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

[Alejandro Pisanty]

Eduardo, (and Odile and Gerard - congratulations, Gerard),

very interesting? Something like 
http://www.pcworld.com/article/190013/china_further_tightens_rules_for_domain_name_owners.html 
is nothing more than  "interesting"?

Please exert due diligence.

1. The IDénum proposal is tantamount to a national electronic identity 
card. This is being tested in some countries (Spain among them.) It would 
be worthwhile to discuss with, among others, the ISOC members in chapters 
in Spain who are on this very same list.

2. "Chip and PIN" is used for credit cards in many European countries. It 
has been said to fail (maybe an exaggeration, but surely a call of alarm) 
recently. You may get to some news about this reading 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/susanwatts/2010/02/new_flaws_in_chip_and_pin_syst.html?s=tp 
among many other pieces. It may be a bit weak for such general use over 
the Internet if it is already a bit weak for dedicated, telephone linkages 
like many credit-card terminals are hooked up to.

As I've heard say (and warmly retweeted!), "Google before you tweet is the 
new think before you speak". We have an obligation to provide 
information-based assistance among us.

(So, if I'm wrong, or insufficiently informed, please do let me know 
urgently!)

Yours,

Alejandro Pisanty


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On Wed, 24 Feb 2010, Eduardo Diaz wrote:

> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:29:54 -0400
> From: Eduardo Diaz <eduardodiazrivera at gmail.com>
> To: Odile Ambry <oambry at tocsin.net>
> Cc: Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates]	[iso-8859-1] ISOC France consulted on
>     "IDénum" by the Ministry
> 
> Odile:
>
> Congratulations on being elected  president of the Isoc France Chair. We in
> Puerto Rico do not have anything like what your government is looking to do
> in France. However, we would like to see the final outcome on this. It seem
> to us to be a very interesting idea.
>
> Eduardo Diaz
> ISOC Puerto Rico
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Odile Ambry <oambry at tocsin.net> 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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