Here is my reply to Joe Your solution is good. In general, anyone worried about this kind of invasion of privacy should arrange to run their own root servers. The more the merrier. This is not neccessarily about having multiple roots with colliding TLDs, but about security from surveillance. One discouraging fact is that even if everyone moves to localized root servers, the USG still controls the servers for .COM/.NET and .ORG as well as, most definitly .GOV and .MIL. The same trick that they can play at the root server level can also be played at the gtld-server level. They can just rig [A-M].GTLD-SERVERS.NET instead of the roots. They may not be able to capture all of the traffic that a user generates, but most of it, since most websites/domains are in the "big three" and those are controlled by USG. John ----- Original Message ----- From: <baptista@dot-god.com> To: <ga@dnso.org> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 11:28 Subject: [ga] is your Internet connection secure from surveilance?

I have attached a draft PDF file addressed to Canada's privacy and information commissioners which outlines my concerns respecting privacy issues in root operations.

I would welcome any comments. Please email them directly to me.

kindest regards joe baptista