First it was China, experimenting with its own special DNS name space and its own Great cyber-Wall to guard what content can and cannot enter the country. Now, Putin's Russia is said to be planning to give it a try. From IGP's extensive network of spies in Moscow (well, ok, it's actually from a two month-old Russian newspaper), we learn that the Security Council of the Russian Federation has declared that Russia will create its own Web, in Cyrillic, “completely independent from the traditional WWW.” Several reasons were cited for the creation of an independent network. One was — surprise — “information safety and security.” The newspaper writes: “Today it is a matter of fact that Russian users are accessing the internet via channels which are in the control of the US government.”
Response to Patrik Faltstrom on DNSSEC implications
Our 9 September blog post on DNSSEC has generated significant attention. It is gratifying to see DNS experts like Patrik Faltstrom respond. Not so gratifying is that Patrik's response reveals that even technical experts in DNS can fail to understand the governance implications of the technologies they work with daily....
The Politics of DNSSEC: The Light Begins to Dawn at IETF
We republish below an astounding post by VeriSign's DNS expert, Dr. Phillip Hallam-Baker, made on the IETF list. In it, he incisively describes the political implications of signing the root using DNSSEC, something we at IGP have been trying to do for about a year now. He also calls for...