Re: [Ianaplan] CWG draft and its impact on the IETF

[Christian Huitema <[e-mail]>]

> However, to the extent that injecting a new organization and management
> structure into the system (in the form of PTI) increases complexity or
> uncertainty, it pushes us some distance along that range, with various sorts of
> control arrangements influencing the distance.  And, to the degree to which the
> IETF exercising "plan B" would be destabilizing (however temporarily) of the
> IETF relationship with the protocol registries, those registries themselves, or PTI,
> that is, itself, a reason to not move in the PTI direction without a clear picture of
> the problem it is trying to solve and how that solution would lower instability
> risks overall.

There is an underlying question: would the system be less stable if protocols numbers, IP addresses, and domain names were managed by three different structures? Or would it be more stable? Personally, I am not sure. Having system concentrated creates a concentration of power that increases risks for abuse. Having the system separate might increase risks that separate functions may be challenged by wannabe authorities. I am somewhat more worried about the abuse part, but what do I know?

-- Christian Huitema