[64226] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fascinating interview with Verisign CEO
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric A. Hall)
Fri Oct 17 12:03:05 2003
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:59:13 -0500
From: "Eric A. Hall" <ehall@ehsco.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20031017101627.00b27e80@max.att.net.il>
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on 10/17/2003 3:17 AM Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> http://news.com.com/2008-7347-5092590.html
First reaction is that this guy *really* needs some schooling in the value
of having public-interest bodies facilitate and regulate interstate
commerce in a federated system. Second reaction is that "commercializing
the infrastructure" is a fairly dumb way to frame the debate, since we're
not talking about the entire infrastructure but instead are talking about
a couple of zones. Third reaction is that his opinion of what the Internet
"needs" is not only wrong, but even if it were correct it would not give
him the authority to usurp control over those zones. What next, all
domains below the root have to pay a tax to the new emporer?
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Eric A. Hall http://www.ehsco.com/
Internet Core Protocols http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/
