Re: [Add] What to do in this potential working group

[Eric Orth <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 4:01 PM Jari Arkko <[e-mail]> wrote:

> In any case, to start with the parts that we possibly do agree on, there
> is at least a beginning of a list of work items. For instance:
>
> * Improved mechanisms for discovery and selection of encrypted DNS
> transports

You might have disagreements over when such mechanisms should be used, but
I hope the existence of such mechanisms to provide more options/information
to applications is less controversial.


> * Best operational practices for running an encrypted DNS transport
> service (possibly subdivided for the type of deployment, e.g., ISP or
> global service)
> * Recommendation for precedence of configuration mechanisms
> * Recommendation that having devices or apps “call home” for every user
> action to a centralised global service is bad practice and should be avoided

I think such a recommendation may need to be further scoped and nuanced.
For many specialized devices/apps, calling into a specific centralized
service may be the entire user-obvious purpose of the device/app.