[gnso-ff-pdp-may08] 1.h

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 18:07 -0700, Marika Konings wrote:
> be helpful if those assigned to review the public comments in category
> 1 and provide recommendations on how to deal with the comment(s)

On 1.h, the way i read the comment is that there is a strong indication
that for the most part it would be possible to come up with technical
measurements, methods and criteria that can differentiate between
legitimate and illegitimate behavior.

The real problem that is expressed is knowing what to do when you
identify illegitimate behavior and figuring out who is going to take the
responsibility for figuring out such policies and then for following up
with action.  Of course this dilemma was well explored in the report.


The question becomes, do  we want to strengthen the statementds in the
report on the possibility of technical differentiation.  One possibility
is to add the technical research into methods of differentiation to the
possible next steps.  We talk about it some, but it could be further
emphasised.

If we do this though it is worth including the reference to the fact
that once this differentiation has been done, some organization needs to
take responsibility for doing something about the positives.

KC does bring out the questions of whether this is something that ICANN
is the right place for.  this seems to be an issue that might be worth
discussing in a broader context within ICANN. It would, to me, seem
reasonable that the technical determination of exactly what was possible
would be a useful exercise to have done first.  Perhaps CAIDA and some
of the organizations already involved in the technical aspects of the
problem could undertake a proper evaluation.

Note I do not have sufficient technical background myself to say I
believe it is possible, though I do have sufficient belief in KC's
ability to believe it is worth exploring further.

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