Browser IDN display policy: opinions sought
Andrew Sullivan
ajs at anvilwalrusden.com
Tue Dec 13 00:59:37 CET 2011
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 12:16:01PM -0500, John C Klensin wrote:
> Andrew, sure, but... This comes back to the assumptions that:
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> -- all registries are good guys and enforce whatever
> rules they make.
No, because you can check those rules yourself in your resolution
context: look at what you are looking up and compare it to the rules
to see whether it conforms. Indeed, if that's not good enough, you
have this problem anyway.
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> -- all registrars are good guys, with neither motivation
> nor will for getting around the rules.
>
> -- if either of the above fail, there is someone with
> both the authority and willingness to require that the
> rules be enforced and to enforce that requirement (or to
> enforce the rules itself, but that is even more
> farfetched).
>
> Now, unless one believes in miracle turnarounds from history,
> all of the above assumptions are demonstrably and massively
> false. If they were only occasionally false, Gerv would still
> need to decide whether his obligation to protect users required
> some additional measures. But, despite believing strongly that
> ICANN should be held responsible for stepping up to the role in
> this that I read into their charter and bylaws, I think spending
> energy on a policy that requires believing all three of the
> above today should get you, not just a pony, but an opportunity
> on a discount price on a bridge I understand is for sale.
>
> john
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