Re: [ispcp] ISPCP Statement on New Registry Services

["Antonio Harris" <harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thats fine with me!

Tony Harris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark McFadden" <mcfadden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Antonio Harris'" <harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ispcp@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 4:38 PM
Subject: RE: [ispcp] ISPCP Statement on New Registry Services


> Thanks Tony:
>
> One other thought.
>
> At the second to last paragraph I would insert a new paragraph that reads:
>
> "The ISP community must be a central part of the PDP process and any
process
> that evaluates any future registry service offering.  If they are not
> explicit participants in the process, they must be able to participate by
> identifying appropriate expert analysts who can represent the operational
> interests of ISPs."
>
> What do you think?
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ispcp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ispcp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Antonio Harris
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 1:35 PM
> To: mcfadden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ispcp@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ispcp] ISPCP Statement on New Registry Services
>
> Excellent wording! I support
>
> Tony Harris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark McFadden" <ireland@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ispcp@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 4:10 PM
> Subject: [ispcp] ISPCP Statement on New Registry Services
>
>
> > Regarding the Proposed Issues Report on Registry Services Internet
> > Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency
> >
> > The ISPCP Constituency has a direct connection with a significant body
> > of Internet stakeholders.  Our customers - those people connected to
> > the Internet - are the people and organizations most affected by
> > unexpected changes in the Internet.  This includes the introduction of
> > new or
> modified
> > registry services.  Naturally, the ISPCP constituency needs to be a
> > significant contributor to the Registry Services PDP process.
> >
> > ISPs are in a unique position to help guide policy development on new
> > registry services. As those who have been largely responsible for the
> > stability of the Internet, we believe that it is vitally important
> > that
> the
> > GNSO and its Council balance the need to move quickly on potential
> registry
> > services while thoughtfully thinking through operational and legal
> > impacts of any recommendations. Our constituency actively supports the
> > principle
> of
> > maintaining the stability that the Internet has always enjoyed.
> >
> > Specifically, we believe that there is a requirement for technical,
> security
> > and stability reviews for any newly proposed registry service.  In
> addition,
> > we believe that any significant change to registry services - that
> > significantly changes or alters fundamental functions of DNS related
> > services - should also be subject to an explicit and extensive
> > security, stability and technical review.
> >
> > No other group in the GNSO is as well positioned as the ISPCP to
> coordinate
> > the technical evaluation of the protocol and operational impacts of a
> > proposed change to registry services.  Our constituency works daily
> > with both the protocol standards that make the DNS work and is fully
> > aware of
> the
> > operational issues that are not part of the protocols, but which are
> > embedded in the operational behavior of Internet protocols and services.
> >
> > Fundamentally, our constituency believes that:
> >
> > " No new registry service should be introduced without an explicit
> > evaluation of its technical, stability and security implications; " No
> > significant changes to registry services should take place that have
> > the potential to significantly change the behaviour of underlying
> > Internet services; " The ISPCP constituency should be a central
> > contributor to any discussion of the technical implications of the
> > introduction of new
> registry
> > services;
> > " All constituencies should be bound by the "principle of least
> > astonishment" in the development of new services that affect the
> foundation
> > protocols of the Internet; and,
> > " All constituencies should be bound by principles of operational
> > security and stability for the Internet's user community.
> >
> > On behalf of the ISPCP Constituency,
> >
> > Mark McFadden
> > ISPCP Secretariat
> >
> >
>
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