[dns-wg] DNS4EU?

> On 16 Dec 2021, at 10:10, Hank Nussbacher <hank at efes.iucc.ac.il> wrote:
> 
> On 16/12/2021 10:07, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 08:59:42AM +0100,
>>  Moritz Müller via dns-wg
>> <dns-wg at ripe.net>
>>  wrote
>>  a message of 179 lines which said:
>> 
>> 
>>> I was wondering: Why does the EC believe that the resolvers users
>>> currently rely on (e.g. provided by their ISP) provide
>>> “low-quality”? Are there any studies about this?
>>> 
>> One possible response is that the people who write these statements
>> don't know what they are talking about. But of course, I cannot
>> believe that. So, another possible response: in Brussels, they see
>> that some users move away from the IAP resolver to a public resolver,
>> so there is probably a reason for that. (Unfortunately, DNS4EU may not
>> address this reason.)
>> 
>> 
> Or simply some politician traveled to Canada and said to his aide "Why can't we do that as well?"
> https://www.cira.ca/cybersecurity-services/canadian-shield

My sense is that discussions around DoH in recent years have given new prominence to this particular element in the DNS*, and as Hank notes, newly interested policymakers don’t have to look far to find examples of other, more state-defined/endorsed approaches. But the expected CfP may provide some more clarity on exactly how the Commission sees this evolving.

Chris

* The ongoing Quad9 legal developments in Germany may have also kept the issue front of mind… https://www.quad9.net/news/press/german-court-rules-against/
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