Re: Shutdown of lists on May 30th at 12:01 AM

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker () imc org>]

At 8:08 AM -0700 5/29/97, Richard J. Sexton wrote:
> At IETF San Jose, my nuderstanding is they thought Eugene should move
> forward with .alt in recognition of the work he had done, and take it from
> there.

        I don't know what "they" you are referring to, but there has been
no IETF statement or direction concerning this matter.  There certainly has
been no direction to Eugene to do a .alt or any other activity.

        As noted, the term "pirate" is rather precisely correct since it
refers to those who try to take over that which is not theirs.  The DNS has
been a well-running service on the Internet "seas" for many years.  It has
an established administrative authority and structure.  That authority has
requested change and the IAHC was the agent of that request.  The work by
the "other folks" is quite simply an attempt to replace the established
authority and structure with another one.

        Given the importance of DNS operational stability, the recent
demise of the latest pirate effort can only make one wonder at the idea of
allowing them to be in the critical path of such a critical resource.

> Along came IAHC and the shit hit the fan.

        It hit the fan months earlier.  The IAHC was created to try to turn
some of it into fertilizer and grow a workable path.

d/


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