[dns-wg] NTIA NoI: does anyone care?

Hi,

On Oct 21, 2008, at 4:43 AM, B C wrote:
> However one point that I would strongly support from the Verisign  
> proposal is the multi user stewardship of the KSK (the M of N  
> principle)

Just to be clear, the KSK signing ceremony is something that happens  
rarely, e.g. O(years).  Given the importance of the event, it would  
seem to me that it would be appropriate for attendance of all  
observers/participants to be mandatory (if someone isn't able to come  
for whatever reason, e.g., they've disappeared, that person/entity's  
role should be reassigned prior to the ceremony).  As such, M of N  
would imply that you could have non-unanimity in the creation of the  
KSK.  This strikes me as a really questionable situation to get into.   
Given the relative rarity of the KSK generation event, I am unclear as  
to why the added complexity of M of N is beneficial.  Could someone  
explain?

Thanks,
-drc