DNSSEC to be strangled at birth.

[John Levine]

>  The DHS has "requested the master key for the DNS root zone."

> Can anyone seriously imagine countries like Iran or China signing up
> to a system that places complete control, surveillance and
> falsification capabilities in the hands of the US' military
> intelligence?

For anyone who hasn't been paying attention, the root zone is
maintained by IANA which since February 2000 has been run by ICANN
under a contract with the US Department of Commerce.  DOC calls the
shots and always has.

I don't understand any better than anyone else why DHS sent out a
press release that can accomplish nothing but get people upset, but at
most this is a turf battle between two cabinet departments.  The war
was over seven years ago.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl at iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, Mayor
"More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly.


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