Re: [Ietf] New .mobi, .xxx, ... TLDs?

2004-04-29 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dean Ande rson writes: On Mon, 26 Apr 2004, Stephen Sprunk wrote: You're confusing URI methods, protocols, and TLDs disastrously. I think it is you who is reading too much into the .tel and .mobi TLD. These are not proposals to put URI method functionality into

Re: [Ietf] New .mobi, .xxx, ... TLDs?

2004-04-29 Thread Bill Manning
% There are two proposals for .tel; here's text from one of them: % % Sub-domains of .tel may not be arbitrarily defined; rather % they are defined in accordance with the ITU E.164 standard. % A valid e164 domain name under the .tel TLD is defined % as follows: % %

Re: [Ietf] New .mobi, .xxx, ... TLDs?

2004-04-29 Thread Dean Anderson
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Markus Stumpf wrote: No new TLD helps for the overcrowding, as all owners of trademarks have to and will register their name and enforce delegation of the name by law. This isn't true. No one is required by law to register their trademark as a domain name. So at best a

Re: [Ietf] New .mobi, .xxx, ... TLDs?

2004-04-29 Thread Aki Niemi
ext Steven M. Bellovin wrote: Sure there are. Here's a direct quote from the .mobi proposal: Businesses and consumers that utilise mobile devices will be able to take advantage of a wide range of Internet services and content under the mTLD that have been specifically

[Ietf] Last call comment on 'AES Encryption for Kerberos 5'

2004-04-29 Thread Simon Josefsson
The document [1] specify a mode of encryption that has not, to my knowledge, been used anywhere else: CBC-CTS with IV-carry. The document does not reference any standard work that define it, so it appears the document authors are not aware of prior use of it either. There is no analysis of the

RE: [Ietf] New .mobi, .xxx, ... TLDs?

2004-04-29 Thread Peter Ford
I don't think there was any lack of capability for traction for the earlier proposals, there just wasn't a surface to grip against. The news (good or bad depending on your biases) is that the telcos have some larger roles in the Internet now a days. When it was decided to open up TLDs,

RE: [Ietf] New .mobi, .xxx, ... TLDs?

2004-04-29 Thread Tony Hain
Dean Anderson wrote: On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Markus Stumpf wrote: No new TLD helps for the overcrowding, as all owners of trademarks have to and will register their name and enforce delegation of the name by law. This isn't true. No one is required by law to register their trademark as a

Re: [Ietf] New .mobi, .xxx, ... TLDs?

2004-04-29 Thread Tim Chown
On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 06:21:20AM -0700, Bill Manning wrote: Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. This is -exactly- the tpc.int. model, the e164.int. model, the e164.arpa. model... in a phrase...

Re: [Ietf] New .mobi, .xxx, ... TLDs?

2004-04-29 Thread Rick Wesson
This is the sort of thing ISOC should speak out on. doh! ISOC can't as they are the major benefactor from the .org divestature from verisign. sorry, try again. -rick ___ Ietf mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Ietf] New .mobi, .xxx, ... TLDs?

2004-04-29 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 29-apr-04, at 21:18, Tony Hain wrote: This isn't true. No one is required by law to register their trademark as a domain name. IANAL, but in my discussions with lawyers focused on trademark law, in effect they are required. The perception that they are not defending their rights effectively

Re: [Ietf] New .mobi, .xxx, ... TLDs?

2004-04-29 Thread Karl Auerbach
So, place your bets on which slippery slopes ICANN takes us down... ICANN loves these sponsored TLDs. It's the only kind they are presently considering. Sponsors generally have the cash needed to cover ICANN's application fee (which is typically on the order of $35,000 to $50,000, and is

RE: [Ietf] New .mobi, .xxx, ... TLDs?

2004-04-29 Thread Tony Hain
Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: On 29-apr-04, at 21:18, Tony Hain wrote: This isn't true. No one is required by law to register their trademark as a domain name. IANAL, but in my discussions with lawyers focused on trademark law, in effect they are required. The perception that they are

[Ietf] TLDs a thing not to do

2004-04-29 Thread Dan Kolis
Karl A said: Anybody who wants a new TLD should have to pledge allegance to the end-to-end principle (i.e. no new sitefinders) and promise to adhere to applicable internet technical standards and practices. Dan K says: The idea of harvesting bad DNS accesses as a business plan never occured to be

Re: [Ietf] New .mobi, .xxx, ... TLDs?

2004-04-29 Thread John C Klensin
Hi. While this discussion on the IETF list has been very interesting, it is probably worth noting that the odds of ICANN staff following the IETF list to the extent needed to pull out this thread and make use of it are not high. Instructions for making comments that they, and presumably the

RFC 3720 on Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI)

2004-04-29 Thread rfc-editor
A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 3720 Title: Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Author(s): J. Satran, K. Meth, C. Sapuntzakis, M. Chadalapaka, E. Zeidner Status: Standards Track

Last Call: 'State Machines for Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Peer and Authenticator' to Informational RFC

2004-04-29 Thread The IESG
The IESG has received a request from the Extensible Authentication Protocol WG to consider the following document: - 'State Machines for Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Peer and Authenticator ' draft-ietf-eap-statemachine-03.txt as an Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a