On 11/18/2013 5:16 PM, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
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.
Sorry, but an organization that opens with, "/1net is hosting a free and
open online forum about the future of Internet governance" ought to know
the basics. DNSSEC and IPv6 probably aren't within that very
constrained set of skills. Certificate handling might or might not be.
Clear Whois data most definitely is.
But more significant than these basic technical points is the question
of credibility any effort this lofty risks by showing such a basic lack
of vetting skills:
By the time this went public, there should have been a clear set
of supporting statements from very well-known folk who have pointers to
the site. It's the non-technical form of a certificate 'bush' and it's
what the real world relies on, ultimately.
And it's not as if there isn't already a lengthy history of flakey
efforts in Internet governance, to provide exemplars of how not to do
things...
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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