Dave "Pot, Kettle, black" Crocker says
+ This is a request for consideration of a technical and operations
+ question. Although it pertains to a political topic, I am only
+ asking for consideration of a matter that is clearly relevant to
+ nanog.
+
+ In particular, what are the 'serious operational impacts' that
+ could develop? There is a long-standing claim that services of
+ the type offered by NSI are fine left without special handling
+ (oversight, assistance). To the extent that problems to such a
+ company can have far-reaching impact on Internet operations, it
+ would be extremely helpful to understand them before the fact.
+ This might permit consideration of methods to avoid such fall-out.
Gee Dave, without NSI under lock and key we'd be
in deep trouble. However and even more importantly,
unless ICANN is somehow stopped and dismantled we'll
be facing an ever greater disaster than anything NSI
could ever do. See NSI is just a company which can
be replaced. What your blessed ICANN is attempting to
do displace everyone else in control of the namespace,
simultaneously attempting to control IP addressing,
RFC generation, dispute resolution and Internet tax
generation. Pretty heady stuff, Dave. And it gets
ever scarier, Dave. Much more frightening, Dave.
ICANN was founded in an unknown process and has
decided to function in secret. The people on the
ICANN board of directors is supposed to be an *INTERIM*
body whose primary task is to set up the full-time,
permanent body in consultation with the world. So
far there are no concrete timetables for a membership,
elections or guidlines for accountability, conflict
of interest declarations or openess anywhere in sight.
Further frigtheningly more this "Interim" Board is
making some pretty darned important decisions that
will end up costing "We the people" hundreds of
millions of dollars. Like setting up the first
competing Registrars to NSI. Like setting "competitive"
standards for Net DNS Commerce. Like walzting around
the world making deals and raising funds as if they
were the members of the Olympic's IOC! Verry scarrrry!
These activities are being pursued by a temporary group
with no membership, no elections, zero accountability,
Nul conflict of Interest statutes, negative oversight
and a history that spans, gee, maybe two months. Maybe
the failure of NSI isn't the greatest worry we are
facing, Dave. I'd say the success of ICANN with it's
disturbing Pinky and the Brain schemes for world
domination are vastly more worrying. By far. And, in
the interests of Network stability I'd beg my humble
audience to give that juicy ICANN pinata a few turns
with the cyber bat. Not to mention Dave's behind for
allowing his better judgement to be swayed by basely
suggesting discussions of base politics to be appropriate
from him but unacceptable and a punishable offense
from insignificants like yours truely. But acceptable
from ICANN shills attempting to smear NSI and anyone
else standing in the way of their fiendish plot to
take over the universe and all that stuff.
NSI may have made the odd boo-boo. But it's ICANN we
whould be roasting alive in the sea of it's own crazy
ambitions! NSI might fail and may cause some minor
problems as a replacement is assembled. But what ICANN
is attempting is on an entirely differant scale...
they are trying to form an Internet world government
by decree and a nudge and wink. In secret without the
benifit of elections, members, rules or safeguards.
Now THAT is something to be concerned about, Dave.
Bob Allisat
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