Dear colleagues, On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 04:27:39PM -0800, Dave Crocker wrote: > In either case, it seems like it should prompt considerable caution > rather than considerable haste. Perhaps it should prompt considered effort to impart some clue to those who are trying to do this. I'm not excited about how 1net.org has been initiated, but it is an opportunity for us to participate constructively and to carry once again to the would-be governors-of-Internet our not inconsiderable knowledge of the technical facts. These set certain boundaries on what is technically possible to govern on the Internet, and we have a chance here to make that clear. I have managed to join at least one mailing list associated with this effort. I've already sent one rather pointed message about the outstanding issues to that mailing list. I'm prepared to relay messages from others, so if you feel too uncomfortable to do it yourself because of reservations about the legitimacy of the effort you may (for the time being!) ask me to send on remarks (with relevant personally-identifying information redacted if you think that is important). I am reminded of Lyndon Johnson's remark about J. Edgar Hoover and the tent. I think this is a case where we might want to worry about our location relative to the inside of the tent. > It's not as if it is difficult to set up a basic web site these days... I suspect that depends on who you are, and what you mean by "basic web site". DNSSEC, IPv6, good certificate handling, and clear whois data are all somewhat mysterious to many people these days. To the extent that is true, it says something about the technical environment we (all of us) have built. This issue was a subtext of some of the plenary discussion in Vancouver, so let's take this opportunity to show we know how to help for real. Best regards, A (as ever, speaking only for myself) -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx