Another country heard from.
The point in Postel's redirection wasn't the potential disruption of
traffic but his assertion of [temporary] power over the root zone.
Interestingly, his redirection never brought federal agents to his door.
And the Green Paper (proposed rule) wasn't killed. It was replaced by the
White Paper (statement of policymaking) as a natural step in the
government's rainbow hierarchy.
Ken Freed wrote:
>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
>
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