[Chapter-delegates] ISOC France consulted on "IDénum" by the Ministry

[Tony Hill]

Great to meet another president of an ISOC chapter, Gérard (through  
Odile).  The issue (and system?) that you outline sounds very  
interesting, and I would love to know more about what the Government  
or your Chapter have in mind, particularly any context for  
consideration of this proposal.

A couple of questions and comments occur to me at the outset...by the  
way, Australia does not have any similar debate at this stage,  
although there has been considerable discussion of online security and  
the role of the Internet as essential infrastructure.

*  Question: would all Internet access require authentication in the  
way that you suggest based on use of a certificate, or would other  
forms be available as well (perhaps including anonymous access)?

*  How will the certificate infrastructure be managed?  Will there be  
a need for a single central 'trusted root' for issuing certificates?

*  How will use of the certificate be applied for the user?  Would it  
apply generally to all Internet access? Or will it apply only to  
specific services requiring authentication?

*  Has any consideration been given to the relationship between this  
subject and implementation of IPSEC?

*  Has any consideration been given to the relationship between this  
subject and implementation of IPv6?

If the above issues have not been considered, I wonder if there is a  
risk that this system may send Internet users in France down a  
direction that isolates them from global directions in development of  
the Internet, or indeed the global Internet as a whole.  In Australia,  
we do have a debate about mandatory blocking various content on the  
Internet, in a way that I think could risk breaking the Internet, if  
users do not get some sort of message as to why a particular URL has  
been blocked.

I look forward to further discussions and hearing the views of others.

regards, Tony Hill
President
Internet Society of Australia




On 25/02/2010, at 4:18 AM, Odile Ambry wrote:

> Sent on behalf of Gérard Dantec, recently elected Isoc France Chair  
> who will be subscribed to the list very shortly! Odile
>
> Hello
>
> I'm Gerard Dantec, recently elected president of the French chapter.  
> I have a question for the list.
>
> The French Minister responsible for development of the digital  
> economy (Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet) opens a consultation and asks  
> the French chapter of ISOC to participate. The subject is "IDéNum":  
> new label for easy and secure access to various online services.
>
>
> To authenticate, the user must connect a physical medium (mobile  
> phone, smart card, USB or MP3) containing a certificate, and dial a  
> PIN.
>
> Do you have similar experiences in your country, and if so, can you  
> share information with us i.e achievements, problems that aroused,  
> etc...
>
> This way, the French chapter can submit to the Minister a statement  
> of projects for which the chapters of ISOC provide standby or in  
> which they are directly or indirectly involved
>
> Best regards
>
> Gérard Dantec
> Président
> Internet Society France
> +33 6 08 32 21 33
> gerard.dantec at isoc.fr
> www.isoc.fr
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