Re: [IFWP] That register.com commercial

2000-06-19 Thread Mark C. Langston
re to help us. -- Mark C. Langston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Network Admin San Jose, CA

[IFWP] That register.com commercial

2000-06-18 Thread Mark C. Langston
, and register.com sells domain names. Would someone have a case to take these domains away from register.com under the UDRP? What are the implications should the arbiters decide that register.com deserves to keep these names? -- Mark C. Langston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Network Admin San Jose, CA

Re: [IFWP] Re: [bwg+] Were you consulted?

2000-05-16 Thread Mark C. Langston
r and pull than those of us who are simply private citizens who, for whatever reasons, threw ourselves into the crossfire. The longer this goes on, the more difficult it will be to undo the damage. -- Mark C. Langston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Network Admin San Jose, CA

Re: [IFWP] Re: Echelon keywords

2000-03-15 Thread Mark C. Langston
olved over the past 20 or so years. And that list is at least somewhat dated, since DefCon V was in 1997. -- Mark C. Langston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Network Admin San Jose, CA

[IFWP] Police use pepper spray, rubber bullets on WTO protesters

1999-11-30 Thread Mark C. Langston
, those opposing the WTO provide an activist pool from which to draw support against ICANN's attempts to do on the net what the WTO wants to do in other commerical sectors. -- Mark C. Langston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Admin San Jose, CA

[IFWP] Vixie stepping away from BIND

1999-11-15 Thread Mark C. Langston
(Keep in mind, when I say "multiple roots", I mean a small number [5 or so] of mutually-exclusive roots.) Let's avoid politics entirely, and let me ask the question this way: Is there a good technical reason why com, net, and org couldn't be broken up into three seperate roots? -- Mark C.

Re: [IFWP] Vixie stepping away from BIND

1999-11-15 Thread Mark C. Langston
ssues preventing the existence of multiple, competing roots. If there are genuine technical reasons why it can't be done, I would like to know. If it's an issue with resolver, it might be interesting to see if it can be recoded to deal with it. -- Mark C. Langston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Admin San Jose, CA

Re: [IFWP] Vixie stepping away from BIND

1999-11-15 Thread Mark C. Langston
pa delegation scheme, for roots. An AXFR from this domain would yield the list of valid roots. In this way, you could potentially have a managed set of multiple competing roots. If I'm rehashing old arguments, please let me know, but point out a reference to them so I can go over them. -- Mar

Re: [IFWP] Re: well folks - more work for bind2000

1999-11-11 Thread Mark C. Langston
maintainer. ...and, according to a speech he gave at LISA this week, will be stepping down once v9 is out the door. -- Mark C. Langston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Admin San Jose, CA

Re: [IFWP] Re: 63-character SLDs

1999-11-08 Thread Mark C. Langston
://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwantysiliogogogoch.co.uk/ since July 1997 (which coincidentally is two characters longer than the .com version ;-) Mark.. The 63-character limit is inherent in the DNS packet structure, and is a limit per label. -- Mark C. Langston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Admin San Jose, CA

Re: [IFWP] Re: Call for Meeting Sponsors

1999-10-18 Thread Mark C. Langston
ust a mass ankle inspection whose announcement I missed. -- Mark C. Langston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Admin San Jose, CA

Re: [IFWP] Re: [names] Breaking in to the discussion ----- trust

1999-10-14 Thread Mark C. Langston
their lives. And the people in power remain blind to that fact, preferring to remain ignorant than to move ICANN to a position where it would be a truly open entity.) -- Mark C. Langston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Admin San Jose, CA

[IFWP] Rick White's nomination -- Newsbytes report

1999-10-12 Thread Mark C. Langston
--- Blind-Carbon-Copy To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Rick White's nomination -- Newsbytes report Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 13:41:53 -0700 From: "Mark C. Langston" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsbytes is reporting that at least 5 of the people supporting Rick White's nomination as a

[IFWP] H.R. 3028 and ICANN UDRP

1999-10-12 Thread Mark C. Langston
--- Blind-Carbon-Copy To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: H.R. 3028 and ICANN UDRP Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 15:19:19 -0700 From: "Mark C. Langston" [EMAIL PROTECTED] A few items that are gnawing at me: What will be the result if the current H.R. 3028 (Rogan's anti-cybersquatting bil

[IFWP] PICS and domain names

1999-09-10 Thread Mark C. Langston
, there will be confusing, misleading, and/or meaningless .com entries, all in an effort to avoid the gTLDs created specifically to be filtered out. -- Mark C. LangstonLATEST: ICANN refuses Let your voice be heard: [EMAIL PROTECTED] to consider application for http://www.idno.org Systems Admin

[IFWP] Outcome or details of today's ICANN BoD teleconference?

1999-09-09 Thread Mark C. Langston
time. The agenda for the call will be to update the Board on discussions with the U.S. Department of Commerce and Network Solutions, Inc., and to consider possible related actions." -- Mark C. LangstonLATEST: ICANN refuses Let your voice be heard: [EMAIL PROTECTED] to consider a

Re: Re[4]: [IFWP] Re: INEGroup membership issues.....

1999-08-25 Thread Mark C. Langston
On 25 August 1999, Planet Communications Computing Facility [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look William. A skinner reaction is normal. Alot of people have them, conditioning starts at birth. It's either that or your a fag like my ol'uncle walt. He says it's a fag's business to be a busy body -

Re: Re[2]: [IFWP] ANNOUNCE: ICANN-Santiago Remote Participation

1999-08-24 Thread Mark C. Langston
Ben - I may need to take you up on that offer of the dial-in. I'm trying to listen to the archive of the ccTLD meeting from yesterday, and getting the same firewall issues I usually have (not available via http). Of course, I'll only need the dial-in for certain if the other webcasts are

Re: [IFWP] ANNOUNCE: ICANN-Santiago Remote Participation

1999-08-23 Thread Mark C. Langston
admittedly just my personal impression. But that limit can be adjusted as the speaker stands. There is no such analogue for the word-limit on remote submissions. Remote participants are forced into this limit, with no hope of reprieve. -- Mark C. LangstonLATEST: ICANN refuses Let you

Re: [IFWP] Government takeover of Internet (fwd)

1999-08-23 Thread Mark C. Langston
Again, I ask you publically to stop posting in MIME-encapsulated HTML. Thank you. -- Mark C. LangstonLATEST: ICANN refuses Let your voice be heard: [EMAIL PROTECTED] to consider application for http://www.idno.org Systems AdminConstituency status from organized http

Re: [IFWP] Government takeover of Internet (fwd)

1999-08-23 Thread Mark C. Langston
I will also demand that you refrain from posting private e-mail without the prior written consent of the author. However, since you chose to ignore that particular convention as well, I'll go ahead and point out that where I said MTA I of course meant to say MUA. -- Mark C. Langston

Re: [IFWP] ANNOUNCE: ICANN-Santiago Remote Participation

1999-08-22 Thread Mark C. Langston
that sitting in silence (no network), waiting for ICANN to deign to bring their travelling roadshow to their host country is sufficient as a method of inclusion, you're very, very wrong. -- Mark C. LangstonLATEST: ICANN refuses Let your voice be heard: [EMAIL PROTECTED] to consider application

Re: [IFWP] ANNOUNCE: ICANN-Santiago Remote Participation

1999-08-20 Thread Mark C. Langston
n San Jose? I certainly hope not, because that pretty much eliminated the weight of comments from anyone not in the room. -- Mark C. LangstonLet your voice be heard: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.idno.org Sys

Re: [IFWP] IDNO letter

1999-08-20 Thread Mark C. Langston
on the Names Council, participation within the Working Groups is meaningless. Give us a seat at the table. Sincerely, -- Mark C. LangstonLet your voice be heard: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.idno.org Systems Admin

Re: [IFWP] MCI and Cisco bail out ICANN

1999-08-20 Thread Mark C. Langston
his salary for one year, that alone would give ICANN over half of what it is seeking. I heard it was IBM and MCI/WorldCom, not Cisco. Either way, MCI should be more worried about keeping its ATM clouds functional than keeping Esther Dyson in the public eye. -- Mark C. Langston

[IFWP] Cover of 'Metro' - Story on Cybersquatting

1999-08-19 Thread Mark C. Langston
trademarked at least once, and often several times over with one or more of the 48 different types of trademarks. [...] 'idea' appears in 195 registered trademakrs. The word 'idea' itself is registered 22 times." -- Mark C. LangstonLet your voice be heard: [EMAIL

[IFWP] Agenda for Aug 12 ICANN meeting

1999-08-12 Thread Mark C. Langston
; and - Review of public comments and action on proposed amendments to the Bylaws relating to DNSO Names Council representation. -- Mark C. LangstonLet your voice be heard: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.idno.org Systems

Re: [IFWP] ICANN meeting scheduled for August 12

1999-08-09 Thread Mark C. Langston
. -- Mark C. LangstonLet your voice be heard: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.idno.org Systems Admin http://www.icann.org San Jose, CA http://www.dnso.org

[IFWP] Vixie to RBL NSI?

1999-07-31 Thread Mark C. Langston
Apparently Paul Vixie sent mail to a mailing list of RBL subscribers and interested 3rd parties, is seriously considering blackholing NSI for spamming its customer base. I don't want to get into whether the RBL is a good or bad thing. I've used and recommended it in the past, and I understand

Re: [IFWP] Suggestions Requested: Real-Time Chat Software or Sites

1999-07-30 Thread Mark C. Langston
On 30 July 1999, "Richard J. Sexton" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IRC is probably your best bet, and then use a Java client on the website to access it. It you want to stage WW III, IRC is probably the place to do it. So you're in agreement then, Richard? :) -- Mark C

Re: Re[4]: [IFWP] Suggestions Requested: Real-Time Chat Software or Sites

1999-07-30 Thread Mark C. Langston
or all the myriad GUI clients. -- Mark C. LangstonLet your voice be heard: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.idno.org Systems Admin http://www.icann.org San Jose, CA http://www.dnso.org

Re: [IFWP] Re: vix

1999-07-29 Thread Mark C. Langston
minute but fatal flaws in the transoceanic fiber! Didn't you get the memo? -- Mark C. LangstonLet your voice be heard: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.idno.org Systems Admin http://www.icann.org San

Distributed DNS (was Re: [IFWP] Double ditto)

1999-07-25 Thread Mark C. Langston
and administering such a system? From a purely technical perspective, this sounds like it would evolve into something resembling Usenet distribution. This may not be a bad thing. Perhaps we could explore this avenue a bit? -- Mark C. LangstonLet your voice

Re: [IFWP] Congressional Hearings - Soundbyte

1999-07-22 Thread Mark C. Langston
consensus, you lose accountability. What may be 'obvious consensus' to some is split opinion to others. Unless there's some way to tally who agrees with what, today's consensus becomes history's hand-waving. -- Mark C. LangstonLet your voice be hea

Re: [IFWP] Voter authentication

1999-07-19 Thread Mark C. Langston
open roll-call votes, I'll point out that many of us sat and watched a fiasco of "open roll-call voting" during the 6/25 San Jose meeting. No actual roll was called, and Michael miscounted the vote no fewer than 3 times, as I recall. -- Mark C. LangstonLet

Re: [IFWP] Voter authentication

1999-07-19 Thread Mark C. Langston
ch in favor of using an outside arbiter, such as the AAA, or any other nonpartisan, professional third party. At this point, it's the best solution I've heard. Anything less will only lead to dissatisfaction and recriminations from one side or another. -- Mark C. Langston

Re: [IFWP] Voter authentication

1999-07-19 Thread Mark C. Langston
On 19 July 1999, Kent Crispin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jul 18, 1999 at 07:16:28PM -0700, Mark C. Langston wrote: [...] This is a little far-fetched Kent. First of all, it does NOT happen "ALL THE TIME, IN THE REAL WORLD." And if you'd like to debate this particular p

Re: [IFWP] Why fail on purpose?

1999-07-19 Thread Mark C. Langston
ch attempt as an effort to exclude the individual in favor of commercial interests. Unfortunately, I can't think of any method to implement a slding scale that would work. -- Mark C. LangstonLet your voice be heard: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [IFWP] Why fail on purpose?

1999-07-19 Thread Mark C. Langston
, but I'll bet that ICANN claims this wouldn't be enough to support them. If this happens, ICANN itself would be arguing in favor of commercial interests who could afford to pay. -- Mark C. LangstonLet your voice be heard: [EMAIL

Re: [IFWP] Voter authentication

1999-07-18 Thread Mark C. Langston
as already been compromised, and is just running an incredibly convincing trojanned version of the shell, OS, scheduler, etc. Now, if you'd like to debate security matters in a more realistic world, I'm more than willing. -- Mark C. LangstonL

Re: [IDNO-DISCUSS] Re: [IFWP] Why fail on purpose

1999-07-17 Thread Mark C. Langston
for your abilities, Kent. -- Mark C. LangstonLet your voice be heard: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.idno.org Systems Admin http://www.icann.org San Jose, CA

Re: [IDNO-DISCUSS] Re: [IFWP] Why fail on purpose

1999-07-17 Thread Mark C. Langston
On 17 July 1999, Dave Crocker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 01:33 PM 7/17/99 , Mark C. Langston wrote: Would this be your day job with a company that was rife with Chinese spies? I wouldn't exactly trot that out as support for your abilities, Kent. Nor, Mark, should you lay claim to any

Re: [IFWP] Re: Membership supermajorities

1999-07-15 Thread Mark C. Langston
the impression it would be passed on by the registrars, and therefore be made part of the contract between DN owner and registrar. Thus, it's not an optional thing. -- Mark C. LangstonLet your voice be heard: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http

Re: [IFWP] Re: Membership supermajorities

1999-07-15 Thread Mark C. Langston
On 15 July 1999, Diane Cabell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark C. Langston wrote: Oh, we will get a choice? I was under the impression it would be passed on by the registrars, and therefore be made part of the contract between DN owner and registrar. Thus, it's not an optional thing. Did I

Re: [IFWP] DNSO Names Council Teleconference Webcast

1999-07-12 Thread Mark C. Langston
chairs. To impose your own choice of chairs on the WGs via a decision made during a closed teleconference would be a travesty. -- Mark C. LangstonLet your voice be heard: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.idno.org Systems Admin