[At-Large] DOC Notice of Inquiry: DNSSEC

[Ross Rader]

On Oct 9, 2008, at 7:09 AM, John L wrote:

>> This smells bad. Why would the USG, through the Department of  
>> Commerce, solicit and consider the input of foreign entities?
>
> Presumably because there will be ccTLDs in the DNSSEC signed root  
> zone who would have some interest in the chain of custody of their  
> own DNSSEC data from their TLD managers to the signed root.
>
> DOC has, after all, been careful over the years to avoid do anything  
> at the root that would annoy other governments.

I hear you, but it doesn't add up. The DOC has no foreign mandate that  
I'm aware of, and I have no standing with them as a foreign citizen.  
So while I see the words on the screen in front of me, I'm a bit  
confused about whether or not me speaking to them will carry any  
weight at all, or whether this is just window-dressing.

/r