I agree with Patrik's comments below, except that I have not found any substantiation of the rumors (which is not to say that they are not correct). The list of inputs to the next SG20 meeting is at:
https://www.itu.int/md/T17-SG20-170313-C/en I don't see anything that looks like a proposal to do what Patrik rightly criticizes, but I may have missed something, or there may be something in the pipeline that is not yet published. Best, Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: cooperation-wg [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Patrik Fältström > Sent: lundi, 6. février 2017 11:29 > To: Cooperation WG > Subject: [cooperation-wg] SG20 and DONA etc > > All, > > I hear rumors SG20 is moving forward with ideas on prescribing DONA etc > as The Directory and Naming System to use, and that it is a replacement > for DNS. And that there is an upcoming SG20 meeting. > > I personally find it being very important ITU-T in this case do not > "select" specific naming mechanisms at all. There are numerous > different systems that after being bootstrapped with the help of DNS > and routing can act on its own. And it would be a disaster if ITU-T > prescribe something at this time, unless the usage is very very > specific and that harmonization really really is needed. > > If we should spend time on new naming and lookup mechanisms, I would go > for some completely new architectures that do not have any kind of root > (neither technical, nor administrative) and instead use things like > opportunistic encryption and randomization to find identifiers which > globally get to know each other via some ad hoc routing mechanism. > > paf
