On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 12:16 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2/23/2015 5:36 PM, Warren Kumari wrote:
>
>> Dear DPRIVE WG,
>>
>> The authors of draft-ietf-dprive-problem-statement have indicated that
>> they believe that the document is ready, and have asked for Working
>> Group Last Call.
>>
>> The draft is available here:
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dprive-problem-statement/
>>
>> This document was discussed at the DPRIVE meeting at IETF91 - some
>> notes here: http://tools.ietf.org/wg/dprive/minutes?item=minutes-
>> 91-dprive.html
>>
>> The document has also been worked on in GitHub, here:
>> https://github.com/bortzmeyer/my-IETF-work
>> It has also received a fair bit of on-list discussion.
>>
>> Please review this draft to see if you think it is ready for
>> publication and send comments to the list, clearly stating your view.
>> Even if you previously expressed support for the document (e.g during
>> adoption), please respond to the WGLC showing that you still support
>> it.
>>
>> This WGLC ends Mon 09-Mar-2015.
>>
>>
>> In addition, to satisfy RFC 6702 ("Promoting Compliance with
>> Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)"):
>> Are you personally aware of any IPR that applies to
>> draft-ietf-dprive-problem-statement?  If so, has this IPR been
>> disclosed in compliance with IETF IPR rules? (See RFCs 3979, 4879,
>> 3669, and 5378 for more details.)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Warren Kumari
>> (as DPRIVE WG co-chair)
>>
>>
>>  My first comment is why are you doing this? Is there a real problem here
> or are we in knee jerk mode? I liken the DNS system to the phone book. Just
> because I open the phone book at a particular page does not mean that I am
> going to call any of the numbers on that page.
>
> In the draft, the example of Alcoholics Anonymous is used. Making a DNS
> inquiry about AA does not necessarily mean that I will visit the AA site.
> Even if I do, my interest may be no more than idle curiosity, or I may be
> looking for information for me for others.
>
> In this day and age I may search for something on the WEB, and as a result
> visit a WEB page which may (probably will) have third party advertising. In
> order to render the page, including the advertisements, all sorts of data
> may be needed, which will result in many DNS inquiries, some of that
> advertising may be offensive to some. But that does not mean that I am
> visiting such sites.
>
> The problem of surveillance does not occur when you open the phone book,
> nor does it occur when you run your finger down the page. It only begins
> when you dial a number!
>

In East Germany it began when you asked to look at the telephone directory.
It was a state secret.

Every call to directory inquiries was logged.


Sorry but your assumption as to what is and is not a security concern here
is woefully inadequate.
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