[Chapter-delegates] Should DNSSEC be mandatory for all new gTLDs?

[Eric Burger]

(Speaking as an individual member of ISOC-DC, not as a board member)

WHAT IS ICANN THINKING???? How is it possible to even CONSIDER a new TLD, of any kind, that does NOT provide DNSSEC?

The cost argument is laughable. It is true there are real costs of converting and signing legacy DNS data bases. However, we are talking about new domains. No legacy issue.

I would offer that under a certain threshold, and I am only guessing here but I would offer it is around 5,000,000 registrations, the fact that DNSSEC uses more resources than non-DNSSEC is irrelevant. So you will need a pair of USD 2,000 servers instead of a pair USD 1,000 laptops to run your domain? COME ON! If that difference in cost makes a material impact to the business model, how could one have possibly come up with the USD 250,000 required to make a successful bid for a new gTLD?

IMHO, the only domain that should get a waiver for mandatory DNSSEC deployment is .phish

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- Eric

On Apr 8, 2011, at 7:02 AM, Igor Mkrtumyan wrote:

> We think it should be mandatory. The time scale might be flexible.
> Igor Mkrtumyan
> ISOC AM
> 
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> [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Olivier MJ
> Crepin-Leblond
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 2:07 AM
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> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Should DNSSEC be mandatory for all new gTLDs?
> 
> The subject says it all.
> A discussion is currently taking place in ICANN's At-Large community
> whether DNSSEC should be or should not be mandatory for all new gTLDs.
> 
> Proponents of the mandatory inclusion say that it will make every new
> gTLD more secure.
> Proponents of the optional inclusion say that it is too costly and
> should be chosen on a case by case basis, if it makes commercial sense.
> 
> I'd like to hear the opinions of Internet Society chapters, please. Thanks!
> 
> Olivier
> 
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> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
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