Re: [g4] Re: [ca-tf] Draft pre-read document for the CA-TF workshopof 13 February
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To: Daniel Karrenberg <>,Leo Vegoda <>,
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From: Daniëlla Coutinho <>
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:12:52 +0100
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Cc: RIPE NCC Senior Management <>
Dear All,
I can inform you that the mentioned additional document has not been sent.
Additional comments will be provided today during the workshop.
Regards,
Daniëlla
Daniel Karrenberg wrote:
> On 12.02 16:12, Leo Vegoda wrote:
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> On Feb 7, 2007, at 9:54 AM, Andrew de la Haye wrote:
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>> [...]
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>>> By the end of this week an additional document will be provided,
>>> containing open generic and very specific questions and discussion
>>> items.
>> Was this document sent? I can't see it in the mail archive on the web
>> site?
>
> I am also curious about it. Unfortunately I cannot make the meeting today because
> I am down with a serious coughing and sneezing thing. I believe part of this doc
> was to be an exose around the following thoughts:
>
> - what is the service we propose ?
> - what is the service provided by us ?
> - concrete service elements
> - service description / draft documentation
> - how does one use it ?
> - service description / draft documentation
> - change/new processes at RS
> - change/new processes at customer
> - ...
>
> - what are the benefits to the membership
> - potental simplification and strengthening of provisioning processes
> - potential for secure routing protocols
> - potential for secure transfer of number resources
> - how will THAT work exactly?
> - ...
>
> - what are non benefits
> - miraculous improvement of registry data
> - replacement of registries
> - ...
>
> - what are the costs for the member
> - changed processes
> - cost of CA
> - and *here* only start about the "CA service"
>
> - what are the costs at the NCC
>
> - what is the expected uptake
> - slow / fast ?
> - does uptake affect usefulness benefits ?
> - measures to promote uptake
>
> - what are the consequences for members who do not take up the service?
>
>
>
> I'd also like to offer the following to think about:
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> It is often implied that certification will improve the overall quality
> of registration data and provide a better handle on who is the user of a
> certain block of address space. I argue that it is more likely that this
> will not be the case:
>
> 1) New certificates for existing address space will be based on the
> current registration data. So by definition they cannot be more
> accurate.
>
> 2) When certificates and registration databases co-exist both systems
> will diverge and show different information. Is this an improvement?
>
> 3) When and if certificates supersede the registration databases for
> operational purposes, the incentives to maintain the registration
> databases will be reduced and registration databases will deteriorate.
>
> Especially the last point deserves attention. A lot of operational
> coordination is based on the registration databases; will this still be
> possible with degraded or seriously out-of-date registration databases?
> Are we prepared to loose the capability of direct operational
> coordination and to revert to a coordination model that follows peering
> relationships only?
>
> The registration databases also serve valid functions for
> other users ranging from policy makers via law-enforcement to individual
> Internet users. Deterioration of the databases will cause dissatisfaction
> and resistance from those users. How are we going to deal with that?
>
>
>
> Again apologies for not being there. Force majeure
>
> cough/sneeze
>
> Daniel
>
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