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Just a few hours after it was made public that the ".travel" agreement had been signed and the registy operator had been sold, I received my first response [hasbrouck.org] from ICANN to (some of) my requests on ".travel".
It doesn't mention my request for a stay pending indpendent review. It is interesting for giving a picture of how ICANN's General Counsel interprets the meaning of "maximum extent feasible" of openness and transparency.
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These are classic legal tactics from the ICANN
legal machine. ICANN is making you look like a fool.
You are "sport" for ICANN's lawyers.
ICANN is Just Trying to Re-Position Itself
When ICANN was started, it was portrayed as being
on the (harmless) front-end, market-trial, stage
of the industry. ICANN was portrayed as an
experiment to get it under the radar of the U.S.
Government.
Now that ICANN has hundreds of millions of
dollars flowing in every year, it will attempt
to re-position itself. It will convert to being
like a venture capital company, funding the
next wave of Internet billionaires. People will
be lining up at the door.
With this new posture, ICANN now has to be more
careful and only invest when they know they can
rig the game to allow their player to win.
Nothing can be left to chance or market forces.
ICANN can also not allow anyone to watch how
they operate.
ICANN is Just Trying to Re-Position Itself.
Stay tuned, it may not be long and ICANN will
be singing the praises of how THEY (or Vint
Cerf) invented the .WEB TLD along with Hillary.
Ambler and IOD will be referred to in past
tense, as part of the market-trial phase which
happened a long long time ago.
Remember, lawyers only deal in three dimensions.
Time, Power ($) and Information. They do not
care about the truth or ethics or any other
details to get in their way.
Watch out for the ICANN Steam-Roller, as it
re-positions to make a lot of insiders very
very rich.
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Keep in Mind That Dyson and Neustar are .TRAVEL
The good news is that consumers will NOT be forced
to buy into the .TRAVEL fiascos you are about to
see. If anything, market research shows that
consumers are driven more toward .COM as each
ICANN fiasco un-folds. Verisign of course loves
that.
Keep in Mind That Dyson and Neustar are .TRAVEL
The rest is all a boiler-plate front.
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As most of you have heard by now, Name Intelligence is organizing a domain
conference in Seattle in May. I thought I would extend the welcome to the
list as a few members may not have heard about the domain conference yet.
That same group most likely doesn't attend ICANN meetings because of time
and travel requirments. This would be the perfect opertunity to meet with
your colleagues at a local conference in North America.
If you are in North America this is your perfect oppurtunity to come out and
meet with not only other registrars, regisries, and ICANN but also actual
domain owners. Lawyers, collectors, and everyone that deals in domain names
as their stock and trade should plan on being there.
More information about the conference can be found here:
http://www.domainroundtable.com/
Dates are: May 25th-27th
The point man for the conference is Jothan Frakes, if you have any questions
or need any help registering call him. His phone number is 206.838.9032. (
jothan AT nameintel.com via email as well).
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http://www.r2.co.nz/20050516/
[r2.co.nz]
"16 May 2004 at 2:30pm. Minister David Cunliffe will launch the Digital Strategy at the Beehive in Weelington." .COLO Ready to Roll at Jeff Williams place in the State of Jefferson
http://ghetto-colo.com/
[ghetto-colo.com]
13 31 California September 9, 1850
13 33 Oregon February 14, 1859
13 36 Nevada October 31, 1864
Jefferson - The 51st State - Northern California / Southern Oregon ...
A directory for history, attractions and recreation in the mountain region of
northern California and southern Oregon known as State of Jefferson.
www.jeffersonstate.com
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http://hasbrouck.org/blog/
"The remaining unanswered question, I suppose, is whether ICANN has yet made a recommendation to the NTIA of the USA Department of Commerce(which could only be on the basis of a secret vote, in violation of ICANN's bylaws) for the addition of ".travel" to the root server. If so, it will be important to find out if the Dept. of Commerce is aware of my request for independent review, which ought to be grounds for the DoC to reject any recommendation from ICANN to add ".travel" to the root, at least until receipt of the recommendation of the IRP concerning a stay. (If anyone knows the proper contact at the NTIA for public comment concerning NTIA decisions on ICANN recommendations, please let me know.)"
You really do not *get it*, do you ?
By the time the military-industrial-complex,
that controls ICANN, makes their decisions about
new TLDs, such as .TRAVEL, the rubber-stamp is
all loaded up with ink at the DOC NTIA. Some
clerk is then instructed to file some bogus
zero money purchase order and the deal is done.
The actual changes are made to servers by
Verisign and ICANN and the other insiders.
It is all a sham. You are being played as a fool.
You just do not understand how Cerf, Dyson and
the rest of the glitterati-digerati operate.
Have you been to any of their love-fests at
the Aspen Institute ? or in Arizona ? Do you
understand the origins of Neustar ? Have you
ever heard of Lockheed-Martin ?
Get a clue, the DOC NTIA does not have a clue.
That is a distraction the insiders fabricate to
make it look like they are approved in what they
do. The bottom line is that they take what they
want, and leave scraps to you.
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A New **JOB** for ICANN - Collect Information
This is the kind of thing Esther Dyson is really
into. She has roots in East Germany where they
used to have jars with DNA samples of the people.
Subject: Return of Total Information Awareness project?
DHS chief floats idea of collecting private citizens' information
By Siobhan Gorman, National Journal
Call it Total Information Awareness, homeland-style.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff this week floated an idea
to start a nonprofit group that would collect information on private
citizens, flag suspicious activity, and send names of suspicious people
to his department.
The idea, which Chertoff tossed out at an April 27 meeting with
security-industry officials, is reminiscent of the Defense Department's
now-dead Total Information Awareness program that sought to sift though
heaps of foreign intelligence information to root out potential
terrorist activity.
According to one techie who attended the April 27 meeting, Chertoff told
the group, "Maybe we can create a nonprofit and track people's
activities, and an algorithm could red-flag individuals. Then, the
nonprofit could give us the names."
Chertoff also suggested that private industry form a group to collect
proprietary information about cyber- and other infrastructure-security
breaches from companies; scrub it of identifying information; aggregate
it; and pass it along to the department. The financial services industry
already has such a group.
"The secretary was responding to a hypothetical question with a
hypothetical answer," said Homeland Security Department press secretary
Brian Roehrkasse. "He did not offer specific programmatic content or
discuss any specific proposed approach. Rather, he was discussing, in
general terms, the importance of this issue of balancing security and
privacy."
Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of
America, organized the gathering of about 50 security-industry
executives from companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, and Verizon.
Reached by phone at the meeting, he characterized the event as "an
organizational meeting to discuss how the [information-technology]
industry can work more effectively with each other" and with the
Homeland Security Department.
Because the meeting was closed to the press, Miller would not discuss
Chertoff's comments.One meeting participant said that Chertoff told the
group that having a nonprofit collect names rather than the government
"would alleviate some of the concerns people have." Not so for this
participant: "This is what made me sort of shift in my seat. It sounds
like investigating every person for no reason." He was particularly
concerned that an unknown formula created by this new group would
determine the red flags.
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From http://www.TIME.TRAVEL
Visit it Later - You likely do not have access now.
http://web.mit.edu/adorai/timetraveler/
The Time Traveler Convention
May 7, 2005, 10:00pm EDT (08 May 2005 02:00:00 UTC)
East Campus Courtyard, MIT
42:21:36.025°N, 71:05:16.332°W
(42.360007,-071.087870 in decimal degrees)
I'm from the future, and I'd like to attend!
We're not sure how you're emailing us from the future, but we'd love to have you! Come as you are! No dress code whatsoever. We do request that you bring some sort of proof that you do indeed come from the future, and haven't just dressed like you do. We welcome any sort of proof, but things like a cure for AIDS or cancer, a solution for global poverty, or a cold fusion reactor would be particularly convincing as well as greatly appreciated.
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0-travel.com
7-travel.com
8-travel.com
d-travel .com
o-travel.com
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Always-On Architecture vs. Mostly-Off-Line Designs
The ICANN insiders are not familiar with the
new, emerging "Always-On Architecture" of 24x7
Broadband networking. Many of them come from
old-school main-frame mentality eras, where users
logged in from time-to-time to do time-sharing.
Large central systems maintained the state of
the system. Central databases were viewed as the
only way to do things.
With the emerging Always-On Architecture, the
users have small low-cost devices which are
always-on and which can represent them. Those
collections of always-on devices can work on
their own. To create what some view as a Registry,
the collection of always-on devices can each
maintain a piece of the database. They can also
contain certificates to authenticate themselves.
With non-volatile RAM (NVRAM) they can endure
power outages and rebound with the information.
ICANN insiders are not prepared for the changes
this architectural shift will bring. It is about
as different as moving from vacumn tube radios
to solid-state transistor designs. There is no
need for filament voltage in the new design.
The thermal trade-offs are also different. The
ICANN insiders are mostly relics from days gone
by. The world and marketplace will pass them by.
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TRAVEL is Also a Verb
The new DNS technology allows http://TRAVEL.[TLD]
to be added (supported) in ALL popular TLDs,
including the 50 States in the .USA.
http://www.TRAVEL.ca - California
http://www.TRAVEL.nz - Arizona
http://www.TRAVEL.fl - Florida
http://www.TRAVEL.ny - New York
Since many 2-letter TLDs only use a few names,
the new technology is able to INTERLACE the
new with the old. It queries the back-end
legacy servers and then adds value in front
of those.
See also The Travel Channel
http://www.Travel.CH
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ICANN Director, John Klensin, a long-time
confidante of Vinton Cerf and an ex-MCI player
has decided to begin using the ISOC/IETF to
spread more distractions and marketing spin.[1]
While it is interesting to see that the frogs
are apparently aware they are being boiled, it
is also interesting to see that they either do
not want to understand where the heat is **really** coming
from or they want to distract the other frogs
from understanding that. In Klensin's latest
pontification from THE Society, he fails to come
close to explaining that the IP address spectrum
is being migrated AWAY from his society's
unethical stewardship to responsible carriers
and government regulators [like the FCC].
He also fails to note that during the migration
the address spectrum is being expanded, which
helps to accelerate the migration and remove the
time-pressures and address-exhaustion FUD that
ICANN and the RIRs use to lock in their customer
bases.
[1]
I-D Tag: draft-klensin-ip-service-terms-04.txt
URL: ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4084.txt
As the Internet has evolved, many types of arrangements have been
advertised and sold as "Internet connectivity". Because these may
differ significantly in the capabilities they offer, the range of
options, and the lack of any standard terminology, the effort to
distinguish between these services has caused considerable consumer
confusion. This document provides a list of terms and definitions
that may be helpful to providers, consumers, and, potentially,
regulators in clarifying the type and character of services being
offered.
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Australian Paul Twomey (ICANN CEO) and ICANN
Chairman Vinton Cerf are accelerating their plan
to move ICANN off-shore, away from U.S. public
scrutiny.
http://www.icann.org/general/jobs.htm#RegionalLiai sonManagers
Regional Liaison Managers
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has immediate job openings for the position of Liaison Managers for multiple world regions. Reporting to the General Manager Global Partnerships
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ICANN Director Discovers He is in a Sewer
and Wants YOU to JOIn Him
http://www.circleid.com/article/1084_0_1_0_C/
"We are at a crucial turning point in Internet governance. Governments and other organizations are seriously questioning the continuing ability for the Internet to be governed in a bottom up, consensus driven and open manner. I believe it is literally "all hands on deck" to keep things running and further improve the process that is currently in place."
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How Did the U.S. Gov Handle Vinton Cerf's MCI Mess?
"Terminated dozens of employees, including a number of senior officers, who either participated in inappropriate activities, who appeared to look the other way in the face of indications of suspicious activity, or who otherwise acted in a manner inconsistent with necessary standards of conduct;"
* Recruited a new CEO who was not at the Company during the events at issue, and who brought a reputation for integrity and forthrightness in his leadership skills;
Replaced its entire board of directors who were present at the time the fraud was discovered, thereby removing 100% of directors who were participants in governance under the regime of the prior CEO Bernard J. Ebbers;
* After the fraud was discovered, appointed three highly respected individuals to its Board of Directors: Nicholas deB Katzenbach, former U.S. Attorney General and former Under Secretary of State; Dennis Beresford, Professor of Accounting at the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia and a former chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board; and C.B. Rogers, Jr., former CEO and chairman of Equifax. In addition, five highly capable individuals have joined the Board of Directors of MCI. They are former Touche Ross Chairman W. Grant Gregory; retired Bell Atlantic executive Judith Haberkorn; Patton Boggs Partner Laurence Harris; former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, and Cerberus Capital Management LPC Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel Mark Neporent.
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How Many .TRaVEL and .TrAvEL and .TRaVeL ????
The .CAT is out of the bag and in "the root".
The 6-bit encoding of letters in AAAA records
allows Upper and Lower case in DNS names, as
well as dash and under-score (lower-case dash).
All ten digits, 0 to 9, are also there.
6-bits, 64 symbols, [A-Z] 26x2=52 plus [0-9] 10 is 62 plus 2 is 64.
Some view under-score as a space.
64-bit IP addresses have 4 bits of type code
and 60 bits for symbols, 10 letters each.
The .FCC assigns 10 symbol FRNs with a whois service, for FREE. FREE address space from the .FCC.
How Many .TRaVEL and .TrAvEL and .TRaVeL ????
.travel
.traveL
.travEl
.travEL
.traVe l
.traVeL
and
.TRAVEl
.TRAVEL
64 of them because 2 to the 6th power is 64
2x2x2x2x2x2=64
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http://www.icann.org/financials/proposed-budget-17 may05.html#Litigation
Regional Internet Registries
With the execution of the MoU between the NRO and ICANN, it was expected that the RIRs would release fees that have been held in escrow. However, since the execution of the MoU, the RIRs have not released funds. ICANN is working with each RIR to reach an agreement and release funds. ICANN's independent auditors, recognizing the risk to revenue receipts, have required ICANN to make note of the shortfall in its financial statements.
In fiscal year 2004-05, based upon discussions with an RIR representative, ICANN budgeted RIR contributions equal to 10% of the previous year's budget. The predicted contributions of $823K represented a 54% increase over the previous year's budget. In fiscal year 2005-06, ICANN has asked for the same amount.
Finally, it is important to note the RIRs provide funding to ASO meetings, staff support for the ASO, and travel and attendance at the ICANN meetings.
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(11) Security and Stability Projects. A portion of the fees paid by the operator of the .NET registry will become part of a special restricted fund to enhance and facilitate the security and stability of the global Internet's system of unique identifiers. These monies will fund distinct projects; the first are outlined below.
(12) ICANN and other contributors intends to fund a not-for-profit concern that will work to promote, and then implement, DNSSEC. Disbursement of funds to a different entity is contingent upon the presentation of the new concern's operating plan and approval by the ICANN board.
(13) ICANN will promote the deployment of top-level IDNs generally and through separate efforts: a study defining the market opportunities/risks, global and cultural issues, and technical ramifications associated with IDN implementation; retaining, so long as it is economically makes sense to do so, a contractor/consultant to provide advise regarding DNS stability issues; and hosting regional forums with location specific organisations.
(14) This fund will retain the services of a Standing Technical Panel, support it, and provide for travel and communications as required for its efficient operation. In the event that ICANN reasonably determines that a proposed Registry Service might raise significant Stability or Security issues, ICANN will refer the proposal to a Standing Panel of experts (and simultaneously invite public comment on the proposal). The Standing Panel shall consist of a total of 20 people expert in the design, management and implementation of the complex systems and standards-protocols utilized in the Internet infrastructure and DNS. The panel will operate as defined in registry contracts.
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Paul Twomey's Australia Domain Name Gold Mine .AU
"winners will be required to pay a Release Fee of $825"
Would you like to be a winner ?
Release of geographic names in com.au and net.au
13/05/2005
Under current policy there is a restriction on the use of geographic names as domain names in com.au and net.au. Following a public review in 2004, the auDA Board resolved in that geographic domain names are useful and desirable for Australian businesses and that the restriction should be lifted.
auDA has determined that the fairest and most effective way of releasing the geographic names for use as domain names will be by way of individual ballots. Some geographic names are available as domain names in both com.au and net.au, while some geographic names are only available in either com.au or net.au. (See Note below.)
Eligible applicants will be able to apply for a geographic domain name or names through a Participating Registrar. Applicants will need to satisfy the normal com.au and net.au eligibility and allocation criteria in the Domain Name Eligibility and Allocation Rules for the Open 2LDs (2005-01).
Where only one application is received for a domain name, that applicant will be the ballot winner. Where more than one application is received for a domain name, the ballot winner will be drawn at random using an automated computer program. Where no applications are received for a domain name, that name will be withdrawn from the ballot process and released by auDA at a later date.
Ballot winners will be required to pay a Release Fee of $825 (inc. GST) to auDA in order to register their geographic domain name. Ballot proceeds will be used by auDA to support the implementation of the new community geographic name space.
auDA intends to launch the ballot process in June 2005. People who are interested in registering a geographic name should join the auDA Announcements List to receive further information as it becomes available.
NOTE: Under auDA policy a "geographic name" is defined as any location with an Australian postcode, as listed on the Australia Post postcode database. This includes all suburb and town names, plus a number of other names such as airports and universities. The following names will not be included in the ballot process: airport names; hospital names; university names; defence force names; government names; postal names or names with Australia Post designators (eg. BC, MC, PO). The name "Australia" and state/territory names and abbreviations will also not be included in the ballot process.
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http://www.icann.org/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/xxx.ht m
"These positive industry developments have made the
proposed .xxx TLD more useful to both registrants and users. Moreover, given
that ICM will be contracting with Afilias to provide key registry
infrastructure backend services, ICM and IFFOR believe that similar future
policy developments proposed by the ICANN GNSO would in most instances be
incorporated into operation of the proposed TLD."
Company Name ICM Registry, Inc
Company Address 1 1097 Jupiter Park Lane, Suite 3
Company Address 2 -
Company City Jupiter
Company State/Province Florida
Company Postal Code FL 33458
Company Website Address www.icmregistry.com
Company Country United States
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