also a stark departure 
from the end-to-end principle, the rules and laws of open and 
competitive trade, and the spirit of innovation and imagination that is 
supposed to be the hallmark of the internet.

Moreover, some governments and people in some countries do find the US 
hegemony over DNS to raise concerns that go beyond the merely political.

	 	--karl--
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