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Negotiating a New Governance Hierarchy: An Analysis of the Conflicting Incentives to Secure Internet Routing

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  • Brenden KUERBIS

    (Syracuse University, School of Information Studies)

  • Milton L. MUELLER

    (Syracuse University, School of Information Studies)

Abstract

New security technologies are never neutral in their impact; it is known that they can alter power relations and economic dependencies among stakeholders. This article examines the attempt to introduce the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) to the Internet to help improve routing security, and identifies incentives various actors have towards RPKI implementation. We argue that RPKI requires ISPs to achieve security at the expense of autonomy, requires all actors to tradeoff simplified global compatability and centralization of power, and affects the policies and business models of the Regional Internet Registries and their relationship to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. While the Internet remains a space where authority is highly distributed, elements of hierarchy do exist, especially around critical resource allocation, and it is likely that security and other concerns will lead to continuing efforts to leverage those hierarchies into more powerful governance arrangements.

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  • Brenden KUERBIS & Milton L. MUELLER, 2011. "Negotiating a New Governance Hierarchy: An Analysis of the Conflicting Incentives to Secure Internet Routing," Communications & Strategies, IDATE, Com&Strat dept., vol. 1(81), pages 125-142, 1st quart.
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    Keywords

    routing; internet addresses; security; RPKI; ICANN; Regional Internet Registries; ISPs;
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    JEL classification:

    • L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
    • P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies

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