<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 10:40 AM David Conrad <<a href="mailto:drc@virtualized.org">drc@virtualized.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Adam,<br><div><br></div><div>I’d recommend reading "A Proposed Governance Model for the DNS Root Server System” (<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-037-15jun18-en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-037-15jun18-en.pdf</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>-drc</div></div></blockquote><div>
<span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">I think you are only helping my point, in that it says the following in that document:<br>...<br>7.</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">RSOs must operate with integrity and an ethos demonstrating a commitment to the </span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">common good of the Internet. <br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">...</span></div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">11.</span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">RSOs must be neutral and impartial.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">Cogent is not activating in a commitment to the common good of the internet, and they are not neutral nor impartial. <br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">More to my point, I believe that it is fundamental that the DNS system stays a distributed system, and that the root-servers be maintained and operated "to the common good of the internet". It is bad enough that the G and H servers are only operated at a few locations, we generally rely on D, E, F, and L root servers in Canada, because none of the other operators will allow Canadian based ISPs or IXPs to host them. (this is an issue.)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">And now we have this push to DoH and DoT which is the biggest false flag that I have ever witnessed, and its only real intent is to put more power in the hands of a few already powerful organizations, that will use the data mined from their users to build advertising profiles. DoH and DoT have only become a thing since GDPR. Why is no one saying anything?</span></div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">Anyway, I hope you can see where I am coming from. <br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif">Adam Vallee<br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif"><br></span>
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