[63327] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: the gauntlet is thrown
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@karoshi.com)
Fri Oct 3 11:21:29 2003
From: bmanning@karoshi.com
To: niels=nanog@bakker.net (Niels Bakker)
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:17:06 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20031003150100.GM5754@snowcrash.tpb.net> from "Niels Bakker" at Oct 03, 2003 05:01:00 PM
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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> Scott Bradner writes:
> >> http://www.icann.org/correspondence/twomey-to-lewis-03oct03.htm
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> * bmanning@karoshi.com (bmanning@karoshi.com) [Fri 03 Oct 2003, 16:47 CEST]:
> > This is a return volly. The service in this match was three
> > weeks ago.
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> So the question is now, who has who by the jugulars in this threesome
> between ICANN, VeriSign and the Internet technical community? Or worded
> even more clearly, who controls/owns who - VeriSign ICANN and the
> Internet, or we ICANN and therefore VeriSign enough to not matter?
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>
> -- Niels.
as I understand it:
the "internet technical community" has no part in this matter. (*)
there are a series of interlocking MOUs/CRADAs/Contracts between
ICANN/USDOC/Verisign that cover a range of topics, some of which
include the on-going care/feeding of .com and .net. (*) we get
to watch this match from the sidelines.
(*) as a community (technical and otherwise) we do get to "vote" with our
editors or in conjuntion w/ our vendors. with enough disgust/distaste
it is possible either lie to ones self and ones customers/clients about
what has been done (aka the BIND patch), to abandon .com/.net (easier
said than done), let mob-rule anoint others to be the authoritative
source for .com/.net. -or- accept the changes and get on w/ life.
pick one of the four.
--bill
