[Chapter-delegates] [SEEKING VIEWS] ISOC letter to ICANN re: DNS security and DNS CERT proposal

[Carlos Vera]

"..the facts to substantiate that statement have not yet been made available
to the community.."

Are there some facts we can have access about this? It can be a very good
point to start oir own position on this matter..

Carlos Vera
ISOC Ecuador

2010/4/3 Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>

> Dear Bill,
>
> Le 31/03/2010 22:33, Bill Graham a écrit :
>
> > Also, at the recent Nairobi meeting, ICANN President and CEO Rod
> > Beckstrom made a statement to the GAC about the state of DNS Security,
> > where he said (in part):
> >
> > "What I want to share with you as representatives of many Governments
> > of the world is that the DNS is under attack today as it has never
> > been before... The DNS is more fragile and vulnerable today than it
> > has ever been and it could stop at any given point in time,
> > literally...."
> >
> > Attached is a letter that ISOC is proposing to send to the ICANN Board
> > to express concern about these developments.  I think you will find it
> > self explanatory.  While we are supporters of ICANN, and work closely
> > with them on a broad range of issues, as friends we feel it is
> > important to speak plainly when we think there are things they should
> > consider more carefully in their work.  The attached draft is meant in
> > a spirit of constructive and collegial comment.
>
> Thank you for giving us the opportunity to comment.
> I think that a letter from ISOC is definitely a good thing. Nonetheless,
> I should recommend that Rod Beckstrom's words, quoted in the letter as
>
> "During the Nairobi ICANN meeting,
> statements were made that the Internet is under attack as never before;
> yet the facts
> to substantiate that statement have not yet been made available to the
> community."
>
> ...are actually attributed to him without prejudice. If those words had
> been echoed by the Board & various constituencies, I might be inclined
> to suggest keeping the ISOC letter as it is.
>
> Attributing the quote to Mr. Beckstrom himself, engages his own
> responsibility and avoids possible wider insinuations that the Board &
> constituencies were the source of this comment.
> A small personal "faux-pas" is easier to explain and less significant
> than a community-developed consensus-based document from the base.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Olivier
>
> --
> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
>
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