Level 10 Routing: Long Division and Irrational Factions

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Level 10 Routing Long Division and Irrational
Factions

• Dave Crocker
• Brandenburg Consulting MY 60 (19) 3299 445
• www.brandenburg.com US 1 [phone]
• dcrocker_at_brandenburg.com Fax [phone]

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What we will cover

• Some history
• Some analysis
• Some concerns

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Some Internet Moments

• Technical
• Internet operation
• NSFNet backbone
• NSFNet regionals
• Commercial ISPs
• ccTLDs, gTLDs
• SNMP, IPv6 wars
• Firewalls, NATs

• Management
• Modern IETF
• RIPE, APNIC, ARIN
• Overthrow of IAB
• Spam
• For-profit gTLD charging
• Green Paper

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Reasons for new gTLDs

• Collisions in name choices
• Infringement of trademark
• Monopoly control over registration

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The Structure
gTLD-MoU (Memorandum of Understanding)
Policy Advisory Board (PAB) (220 supporting
signatory organizations)
CORE-MoU (database registry)
ITU Depository (international and public status)
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Active Groups
Public Trust Oversight
Policy Advisory Body
IANA / ISOC
Policy Oversight Committee (POC)
Council of Registrars (CORE)
Business Operations
Registries
Registrars
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(Desired) Effects

• Competition among registrars
• Choice of names
• Resolution mechanism for disputes
• Stability of registration, operation, evolution

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First principles

• Competition
• Prohibits undue control over customer
• TLD database registry inherently has undue
  control over name holder
• Making Additions
• Increment carefully, to avoid instability

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The Factions

• Support
• IETF, etc.
• RIPE, etc.
• INTA
• 220 organizations
• Focused critics

• Opposition
• Protecting
• Revenue stream
• Trademark (extremists)
• Seeking revenue stream
• Seeking public platform
• Crazy
• Philosophic disagreement

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Difference in authority?

• IETF, etc
• Long history
• Extensive hierarchy
• Community trust

• IANA / IAHC
• Long history
• Fragile hierarchy
• Limited community

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The 10-layer stack
Religion
Politics
Financial
Application Presentation Session Transport Network
Link Physical
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Internet Growth

• Size since beginning
• Six orders of magnitude of growth
• Only two to go, to reach everbody on globe
• Interoperability required
• At all levels of technology, organization
• Change does require change
• Parental vigilance, individual responsibility

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Group process

• Communication
• Requires shared meaning
• Progress
• Requires shared goals
• Requires action