Re: [IFWP] Conspiracy theories.

[Planet Communications Computing Facility]

Ken - you've done well.  You have nothing but theories of conspiracy.
Let's just make sure we don't venture too near liable.  Keep working on
the links.  Dig Ken - dig.

Regards
Jeff Mason

--
Planet Communication & Computing Facility           [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Public Access Internet Research Publisher           1 (212) 894-3704 ext. 1033

On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Kent Crispin wrote:

> The various interesting personalities on the lists have made me
> suspicious over the years, and the apparent interplay from the two Jeff's 
> (I filter them both, so I only see this indirectly) got me 
> wondering, and about two weeks ago I did a little investigating.
> 
> On Aug 15 I sent a message to several friends, under the subject:
> "fun with conspiracy theories", describing what I found.  This has 
> been a game for some time, as you will see.
> 
> "Jeff Mason" had referred to various items at http://www.pccf.net.
> 
> But at the top level, http://www.pccf.net, the only thing that showed
> at the time (two weeks ago) was a single, non-html text line that
> said:
> 
>   WIP = PCCF.NET = [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> 
> Very strange.  I expected to be fixed quickly, so I sent email to
> about 50 people so they could verify it before it disappeared.  Sure
> enough, the single text line has now been replaced with a "test
> pattern". 
> 
> Whois on pccf.net shows
> 
>    Planet Communications Computing Facility (PCCF3-DOM)
>    498 Gladstone Ave.#1
>    Ottawa, ON K1R5N8
>    CANADA
> ...
>    Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
>       Hostmaster  (HO3226-ORG)  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>       0-000-000-0000
> Fax- 0-000-000-0000
>    Billing Contact:
>       Fanego, Francis  (FF1156)  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>       613-230-1466 (FAX) 613-230-5352
> 
> Domain servers in listed order:
> 
>    NS1.VRX.NET                  199.166.24.1 204.138.71.254
>    NS1.DIEBOLD.NET              205.189.73.10
> 
> vrx.net -- Richard Sexton (who needs no introduction)
> 
> diebold.net <--> diebold.com -- Gene Marsh (the head of the
> prospective "prospective gTLDs constituency", the one that NSI
> designated Richard Sexton to represent in the NC meetings.)
> 
> Whois on Francis Fanego shows:
> 
> $ whois FF1156
> Fanego, Francis (FF1156)                [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>    Rose FX
>    498 Gladstone Ave.#1
>    Ottawa, On K1R5N8
>    CA
> 
> Exactly the same address as "Planet Communications Computing Facility"
> 
> "Jeff Mason's" email provider is earth-net.net.  earth-net.net,
> however, appears to be yet another enterprise linked to richard
> sexton.  Note that altavista.net is a free email hosting service, and
> note the phone numbers.  The DNS servers, of course, are Richard
> Sexton's:
> 
> $ whois earth-net.net
> [rs.internic.net]
> 
> Registrant:
> Earth-Nexus Internet Services (EARTH-NET5-DOM)
>    550 South First Street
>    San Jose, CA 95113
>    US
>    Domain Name: EARTH-NET.NET
> 
>    Administrative Contact:
>       Network Information Officer  (NI76-ORG)  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>       0-000-000-0000
>  Fax- 0-000-000-0000
>    Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
>       Hunt, John  (HJ818-ORG)  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>       0-000-000-0000
>  Fax- 0-000-000-0000
>    Billing Contact:
>       Hunt, John  (JH23622)  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>       0-000-000-0000 (FAX) 0-000-000-0000
> 
>    Record last updated on 21-Apr-99.
>    Record created on 25-Apr-98.
>    Database last updated on 14-Aug-99 04:04:43 EDT.
> 
>    Domain servers in listed order:
> 
>    NS1.VRX.NET                  199.166.24.1 204.138.71.254
>    NS3.VRX.NET                  199.166.24.3
> 
> It's quite odd that a company that makes the claims it does on their 
> web site (www.earth-net.net) does not manage their own DNS.
> 
> Interestingly enough, "John Hunt" sent a query to the
> poc-submit list about a year ago, asking some rather strange
> questions and providing verifiably bogus identification information.  
> Here's a message from Bob Shaw replying to "John Hunt":
> 
> > From: Robert Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 09:33:35 +0200
> > To: John Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Subject: Re: IAHC TLD's
> >  
> > John Hunt wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello:
> > >
> > > We are conducting research into existing and claimed TLD's for the
> > > IFWP/IANA-2.
> > 
> > Neither the IFWP nor IANA-2 are doing such research or requested such
> > research.
> > 
> > Robert
> 
> This exchange continued, with "Hunt" claiming to be working for the
> IFWP, and the POC/PABers getting more and more suspicious, down to
> the point where "Hunt" said "I type, therefore I am", and stopped 
> responding. 
> 
> Here's whois on "Hunt":
> 
> $ whois JH23622
> [rs.internic.net]
> Hunt, John (JH23622)            [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>    Earth Network Information Center
>    273 Charlotte Street
>    Peterborough, ON K9J 2V2
>    CA
>    0-000-000-0000 (FAX) 0-000-000-0000
> 
>    Record last updated on 21-Apr-99.
>    Database last updated on 14-Aug-99 04:04:43 EDT.
> 
> Interestingly enough, iciiu.org was also using nameservers from vrx 
> at one point, though that has changed, and the only reference I have 
> is one of Bob Shaws notes, again:
> 
> > From: Robert Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 13:10:29 +0200
> > To: Kent Crispin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > CC: POC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: More subterfuge...
> > 
> > Kent,
> > 
> > Do a whois on iciiu.org - remember this character,
> > Michael Sondow? Sexton again...
> 
> One has to wonder who pays for all this?
> 
> -- 
> Kent Crispin                               "Do good, and you'll be
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain
>