Ken,
It is still not correct. Jon Postel's action could not disrupt any
traffic.
Regards,
Werner
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
>
> >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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