Jeff, you were there, weren't you? Did you smoke with Mr. Postal that
night? I seem to remember hearing that somewhere.
-riz
At 2:03 PM -0400 9/10/99, Jeff Mason wrote:
>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,
> >
> > --
> > Jeffrey A. Williams
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> >
> >
