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Hi Frank,</div>
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An improvement is not automatically a justification for mandatory policy.</div>
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The question is whether the benefit is significant enough, proven enough, and proportionate enough to place in the registry’s compulsory layer. Saying “it helps” does not answer that.</div>
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And no, raising those questions does not mean the objection came first. It means policy power should be tested before it is expanded.</div>
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I remain opposed.</div>
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Regards,</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Frank Habicht <geier@geier.ne.tz><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 20 July 2026 06:36:00<br>
<b>To:</b> Thulisile Mazomba <219280444@mycput.ac.za>; rpd@afrinic.net <rpd@afrinic.net><br>
<b>Cc:</b> rpd-owner@afrinic.ne <rpd-owner@afrinic.ne><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [rpd] [Last Call] Draft Policy Proposal ? Hierarchical Names for New AS-SETs (AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT02)</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Hi,<br>
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On 7/19/2026 11:29 PM, Thulisile Mazomba wrote:<br>
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> Hi Frank,<br>
> <br>
> You appear to be treating your disagreement with an objection as proof <br>
> that no technical objection exists.<br>
> <br>
> The proposal prevents one naming collision. It does not establish the <br>
> correctness of the routing data attached to that name,<br>
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The proposal does not fix *all* problems. and it doesn't claim to do so.<br>
It creates an improvement.<br>
I don't agree that it is ok to object just because this proposal does <br>
not fix *all* problems.<br>
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Do you agree it provides improvements?<br>
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> nor prove that <br>
> mandatory registry control is the only proportionate remedy.<br>
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it's not intended to prove that.<br>
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> <br>
> Those are technical and policy questions. Declaring them invalid does <br>
> not resolve them.<br>
They are not good reasons against the proposal.<br>
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But some people maybe want to be against the proposal first and then are <br>
looking for "questions".<br>
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Frank<br>
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