-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In message , ox <andre@ox.co.za> writes
The Bind software is the dominant DNS software on the planet.
The IETF doc, relating to RPZ - is intended for Bind ops.
Not really -- it's an attempt to document what Bind does in a way that will make it easier for other platforms to do the same thing (it turns out that there's a lot of interaction with the innards of Bind and setting out the semantics in a way that is platform independent is not as simple as you might initially think).
If left unchallenged, RPZ will become a standard (RFC)
Not in the short term and not in the medium term either... there is a difference between a standard and an RFC -- as Jon Postel set out two decades ago https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1796
Which will legitimize it.
As it happens, I agree with that view (since I think that many people completely erroneously conflate RFCs with standards).
What I am objecting to, is that non ethical software and systems are being legitimized.
As it happens, I agree that there are serious ethical issues with RPZ And I said so in an academic paper about ethics (as applied to research into online criminality) several years back http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rnc1/ntdethics.pdf I've recently re-expressed my opinion on the relevant IETF list, that the document should not be adopted by the Working Group. Essentially I believe documenting RPZ in a platform independent way will lead to some Governments taking the view that they can censor the web by compelling the consumption of an Officially Endorsed RPZ feed -- at present, the fact that many platforms do not implement RPZ at all (or in what is probably an inconsistent manner) gives them some pause. I think we remove that (admittedly small for some regimes around the world) roadbump at our peril. - -- richard Richard Clayton Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Benjamin Franklin 11 Nov 1755 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPsdk version 1.7.1 iQA/AwUBWG+LFju8z1Kouez7EQKaMwCeOntURBJAr/IKbWtos9rb5yQzsOMAnRNO QmGUXnqCk56ANjr9wLoXHvxn =A6Jd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----