>Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: BOUNCE [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Non-member submission from [Ken Freed
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
>Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:52:23 -0400 (EDT)
>
>>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Sep 10 13:52:22 1999
>Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Received: from dodo.prod.itd.earthlink.net (dodo.prod.itd.earthlink.net
>[207.217.120.99])
> by ns1.vrx.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06A12F01B
> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:52:22 -0400 (EDT)
>Received: from [38.31.4.175] (ip146.denver22.co.pub-ip.psi.net [38.31.4.146])
> by dodo.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA09588
> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 10:43:58 -0700 (PDT)
>X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Message-Id: <v03110719b3fef06f58d9@[38.31.4.175]>
>In-Reply-To: <l03130300b3fed93c8984@[204.188.254.77]>
>References: <v0311070cb3fe8002eea2@[38.31.4.175]>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> <v03110702b3fd8faa7638@[38.31.5.21]> <v03110702b3fe3ce32947@[38.31.4.131]>
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:31:39 -0600
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: Ken Freed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [IFWP] Analyzing ICANN - The committee that would be king
>
>Okay. One last revision:
>
>"Evidently exhibiting his displeasure with the situation, Jon Postel at
>IANA issued an electronic directive that temporarily "reoriented" the path
>used for copying the root zone file to the various root servers,
>potentially disrupting global Internet traffic. While no harm was done, by
>asserting his power over the root zone (in alliance with root server
>operators), his act of civil disobedience could not be ignored. The
>combination of international protests and Postel's action effectively
>killed the momentum behind the Green Paper proposal. Back to the drawing
>board."
>
>Now, let's talk about ICANN legitimacy and Internet privatization without a
>public vote.
>-- ken
>
>
>>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
>>>
>>
>>
>>............................................................................
>>Ellen Rony ____ The Domain Name Handbook
>>Co-author ^..^ )6 http://www.domainhandbook.com
>>+1 (415) 435-5010 (oo) -^-- ISBN 0879305150
>>Tiburon, CA W W [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> DOT COM is the Pig Latin of the Information Age
>>............................................................................
>
--
"So foul a sky clears not without a storm" - Shakespeare
