[IP] Perspective on Root Server Attack

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Brenton <[mailto:brentonj@swbell.net]> 
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 5:43 AM
To: dave@farber.net; farber@cis.upenn.edu
Cc: 'Bob Alberti'
Subject: Perspective on Root Server Attack

Dave,

Here is another perspective on the Root Server Attack this week and the
efficacy of ICANN to fulfill their important role.

Jim Brenton, CISSP

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Alberti <[mailto:alberti@sanction.net]>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:41 PM
To: brentonj@swbell.net
Subject: RE: Root server attack

Thanks.  Here's the final result out of CNet with most of the sharp
edges
chipped off:

http://news.com.com/2010-1071-963205.html?tag=lh

Perspective: Waiting for the Net meltdown
By Bob Alberti  <mailto:letters@news.com>
October 24, 2002, 12:00 PM PT

Tuesday's attack on the Internet's root servers should serve as a
warning:
Something is seriously wrong with the organization that supposedly
governs
the Internet and is responsible for the maintenance of the root servers.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) a
moribund
bureaucracy centered on a culture of exclusivity and control, as was its
predecessor, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). It has no
legitimate charter for its authority, except that of cultural momentum.
With
its roots reaching back to the beginning, it is in control, period.
SNIP SNIP
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