[At-Large] R: China is going to divide the DNS

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Roberto,

I would suggest whether this is something that might proceed to a draft standard will likely depend on whether it scales globally, has at least two independent running code implementations, and is widely deployed. 

I would also hope that the consistency of user experience is taken into account so the settings for my services and sites in my DNS as standardised remain published as I publish them and available transparently and globally to users and not mucked about with by "their" DNS.

Best

Christian de Larrinaga


On 30 Jun 2012, at 17:59, Roberto Gaetano <roberto_gaetano at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry for the late reply, I have a new computer and need to set my filters
> better, as this message ended up in the spam folder.
> I am not a technical guru, so I am asking the question to the ones who know.
> Isn't this what China is already doing for the IDNs under .cn? The only
> difference is that they are now trying to give an "official" status to the
> solution, methinks. If I get it correctly, now in China you can use
> [idn].[idn] because the ISPs point to a different tree, while from outside
> China you need to use [idn].[idn].cn. Do I get it right?
> Moreover, what are the chances that this draft gets any support in the IETF?
> Personally, I have serious doubts. But it would be good to be kept informed
> of the developments.
> Cheers,
> Roberto
> 
> 
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> Oggetto: [At-Large] China is going to divide the DNS
> 
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-diao-aip-dns
> 
> Each ISP - large enough to obtain a TLD from IANA for this purpose - should
> be allowed to create it's own DNS hierachy.
> 
> This Chinese proposal is justified by the fact that the (U.S.) centrally
> managed name space represents a risk for the stable operation of the
> Internet. Following this draft different name spaces are spanned, each of
> them operated autonomously. Which domain names are allowed, added, or
> removed; how a domain name is resolved, is soley in the hand of the
> operators.
> 
> Using the typical definition, that "the Internet is the transitive closure
> of all systems communicating bidirectional via Internet Protocol, which
> contains the DNS root servers", the Internet is splitted by this proposal.
> 
> There is no reason to believe the rumours, that this proposal is a direct
> consequence of the ICANN desaster with new gTLDs.
> 
> On the other hand, DNSSEC root keys at the end user systems define which
> root have to be used in the first place. This can be used to establish and
> protect the new name spaces.
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