After reading the Regland vs. ICANN lawsuit, http://www.regland.com/Lawsuit/PressRelease.asp I was reminded of how the first free-market naming system was systematically destroyed by similar patterns of abuse by organizations like the ITU (International Telecommunications Union): FYI: Jay. >Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 02:57:03 -0500 (EST) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Richard J. Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: IAHC-gate >Cc: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Hello. > >On the 12th of February, 1997, GTE Federal Systems Division began >an authorized test of the AlterNIC root nameservers. > >The test lasted 5 days. > >When the Internet community learned that somebody of GTE >Federal Systems Division was using the AlterNIC root >nameservers, the information was made widespread to >the Internet mailing lists that were discussing new >top level domains. > >This happened Mon, 17 Feb 97 17:09:22 EST. > >A few hours later, they were no longer using the >AlterNIC root zone nameservers. > >I called the technical contact listed on the InternNIC >"whois" domain name record, and spoke with Sharon Clarke, >who was surprised that people were calling her "from all >over the world" about this. She said I was the second person >to call, and that somebody from "Australia... or somewhere" >has just called and asked them to "shut it off". > >I was curious to find out who would call GTE and >ask them terminate their experiment. > >I emailed Donald Wilder, who had been the one in GTE >responsible for initiation of the experiment. > >See: <http://www.iahc.org/iahc-discuss/mail-archive/1320.html> > >He told me that the "person who called" had explicitly >requested that his name be withheld, and that he seemed >"paranoid" and seemed "threatened by the Alternic and >eDNS initiatives" and was "very scared the world would >find out who he was". Donald Wilder had promised this >mystery caller that he would not reveal their name. >Donald indeed, would not and did not, tell me that >persons name. > >I asked myself, what would McGyver do ? > >Now, when I called GTE using the number in the InterNIC >whois database for them, I got Sharon Clarke, not >Donald Wilder. This is because her name is on the >whos record for the GTE Federal Systems Division >domain name record as technical comtact. It seemed >to me, whever this mystery caller was, had to go throigh >her, there being no mention of Donald Wilder, or >his phone number anywhere. > >Rather than put words in Ms. Clarke's mouth and >ask if the IAHC member from Australia was the >one that had called, I sent her email and got the >following response: > > >At 10:45 PM 3/10/97 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Hi Richard, > > > >His name was Robert Shaw > > > >>---------- > >>From: Richard J. Sexton[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>Sent: Monday, March 10, 1997 12:43 PM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>Hello Sharon; > >> > >>If you remember, I was the second person to call you > >>about GTE Federal Systems Division's tests of the > >>AlterNIC root zone name servers. > >> > >>I believe the person who called before me > >>(that you said was from "Australia or > >>something) was not really from Australia. > >> > >>Can you think really hard and rememebr what country > >>the call was from, and more importantly, do > >>you remember the persons name ? > >> > >>Was it one of these people ? > >> > >>Sally M. Abel, specializes in international trademark and trade name > >>counseling, chairs the Internet Subcommittee of the International > >>Trademark Association (INTA), and will represent that organization on the > >>IAHC. Ms. Abel is the partner in charge of the Trademark Group of > >>the law firm of Fenwick and West, a Palo Alto, Ca. firm specializing in high > >>technology matters. > >> > >> Dave Crocker, is co-founder of the Internet Mail Consortium, an industry > >>trade association. He is also a principal with Brandenburg > >>Consulting in Sunnyvale, Ca., a firm specializing in guiding the development > >>and use of Internet applications. With ten years in the ARPA > >>research community, ten years developing commercial network products and > >>services, and extensive contributions to the Internet Engineering > >>Task Force, he is considered an expert about the Internet, email, electronic > >>commerce, Internet operation and the Internet standards process. > >> > >> Geoff Huston is the technical manager of Australia's Telstra Internet and > >>is responsible for the architecture and operations of its service. He > >>formerly was technical manager of the Australian Academic and Research > >>Network, and was largely responsible for the introduction and > >>subsequent development of the Internet into Australia. > >> > >> David W. Maher, a partner at the law firm of Sonnenschein Nath & > >>Rosenthal, of Chicago, IL, is a registered patent attorney and has > >>extensive experience in intellectual property and entertainment law. > >>Principal outside trademark counsel for several nationwide companies, he > >>has served as special counsel to the American Bar Association for > >>telecommunications matters. > >> > >> Perry E. Metzger is the president of New York - based Piermont Information > >>Systems Inc., a consulting firm specializing in communications > >>and computer systems security. He has worked with the New York financial > >>community for many years and is active in the Internet Engineering > >>Task Force's (IETF) security area, chairing the group's Simple Public Key > >>Infrastructure working group. > >> > >> Jun Murai is an associate professor on the Faculty of Environmental > >>Information at Keio University in Tokyo. He developed JUNET, Japan's > >>first UUCP network and the WIDE Internet, Japan's first IP network. He is > >>president of the Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC) and > >>serves as adjunct professor at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the > >>United Nations University in Tokyo. > >> > >> Hank Nussbacher, an independent networking consultant, currently works > >>with IBM Israel as Internet Technology Manager and has been > >>responsible for all aspects in establishing IBM Israel as a major ISP in > >>Israel. He also consults for the Israeli inter-university consortium and is > >>on > >>the board of directors of the Internet Society of Israel. > >> > >> Robert Shaw is an advisor on Global Information Infrastructure (GII) > >>issues at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The ITU, > >>based in Geneva, Switzerland, is a United Nations treaty organization within > >>which governments and the private sector coordinate global > >>telecom networks and services. > >> > >> George Strawn is with the US National Science Foundation (NSF), which has > >>funded Internet development for research and education. Mr. > >>Strawn has been involved with the NSF's Internet activities for the last > >>five years and also co-chairs the Federal Networking Council, a US > >>government committee coordinating inter-agency Internet activities, > >>including funding for administrative activities, such as the Internet > >>Assigned > >>Numbers Authority (IANA). > >> > >> Albert Tramposch is senior legal counsellor at the World Intellectual > >>Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva. WIPO is a United Nations > >>organization which has responsibility for the promotion of the protection of > >>intellectual property throughout the world. It also administers various > >>treaties dealing with legal and administrative aspects of intellectual > >>property, including the international registration of trademarks. > >> > >>Best Regards, > >> > >> > >>-- > >>"Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by > >>the opposition he has encountered, and the courage with which > >>he maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds." > >> - Charles A. Lindbergh > >> > >> > >> > >-- >"Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by >the opposition he has encountered, and the courage with which >he maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds." > - Charles A. Lindbergh +++ Jay Fenello, New Media Strategies ------------------------------------ http://www.fenello.com 678-585-9765 Aligning with Purpose(sm) ... for a Better World ---------------------------------------------------- "Wake up, Neo... The Matrix has you..." -- Trinity
