[AFRI-Discuss] [AfrICANN-discuss] Call for topics: Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN meeting for ICANN67

Dr Eberhard W Lisse el at lisse.NA
Wed Jan 15 12:12:30 UTC 2020


Michele,

you are of course right (never mind the issues of scale), but remember,
this is the AFRALO/AfrICAN waffle session, where prepared resolution is
read, approved by whoever could get their trip funded to sit around
there and then consigned to the trash bin.

el

On 15/01/2020 13:56, Michele Neylon - Blacknight wrote:
> Why would an “end user” care?  Why would anyone want to make it more
> complicated and scary to get online?  Surely this is an issue for
> industry and not the “end user”?
> 
> Most of the DNS abuse issues at the moment are due to providers not
> looking after their own networks / devices or acting on abuse reports.
> 
> It’s not a coincidence that we end up having to block entire countries
> from our network on a regular basis
> 
> While the goal of Barrack’s proposal might be honourable I don’t think
> it’s particularly practical or realistic
> 
> To use an analogy.
> 
> You can train someone to check the oil in their car, which in the DNS
> space could be akin to making sure that software was kept up to date
> 
> But pushing DNS abuse knowledge would be like expecting me to be able
> to strip my car down
> 
> Regards
> 
> Michele
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