On Oct 9, 2008, at 7:09 AM, John L wrote:
This smells bad. Why would the USG, through the Department of Commerce, solicit and consider the input of foreign entities?
Presumably because there will be ccTLDs in the DNSSEC signed root zone who would have some interest in the chain of custody of their own DNSSEC data from their TLD managers to the signed root.
DOC has, after all, been careful over the years to avoid do anything at the root that would annoy other governments.
I hear you, but it doesn't add up. The DOC has no foreign mandate that I'm aware of, and I have no standing with them as a foreign citizen. So while I see the words on the screen in front of me, I'm a bit confused about whether or not me speaking to them will carry any weight at all, or whether this is just window-dressing. /r