@McTim, Whom do I want the US to share this (NTIA) role with? If I had the answer, then there will be no need for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) @ http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/aboutigf :-) Anyway my position is that the situation is not perfect - but it maybe the best of the alternatives as of today. Perhaps in future, the IGF may strike a better recommendation that is practicable and offers other nation states the alternative feeling that big brother US is not exploiting or manipulating this oversight role. walu. -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 10/14/13, McTim <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [kictanet] The core Internet institutions abandon the US Government | IGP Blog To: "Walubengo J" <[email protected]> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, October 14, 2013, 10:24 PM Walu, On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Walubengo J <[email protected]> wrote:
@Badru, Ali et. al,
I support the need to share the unilateral oversight control that the US enjoys over the internet -
I know you know this, but what you are talking about is a Tri-Lateral process. IANA goes thru their rootzone change process, NTIA makes sure the IANA followed their process, and Verisign actually makes the change. NB: This is NOT over the whole Internet, just over what is in the root of the DNS. Can I ask who do you want to "share" the NTIA role? Could it be the IETF? Could it be the IAB? or does it have to be an intergovernmental body? even though I doubt if it will come to pass in my lifetime :-)
Moreover, I find the recent motivation for this
multistakeholder approach (e.g. stop US spying) ill-informed. Am told Brazil is even going to the extend of building its own national email (yahoo) system, its own google, and maybe in future its own facebook, twitter, etc. Wherease this may satisfy national pride, it will not stop big brother US from spying on them or anybody else on this planet.
Big brother is watching each of us from the air
(drones, satellite, etc), from our offices (MS-Windows?), from our smartphones /tablets etc. Building your own "internet" will not stop spying but may instead balkanize the internet into geographic silos similar to what we have in the real world.
Spying is a well developed constitutional right in most
democracies including ours (remember National Intelligence Security and now "Nyumab Kumi Concept?). The best way to address big brother spying errands is - yes, to spy back on him. or use strong crypto. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel