Re: [Sidrops] Publication has been requested for draft-ietf-sidrops-lta-use-cases-04

[Nick Hilliard <[e-mail]>]

Warren Kumari wrote on 12/01/2019 18:49:
> I'm returning this document to the Working Group because I do not see 
> sufficient evidence of consensus.
> 
> With no hats - I personally believe that documenting the use cases is 
> useful, and would like to see this / a document describe the operational 
> practices of having a local TA.

this is likely to be useful from the point of view of dealing with long 
term concerns about centralisation of control of the global routing 
infrastructure, that have been aired from time to time in various fora, 
both private and public.  The three example cases are realistic (cf: 
RIPE NCC court order regarding registration of resources in 2011).

It would also be important to note that the local trust anchor mechanism 
suggested here could also be created to override legitimate 
announcements, e.g. states who wish to control the routing tables of 
service providers in their legal jurisdiction.  Knives make no judgement 
about what they cut through.

I support publication of the draft.  It may need more content, e.g. 
description of methods to implement the ideas that it suggests.

Nick