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ITU getting serious about botnetsITU getting serious about botnetsPosted Nov 29, 2007 14:11 UTC (Thu) by job (subscriber, #670)In reply to: ITU getting serious about botnets by brouhaha Parent article: ITU getting serious about botnets
What an uninformed comment. We have working international standards on everything from air traffic to document exchange (it was OASIS that specified ODF from the start, remember?) through working groups provided by the UN. I don't know what you specifically refer to, but arenas for cooperation is virtually a requirement in the modern globalized world.
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ITU getting serious about botnets Posted Nov 29, 2007 20:30 UTC (Thu) by brouhaha (subscriber, #1698) [Link] On the contrary, I'm fairly well-informed about the working of the ITU and other standards bodies operating under the UN umbrella, and it's clear that non-UN standards bodies like the IETF do a far better job.The fact that a few good things have come out of the UN is not sufficient to demonstrate that it is a net positive, nor that it is the best place to promote new initiatives such as anti-botnet measures.
ITU getting serious about botnets Posted Dec 13, 2007 13:43 UTC (Thu) by job (subscriber, #670) [Link] The IETF works very differently because they do engineering and not political work. I'm not sure IETF would do any better than ITU or similar organizations when doing things like spectrum allocations, they are just as susceptible to policial deadlocks. But my guess is as good as yours, we just don't have any data points that compares the two. So I stand by my opinion that the original comment was in haste, uninformed, or both. A much better comparison would be the ITU and IANA, but the latter is still a bit young for it to be completely fair.
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