[npoc-voice] Fwd: [NCSG-Discuss] Slashdot: Continuing the Distributed DNS System

[Alain Berranger <alain.berranger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Colleagues,

RIRs means Regional Internet Registries...

Alain

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From: Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] Slashdot: Continuing the Distributed DNS System
To: NCSG-DISCUSS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Hi,

I do not think it is a threat to ICANN's structure.
Yes, it would affect the false monopoly, but as every other bit of ICANN
folklore argues, competition breeds improvement and is better for the
consumer.

Even if there were multiple roots, ICANN would presumably be the gold
standard and would still control a good chunk of the market.  And since it
is a public service entity, it really does not matter if a bit of its
customer base migrates elsewhere.    Yes, a method would have to be reached
for insuring naming uniqueness, but the RIRs, for example, have shown us the
way where independent authorities can find ways to agree to policy
formulations where addresses, an entity far more critical to the operation
of the Internet, can be controlled by fully distributed authorities.  I can
think of various ways in which uniqueness could be achieved even when
alternate roots or naming constructs come into existence.

So while I am personally still committed to the ICANN solution, I really do
not see the threat from other possible solutions.

avri
just starting to think for myself again (ncuc)


On 19 Oct 2011, at 16:19, Nuno Garcia wrote:

> Hi, excelent pointer. This is not the only initiative, and I pointed
> out this issue when answering to one of the election questions. From
> my perspective, this is likely to gain momentum, and eventually, this
> is s real threat to the ICANN's structure.
>
> BR
> NG
>
> On 19 October 2011 17:16, Rebecca MacKinnon <rebecca.mackinnon@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>>
>>
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/18/1247228/continuing-the-distributed-dns-system
>>
>> "Last year, piratebay co-founder Peter Sunde gathered coders to begin a
>> decentralized dns system. This is a direct result of the increasing
control
>> which the US government has over ICANN. The project is called P2P-DNS and
>> according to the project's wiki, this is how the project is described:
>> 'P2P-DNS is a community project that will free internet users from
imperial
>> control of DNS by ICANN. In order to prevent unjust prosecution or denial
of
>> service, P2P-DNS will operate as a distributed and less centralized
service
>> hosted by the users of DNS. Today the project continues, barely. A
majority
>> of interest shifted to namecoin once the idea was realized, but coder
Caleb
>> James DeLisle continues on the first project. So far he has DHT nodes and
>> routers worked out, and awaits help on his IRC channel whenever
volunteers
>> are willing to join."
>>
>> Interested in people's views on where these projects are going if
anywhere
>> and whether they are likely to gain traction, and if so under what
>> circumstances, adn what it potentially means for non-commercial internet
>> users, particularly activists, whistleblowers, and dissidents.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Rebecca
>> --
>> Rebecca MacKinnon
>> Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
>> Co-founder, Global Voices
>> Author, Consent of the Networked
>> Cell: +1-617-939-3493
>> Blog: RConversation.blogs.com
>> Twitter: @rmack
>>
>>



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