Re: ENUM domain hijack an already unlawful wiretap?, enum-l@localhost, enum-trial@localhost

[Michael Haberler <]

At 12:47 29.02.2004, James Seng wrote:

> are there problems/issues with enum/sip? yes.
> ..
> do we want to fix them by imposing regulation? i rather not.
James, we're coming from the same angle.

I'd happily run an ENUM registry which just hands out new numbers+ENUM 
domains and contractually follows the existing domain name model - (not 
because we'd just love to be a telco/number range holder, but because the 
existing service number allocation system doesnt scale and it doesnt make 
sense to separate the processes). In terms of regulation all that needs to 
be done is a little knob-twisting on the service number allocation process 
- done.

The tough (=cost driving) part is existing numbers with their fuzzy 
ownership model. Once you near production service, you need to adress the 
loopholes, and there are different approaches - new regulation predicated 
on the users divine right to stupidity ;) or - and that was my point - 
maybe the issue can be mitigated by clarification wrt existing law. There 
is clearly a tradeoff between the onus you put on a subscriber and the onus 
put on the ENUM validation system - very similar to the direct and indirect 
methods of number allocation.

The cleanest solution would be to adopt the domain model altogether and 
separate number management & ownership registration completely from network 
service and drive phone book (aka "E.164 whois"),  PSTN service, number 
portability and ENUM from such a converged number database. Very light on 
validation regulation, great for customers, but not all market participants 
would share the visison without some serious prodding..

-Michael