[IFWP] [Fwd: [ga] Ricochet.net domain name gets hacked]

2000-01-03 Thread Michael Sondow
Martin B. Schwimmer wrote: http://www.redherring.com/insider/1999/1230/news-metricom.html?id=yahoo Pretty scarey. Is it too much to expect that NSI will modernize their authentication systems? At a time when secure transactions on the internet are commonplace, is there any excuse for NSI

[IFWP] ICANN openness

2000-01-03 Thread A.M. Rutkowski
At the last ICANN meeting, the Board promised greater openness, especially Linda Wilson. However, the opposite seems to have occurred. Consider the following. 1) No indication of any kind concerning developments related to the ICANN Ad Hoc Committee over the past two month period. There is

Re: [IFWP] ICANN openness

2000-01-03 Thread Michael Sondow
A.M. Rutkowski wrote: At the last ICANN meeting, the Board promised greater openness, especially Linda Wilson. What would Linda Wilson know or care about it? She's one of the phantom Board members, there for window-dressing purposes, isn't she? You don't imagine that the students or even the

Re: [IFWP] ICANN openness

2000-01-03 Thread Jeff Williams
Tony and all, ROFLMAO! Did you expect ICANN to keep its word? Not going to happen, Tony. Some how though I think you knew this. A.M. Rutkowski wrote: At the last ICANN meeting, the Board promised greater openness, especially Linda Wilson. However, the opposite seems to have occurred. Consider

Re: [IFWP] ICANN openness

2000-01-03 Thread A.M. Rutkowski
Hi Michael, What would Linda Wilson know or care about it? She's one of the She promised rather visibly at the Los Angeles meeting that she would attempt to effect substantially greater openness. She deserved the benefit of the doubt. However, clearly things have gotten worse, not better. What

Re: [IFWP] ICANN openness

2000-01-03 Thread Michael Sondow
A.M. Rutkowski wrote: Hi Michael, Hiya, Tony. :-) One would think that there are enough Internet experienced people involved that they would realize that a better work product is achieved through openness - as well as diminished liability to causes of action in the long run. Old Chinese

[IFWP] OOPS!

2000-01-03 Thread Ellen Rony
APOLOGIES for sending work in progress (Cyberserk Award). I could blame it on distraction because I am watching Ally McBeal, but I hit the wrong key. What a way to begin a new year. Darn. Darn. Please let me finish the piece and resend.

[IFWP] 1999 Cyberserk Award

2000-01-03 Thread Ellen Rony
Domain Handbook Authors Announce 1999 Cyberserk Award The authors of The Domain Name Handbook are pleased to announce their selection for the 1999 Cyberserk Award. This award is bestowed annually upon a company, organization, institution or individual