Category: DNS and ICANN,

Unfortunately I cannot be in Vancouver for the conference. I write this from Cape Town, venue of last years fall ICANN. I want to disclose a couple of things upfront. Those who know me will know I am nothing if not strongly independent in my views. However disclosure helps those of a more suspicious mind…

TUCOWS launched [ http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2004/9/7/136578.html ] an expiring names auction service today. The most interesting part of Ross’s post is this: Today we announced Tucows expiring names auction service, a local implementation of the Perfect Information proposal (PIP?). What I mean is that it only realizes the efficiencies described in “Perfect Information” on a very local basis – i.e.…

Steven Forrest’s Free2Innovate speculates [ http://free2innovate.net/archives/000399.html ] on the reasons for SnapNames move to an auction based model for the sale of deleting domain names. He points out that I am a director of SnapNames and as such may be able to throw some light on things. A couple of points. As a director I…

I have been attending the Icann conference in Malaysia this week. One of the key events was the submission of the report – ssac-report-09jul04.pdf – from the Security & Stability Advisory Committee regarding SiteFinder. In reading the committee’s report I discovered what I believe is an incredible breakdown in logic and as a consequence, a…

Steve Crocker presented his report to ICANN in Malaysia: >>STEPHEN CROCKER: THANK YOU AND YOU ECHO VENI’S CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS. I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH HER FROM THE BEGINNING OF MY TENURE AND IT’S AMAZING HOW MUCH SHE TAKES CARE OF BEHIND THE SCENES. I CHAIR THE SECURITY AND STABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.…

I have to agree with Susan. The world needs ICANN or something like ICANN. But it does not need ICANN to make decisions that are better left to the market. It needs ICANN to set a minimum level of rules and processes and then let business get on with what it does best, sorting out…

ICANN – the body whose job it is to coordinate control of the Internet’s naming and numbering systems – has recently been making decisions that many feel fall outside of it’s authority. Now, VeriSign, which has the contract to run .com and .net top level domains as a Registry operator, is suing ICANN, alleging it…

James has responded again. He makes clear his views on my points. It’s clear we disagree. And that we remain friends. So decide for yourself by reading both views. No more on this from me re James. Maybe more on the subject as it develops. To turn to another subject. SiteFinder is particularly interesting in…

James has responded again. I am responding because I believe the use of our weblogs as a place for public discussion is a great service to the community in airing the arguments – whether one agrees or disagrees with a given point of view. This doesn’t need to be long but …. James, please re-read…

Lots of responses on my SiteFinder piece. Karl Auerbach [somebody who I generally warm too – although I never told him so] has a rebuttal here. And James Seng [who is a friend] has a piece here. Karl and James are both good people, and honest too. But …. I believe they are missing several…