On 16 Dec 2021, at 10:10, Hank Nussbacher <hank@efes.iucc.ac.il> wrote:
On 16/12/2021 10:07, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 08:59:42AM +0100, Moritz Müller via dns-wg <dns-wg@ripe.net> wrote a message of 179 lines which said:
I was wondering: Why does the EC believe that the resolvers users currently rely on (e.g. provided by their ISP) provide “low-quality”? Are there any studies about this?
One possible response is that the people who write these statements don't know what they are talking about. But of course, I cannot believe that. So, another possible response: in Brussels, they see that some users move away from the IAP resolver to a public resolver, so there is probably a reason for that. (Unfortunately, DNS4EU may not address this reason.)
Or simply some politician traveled to Canada and said to his aide "Why can't we do that as well?" https://www.cira.ca/cybersecurity-services/canadian-shield
My sense is that discussions around DoH in recent years have given new prominence to this particular element in the DNS*, and as Hank notes, newly interested policymakers don’t have to look far to find examples of other, more state-defined/endorsed approaches. But the expected CfP may provide some more clarity on exactly how the Commission sees this evolving. Chris * The ongoing Quad9 legal developments in Germany may have also kept the issue front of mind… https://www.quad9.net/news/press/german-court-rules-against/