On Apr 23, 2007, at 4:36 PM, Kradorex Xeron wrote:
On Monday 23 April 2007 14:40, J. Oquendo wrote:
Marcus H. Sachs wrote:
If we had "clean" registries and signed/verifiable advertisements this would not be an issue. Most of you know that DHS was pushing the Secure Protocols for the Routing Infrastructure initiative (http://www.cyber.st.dhs.gov/spri.html). Due to budget cuts this program is on the shelf for now. However, we are still interested in making it happen.
I think that the discussion about 7.0.0.0/24 several days ago could also have been avoided if we had already implemented some of the SPRI ideas.
Marc
Out of utter curiousness (not arrogance)... Why in the world should the DHS be given control to the routing infrastructure when they can't even secure their own networks.
That is rediculous... The DHS should have no juristictional power over an international and collective entity (The Internet), Why? Because the USA does not own the internet, no country does. it's just as I posted in the former: an international and collective entity.
I do not want any particular gov't (US or otherwise) to be "in charge" of the Internet any more than the next person. And good thing too, because it simply cannot happen, political pipe-dreams not withstanding. But what has that got to do with the DHS promoting an idea to sign IP space allocations and/or annoucements? The idea in-and-of-itself doesn't sound wholly unreasonable. (I am not advocating this, just saying the idea shouldn't be rejected without consideration simply because the DHS said it.) Why not take the idea and see if it is useful, then implement it properly if there is any use? All this vitriol over the US gov't trying to take over the Internet is silly - sillier than the USG thinking it can actually do so. They're politicians, they're ignorant of reality and therefore can be excused for not understanding how stupid they sound. All of you should know better. -- TTFN, patrick