[dns-wg] Re: revised text for NTIA response - v4

On Nov 4, 2008, at 11:05, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:

>> RIPE welcomes the NTIA's consultation on the proposals to sign the
>> root and is pleased to support that effort.
>
> RIPE certainly has no business issuing political statements of support
> like this one! I certainly do not approve the fact that the root
> signing process is driven by the NTIA and I believe many people in
> RIPE do not approve either. Let's stick with what we want and do not
> add any sort of support or applause for the unilateral management of
> the process by the NTIA.

Stephane, I do not believe this interpretation can be drawn from the  
opening paragraphs. It's common courtesy to respond to these sorts of  
consultations by thanking the organisation for offering an opportunity  
to comment. This does not mean endorsement or acceptance that the  
people doing the consultation have some form of authority or control  
over whatever the consultation is about. However let's not debate  
this: the clock is ticking.

Please contribute text. It is not helpful to just say "I don't like  
this". Please suggest alternate wording that addresses your concerns  
and could serve as a suitable introduction to our response.

I realise some members of this WG do not like the NTIA's involvement  
in the root zone. However the reality is that unless the NTIA does  
something (for some definition of something), there won't be a signed  
root before our grandchildren retire. And if the Internet community  
doesn't support the NTIA proposals (for some definition of support),  
the politicians and bureaucrats will intervene to kill or indefinitely  
postpone the creation of a signed root because they can justifiably  
claim that support is not there. So the choice here is clear: either  
the world continues with an unsigned root or it gets a signed root  
that has involvement of an organisation that some of us would prefer  
not to have a role in the oversight DNS root.

>> We urge the NTIA to adopt a solution that leads to a prompt signed
>> root zone.
>
> Same thing here. Stay with technical requirments, do not ask a
> specific organization to do something.

Same here: suggest alternate text. How about "We urge the adoption of  
a solution that leads to a prompt signed root zone."?