Perseverence furthers. How's this for historic accuracy?
"Evidently exhibiting his displeasure with the situation, Jon Postel at
IANA issued an electronic directive that "reoriented" the path used for
copying the root zone file to the various root servers, potentially
disrupting global Internet traffic. Performed in conjunctionwith root
server operators, this act of civil disobedience could not be ignored. The
combination of international protest and Postel's action effectively killed
the Green Paper. Back to the drawing board."
Now, can we get on with discussing the real issue of ICANN legitimacy and
whether we allow privatization to go forward without a public vote?
-- ken
>Ken,
>
>> Below is the rewritten paragraph from
>> http://www.media-visions.com/icann-gtld.htm
>>
>> "Evidently showing his displeasure with the situation,
>> Jon Postel at IANA issued an electronic directive that
>> "reoriented" or redirected routing on some root servers.
>> By temporarily disrupting portions of Internet traffic, his
>> statement could not be ignored. The combination of
>> international protests and Postel's action effectively
>> killed the Green Paper. Back to the drawing board."
>
>You still don't have the facts correct. Jon Postel's action did not
>disrupt any Internet traffic at all. It did not and it could not.
>Nor was it an action by Jon Postel alone. It was an action between
>most of the root server operators and only concerned the path
>in which the root zone file is copied to the various root servers.
>
>Regards,
>
>Werner
>
>
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