They say that night Jon was smoking some good herb, at least that's what
they say.
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Jeff Williams wrote:
> Greg and all,
>
> In accordance with the event at the time "Switching Master Root servers"
>
> DID disrupt traffic and DN resolution for a time. Hence I can only
> agree with the term "Disrupt" as a completely accurate description
> of the result of Jon Postel's "Switching" Master Root servers.
>
> It also should be noted, the Jon Postel had no direct authority
> to make such a switch at the time.
>
> Greg Skinner wrote:
>
> > Ken Freed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > *sigh*
> >
> > It's still wrong.
> >
> > "Redirecting routing" has a specific meaning in Internet literature.
> > Jon Postel did *not* do that.
> >
> > > By temporarily disrupting portions of Internet traffic, his
> > > statement could not be ignored.
> >
> > As I said before, it is one thing to temporarily establish a new
> > master root server, and another to disrupt traffic. "disrupt" has a
> > connotation that goes beyond Postel's actions.
> >
> > dis.rupt \dis-'r*pt\ \-'r*p-sh*n\ vt [L disruptus, pp. of disrumpere,
> > fr. dis- + rumpere to]break - more at RUPTURE 1a: to break apart :
> > RUPTURE 1b: to throw into disorder 2: to cause to break down -
> > dis.rupt.er n
> >
> > About the only thing I would agree with is that Postel's actions could
> > be considered politically unwise. In my opinion, in the context of a
> > research Internet, Postel's actions are acceptable. In the context of
> > a multipurpose Internet, in the midst of a serious controversy that
> > concerns root servers, I can understand why his actions would arouse
> > suspicion.
> >
> > Why don't you just say exactly what he did, in plain English?
> >
> > > Why not use the list for more substantial comment, like whether
> > > ICANN is illegitimate, like whether the U.S. Government has a right
> > > to privatize our global Internet without any kind of a public vote?
> >
> > Perhaps now that there has been mainstream exposure of what NSI,
> > ICANN, NTIA, etc. have been doing, there are enough people who are
> > informed that a vote will have meaningful results.
> >
> > > Don't you agree there's been way too many personal attacks on the
> > > lists and not enough real dialogue on the issues that count? Please
> > > show your leadership.
> >
> > In my opinion, it is not a personal attack to correct a journalistic
> > error.
> >
> > --gregbo
>
> Regards,
>
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