[alac-comments] Re: [atlarge-discuss] ICANN@large fantasy continues ....

["Sotiris Sotiropoulos" <sotiris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe et al.,

There's no denying that the DNS is one of the most important 
infrastructures on the internet.  At this point, I'm thinking the best kind 
of public input we could submit to ICANN at their behest is a petition 
voicing displeasure at their activities and handling of the DNS to date.  
Every other kind of public input will only help to legitimize their claims 
of "public/community input and involvement". 

--Sotiris

 
> The domain name system (DNS) is one of the most important
> infrastructures on the internet.  Individuals who are internerested in
> DNS issues should investigate this invitation by Danny Younger.  Danny
> is the former General Assembly Chair of the Domain Name Supporting
> Organization (www.dnso.org) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned
> Names and Numbers
> (www.icann.org).
> 
> Danny has some strong comments for ICANN which I feel are completly
> justified.  The U.S. government has made a mess of the domain name
> system it was entrusted with.  All of the attempts to incorporate
> internet user participation in the U.S. based DNS governance model has
> been a complete fantasy - indeed a hoax on the global internet user
> base.  After all - look at the people involved in the At-Large Advisory
> Committee.  The usual suspects including one Ester Dyson who was
> recently shown the door by one of the at large organizations.
> 
> But on the positive side of the equation the U.S. governments attempts
> to control the DNS are based on a myth - i.e. that they are in charge
> of the global dns.  This is not the case. It is true that most
> distributed DNS software comes preconfigured with the USG root
> (government system) as a default.  But that can be quickly changed with
> a text editor and five minutes time.  In fact the truth of DNS control
> resides with the end users.
> 
> Of course a non government DNS system now exists which replaces the
> current USG model.
> 
> regards
> joe baptista
> 
> On Sat, 19 Apr 2003 DannyYounger@xxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> ICANN has posted an announcement:
>>
>> Five Days Left to Comment on At-Large Advisory Committee's Proposed
>> Criteria and Accreditation Process for At-Large Structures and
>> Guidelines for Regional At-Large Organizations
>>
>> Suggestion... why don't we let them know what we really think of their
>> bullshit?
>>
>> Comments are invited through 23 April 2003, and should be sent to
>> alac-comments@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> Joe Baptista - only at www.baptista.god
> 
>    Marine Net http://gr.ind
> 
> 
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