On 03/17/2010 11:51 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
While I might have liked a little ICANN-related down time upon returning, I was back in a conference call Wednesday regarding the proposed High Security TLD (HSTLD) verification proposal.
The notion of armored TLDs is an idea with some merit. I was skeptical at first when folks came forward for .bank - I said "do a proof of concept prototype under a second level name". The response was that that required trust in the TLD provider. And they were right. I am not sure whether an operational DNSSEC chain from a root would obviate the need. In any case, the larger questions is this: Why is this any of ICANN's concern? Why can't a TLD operator create a product that has strength attributes and see what customers it can attract? Isn't that a better way to learn how to do it, to innovate, to adapt, than a pre-conceived design from on-high from ICANN? --karl--