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> I think the US executive branch would be better rid of the control before the
> vandals work out how to use it for mischief. But better would be to ensure
> that no such leverage exists. There is no reason for the apex of the DNS to
> be a single root, it could be signed by a quorum of signers (in addition to
> the key splitting which I am fully familiar with). And every government
> should be assigned a sovereign reserve of IPv6 addresses to prevent a
> scarcity being used as leverage.
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> --
> Website: http://hallambaker.com/
Quorum signing with split keys was already built and tested in a root
server operator testbed (the OTDR testbed) from 1998-2005. It was considered
more fragile than the current system.
/bill
