[dns-wg] DNS4EU community comment draft proposal

On 04. 02. 22 10:54, Joao Luis Silva Damas wrote:
> 
>  3.
>     RIPE Community believes that the responsibility of well-functioning
>     Internet access including the DNS resolution is with the access
>     providers. We believe it should stay that way.
> 
>  4.
>     We understand that to be able to minimise some risks when the end
>     user selects a random DNS resolver, a possible and feasible solution
>     is to have the access provider run their local DNS resolvers and/or
>     an additional DNS resolver as a back-up.
> 
>  5.
> 
>     We hope that the EU could allocate DNS4EU funds to the local
>     Internet community and encourage Internet access providers to run
>     their local DNS resolvers. Additionally, the funds can be also used
>     towards the development of open source software for better and
>     affordable DNS resolution services.

Generally, I agree that DNS resolution should be part of "access 
service", but at the same time I'm curious how people imagine that 
adding funding to the telco sector will help with DNS reliability.

Picking randomly one of the big telcos, let's see what it has to say:
https://www.telekom.com/en/investor-relations/publications/financial-results
see slide no. 9.

It does not suggest that access to funding might be a problem. If there 
is an issue with funding DNS then it is an allocation issue withing the 
company, not lack of funding, so it's hard to see how add more money on 
that pile would be of any help.

Again, I'm not picking here at DT. Other big telcos report similarly 
grandiose financials.

-- 
Petr Špaček
speaking only for myself