Re: [policy] When Tech Meets Policy...

2007-08-14 Thread J Bacher
Carl Karsten wrote: I am not sure tasting is criminal or fraud. You got what you ordered. You used it. You pay for it. It's that simple. That doesn't make anything criminal or fraud any more than free samples. If a registrar wants to give a refund, I don't see anything wrong with

Re: [policy] When Tech Meets Policy...

2007-08-13 Thread J Bacher
Carl Karsten wrote: That is, if you extend domains on credit w/o any useful accountability of the buyer and this results in a pattern of criminality then the liability for that fraud should be shared by the seller. I am not sure tasting is criminal or fraud. You got what you ordered. You

Re: ARIN sucks?

2006-09-17 Thread J Bacher
Hank Nussbacher wrote: It is indeed simple if you know what needs to be done and what is expected. Even in your case above you mislead people into thinking that one can request the AS and a Subnet from ARIN. After setting up the various POCs (step #1), step #2 is getting an ORG. Step #3

Re: wrt joao damas' DLV talk on wednesday

2006-06-12 Thread J Bacher
Paul Vixie wrote: I have not seen any writings that indicate that Paul was at bg or bofs or other portions of the conference. i was at the BG, having first checked with the host to find out if visitors were welcome. while my intent was to pick somebody up for dinner, i admit that i also ate

Re: Anti-spam System Idea

2004-02-16 Thread J Bacher
At 02:11 PM 2/16/2004 -0500, Jon R. Kibler wrote: Christopher L. Morrow wrote: SNIP! There was never any central control/enforcement for the Internet, and time and again Governments have been shown that its next to impossible to BE that central enforcer... SNIP! I am NOT advocating government

Re: AOL fixing Microsoft default settings

2003-10-25 Thread J Bacher
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Sean Donelan wrote: Microsoft has asked ISPs to make changes on its behalf, such as enabling the XP firewall. But is it wise for an ISP to change the settings on a user's computer? If Microsoft is reluctant to make the changes itself, what problems is the ISP

Re: UUNET instability?

2002-04-25 Thread J Bacher
At 02:51 PM 4/25/2002 -0400, Sean Donelan wrote: That's unusual. A train derailment usually effects more than one provider, and normally does not cause network-wide BGP resets. Some CW transport was lost as well. They also have a master ticket open. On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Daniel Kelley