Re: delegating (portions of) ietf list disciplinary process (fwd)

2005-10-01 Thread Dean Anderson
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: I didn't see this message from Ken Raeburn go to the IETF list. [I just found it on the IETF archive site, I will respond in detail shortly. Strangely, I should have received 2 copies, one to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and one from the IETF list. I have

RE: UN plans to take over our job!

2005-10-01 Thread JFC (Jefsey) Morfin
At 23:47 30/09/2005, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote: I have had discussions with parties who are fully aware of the difference between ICANN and the IETF and it is clear they want to take over both. Dear Hallam, the monolingual/etc. Internet is the adherence to the RFCs supported by the IANA and

Re: Reexamining premises (was Re: UN plans to take over our job!)

2005-10-01 Thread Christian de Larrinaga
Is it not the case that if you distribute an unique namespace (rather than use a tree for DNS) you will end up swapping a root based DNS architecture for some form of PKI to authenticate the distributed namespace as meeting policy and that this also needs a structure to guarantee authentic

Re: UN - Don't panic

2005-10-01 Thread Doug Ewell
Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote: > If you allow a bunch of engineers to create their ideal working > conditions they would allow unlimited scope for technical excellence > with no hard deadlines and no need to ever interact with the actual > customers. Well said. -- Doug Ewell Fullerton, California

Re: Reexamining premises (was Re: UN plans to take over our job!)

2005-10-01 Thread Anthony G. Atkielski
Thomas Gal writes: > Well certainly the network controls in place in china are a good > example of this. HOWEVER I'd say really it all boild down to power. The path to power is paved with trampled freedoms. > YES! Not to mention the plethora of engineers and geeks who know too > much about what'