Re: IP: ICANN's new role: It's about keeping people from being killed by terrorist plots hatched over the net says Mike Roberts

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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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