[address-policy-wg] RIPE Access Policy Change Request to allow allocations to critical infrastructure
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Gert Doering
gert at space.net
Thu Jan 8 13:28:15 CET 2004
Hi, On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 10:32:40AM +0000, Michael.Dillon at radianz.com wrote: > Your PC at home is not offering a service that will exist for the > foreseeable future. I can forsee a future for the Internet into > the 22nd century when you and your home PC will be dead. But with the same logic somewhere in the 22nd century we might not even be using DNS anymore... > Your home PC is probably not offering a service that is used freely > by many organizations. I think this part of the definition needs > some work because some people would argue that Google's service > meets this criteria but I would argue that part of Google's service > are the ads which are not offered freely, i.e. they cost money. Google is free for most users... > Your home PC is not offering any service that would continue to > be offered even if you and your home and your company cease to > exist. But if DENIC ceases to exist, it is 100% certain that ICANN > would find some other organization to continue offering .de nameservice. What makes you so sure that DNS and/or ICANN will survive? > Maybe this definition should use a name other than critical > infrastructure. And my suggestion is nothing more than a > first draft. My main point is that a new policy proposal should > begin with a first draft of the policy itself so that people can discuss > the draft policy instead of spending all the time discussing why > it is impossible to write a policy at all. I second that. This is why I already wrote a draft of a few key elements that would enable the RIPE NCC to make *decisions* based on that policy. Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 57882 (57753) SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster at Space.Net Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299
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