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Re: IP: ICANN's new role: It's about keeping people from being killed by terrorist plots hatched over the net says Mike Roberts
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:15:24 -0500
For those of you who don't know Karl, he is a member of the Board of Directors of ICANN.
Dave
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 16:12:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Karl Auerbach <karl () cavebear com> Unlike Mr. Roberts, I have not surrendered my principles to the terrorists who so heinously attacked our democratic nation last month. ICANN is a body in serious need of reform. And I reject Mr. Roberts assertion that in order to fight terrorism we must either love ICANN or leave it, that those of us who criticise ICANN's form or acts must shut-up and unquestioningly accept whatever is handed down to us. I would suggest that the mediaeval mentality embodied in Mr. Roberts statement is more likely to sew dragons' teeth that will sprout as further hostility against our modern society. With respect to the security of the Internet, ICANN is more in the position of an observer than a player. Yet despite its somewhat peripheral role, ICANN has taken a respite from its three year quest to elevate intellectual property and avoid public accountability: ICANN is substituting its annual meeting with an event that promises to be a three day long chaperoned love-in about the security of the Internet's Domain Name System. To facilitate that discussion I have written a short note on some steps that I believe that ICANN could take, consistent with its charter, to protect DNS: http://www.cavebear.com/rw/steps-to-protect-dns.htm --karl--
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