Re: [dnsext] BOF on variants for ICANN San Francisco

[Doug Barton <[e-mail]>]

On 03/09/2011 14:13, John Levine wrote:
>>> I suspect I disagree with the above claim.  Specifically, I think I
>>> disagree with "well understood".
>
> I think we understand our technical options pretty well, but not what
> problem we're expected to solve.
>
> At ICANN you're likely to run into policy types who say (no doubt in
> more words) "spare me the mumbo-jumbo, we just want {set of names}
> to work the same."
>
> Once you're done gritting your teeth, this is an educational
> opportunity to help people understand the large number of moving parts
> that have to be synchonized to get the consistent user experience that
> is probably the intutive idea of sameness

... or, it's an opportunity to ask the question, "What do you mean by 
'work the same?'"  :)  My experience with the "policy types" at ICANN is 
that generally they are very smart people who are open to discussion 
about where the technical boundaries are. You just have to be ready for 
them to push back on why, and where those boundaries can be moved.


Doug

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