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All,

  Has anyone seen this:
http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/advanced_ip_services/opinion/PIT19990816S0013
in respect to Esthers (Cluless) answer to the question from: LaRell from [143.166.99.43], at 4:29pm ET
                 Have there been any forward advances toward the
                 problem of running out of IP addresses to match up to
                 "Domain Names"?

Esther Dyson at 4:30pm ET
                " There's going to be a whole new addressing system called
                 IPv6 (vs. the current IPv4) that will solve that problem in
                 spades. Our Protocol Supporting Organization and Address
                 suppporting organization are shepherding that process."

  It seems to me that Esther is a bit out of touch with current reality on internet
technical issues...

 

Richard J. Sexton wrote:

this is long, whole log:

he Internet Corporation for
                                 Assigned Names and Numbers,
                                 ICANN, is meeting this week in
                                 Santiago, Chile. This non-profit
                                 organization was tapped by the
                                 U.S. Commerce Department to
                                 take over administration of the
                                 Internet's domain name system
                                  the mechanism that assigns
                 the all-important dot-com names to Internet sites
                 around the world.
                     ICANN and its chairperson, technology consultant
                 Esther Dyson, have come under fire for handling this
                 responsibility. Critics have called ICANN
                 heavy-handed and unresponsive to concerns about
                 the lack of self-governance on the Internet.
                     Dyson will be joining ABCNEWS.com readers on
                 Thursday, Aug. 26 at 4 p.m. ET to answer questions
                 about ICANN and its latest actions from the Santiago
                 meeting. Post your questions now, and come back to
                 see what Dyson has to say.

                 Esther Dyson at 3:50pm ET
                 Hi! I'm here. will stand by until 4. I have 3.48 right
now.
                 greetings from Santiago!

                 Moderator at 3:52pm ET
                 Hello, Esther, glad you could make it! We'll be getting
                 started right at 4 p.m. ET, so if there's anyone who
hasn't
                 posted a question, go right ahead!

                 Moderator at 4:02pm ET
                 Well, why don't we get started. Esther Dyson, interim
                 chairperson of ICANN, thank you for joining us from
                 ICANN's meeting in Santiago, Chile. Before we start
                 posting questions, why don't you give us a quick run down
                 about what you and ICANN have been doing these past
                 few days?

                 Esther Dyson at 4:03pm ET
                 FWIW, I'm sitting here in Santiago, Chile, in the
university
                 auditorim where we have been holding our meetings. RIght
                 now I am sitting in on a meeting of ICANN's "names
                 council" (which fortunately I am not running!, linked up
                 over an Ethernet hookup to the Net. Subliminal message:
                 The rest of the world is getting wired!

                 Esther Dyson at 4:06pm ET
                 We held our first open board meeting this morning. Some
of
                 the decisions made (details at www.icann.org) include the
                 adoption/implementation of a Uniform Dispute Resolution
                 Policy to cover purportedly abusive registrations of
domain
                 names. We also adopted an independent review panel (for
                 disputes concerning *our* bylaws), and took steps towards
                 establishing our membership structure.

                 Peter Vos from [209.193.169.164] at 4:06pm ET
                 What is the current status on opening up the top level
                 domains to include the proposed .web, .store, .firm,
tlds?

                 Is there a time line associated with this or not?

                 TIA

                 Esther Dyson at 4:07pm ET
                 basically, we are now (finally) working on substantive
                 policies, rather than designing our own navel. And
overall,
                 the atmosphere here has been much more constructive and
                 friendly than in the past, despite what yo might read in
the
                 (other) press.

                 Esther Dyson at 4:10pm ET
                 TH etimeline for new domain names is that ICANN's
                 Domain Name Supporting Organization has a working
                 group to consider this issue - whether, why, how, how
                 many, when...... It won't happen this year, I assume,
                 because our next board meeting - when we could consider
                 this issue after recommendations and public comment - is
in
                 November.

                 Esther Dyson at 4:11pm ET
                 PS - is that Peter Vos from Austria (whom I know)? Or
                 some other Peter Vos?

                 darshan from [204.202.132.11], at 4:11pm ET
                 Whence does ICANN draw its authority? In other words,
                 who made you guys the domain name czars?

Esther Dyson at 4:14pm ET
                 Our authority comes from the Net itself. That's why our
                 proceedings sometimes look fractious! We need to foster a
                 consensus, then adopt policies reflecting that consensus,
                 and then enforce those policies through contracts, such
as
                 the contracts we currenlty have with the new .com
                 registrars. (Separately, we have some delegated authority
                 via contracts with the US government, mostly concerning
                 opening up the .com/.net/.org registry to competition
from
                 additional registrars (the incumbent is Network
Solutions).

                 Moderator at 4:15pm ET
                 No word yet from Peter...so we'll continue.

                 adrian stokes from [204.202.132.11], at 4:16pm ET
                 What's happened in Santiago to make the whole
                 domain-name policy system more open and democratic?

Esther Dyson at 4:18pm ET
                 AMong other things, we accepted the Non-Commercial
                 DOmain Name Holders constituency of the DNS). (SOrry
                 for all the acronyms!) ANd we held both an open meeting
                 *with* the public -lots of comments, suggestions, mostly
                 constructve criticism, moves towards consensus - and also
                 our long-awaited first open board meeting, with the
public
                 and press invited to watch -either in person or over the
                 Web. It went well!

Jim Hisle from [134.193.81.47], at 4:19pm ET
                 What are ICANN's plans for the individual holders of
                 Internet addresses? I have an address setup in the
process
                 of a small business development. I am concerned that my
                 selected name might be challenged internationally and I
                 would be at a great disadvantage. My domain name
                 currently is not trademarked in the US, but does have
some
                 similar matches internationally.

                 Jim

                 Esther Dyson at 4:20pm ET
                 We also pledged to include the views and interests of
                 individuals and non-commercial orgs in drafting the
precise
                 wording of the dispute- resolution policy.

Esther Dyson at 4:24pm ET
                 What do you mean by "matches"? Basically, if you have
                 registered the name already, and you have some legitimate
                 claim to it - for example, it's your own name or the name
                 you ahve been doing business under - the policy would
                 support your claim to it against that of anyone coming
along
                 later. (The lawyer sitting next to me says I should
stress
                 that this is not professional advice and you should
consult
                 your own counsel!)

Dan from [207.107.50.21], at 4:25pm ET
                 How do you measure consensus?
                 hard members or do you have more than
                 3000 people that agree with ICANN?

                 Esther Dyson at 4:28pm ET
                 That's one of the challenges. We consider the messages
                 we get over the Net (after substantial posting), as well
as
                 what people at our meetings say. We also check that a
                 variety of points of view are represented. That is, you
can't
                 go to a meeting of business people and get a consensus
                 there and use that, just as you can't base a judgment of
                 consensus on just a US community - since the Net operates
                 worldwide. There's a fair amount of judgement involved.
                 And most people don't "agree with ICANN" about
                 everything; we do most things issue by issue.....

LaRell from [143.166.99.43], at 4:29pm ET
                 Have there been any forward advances toward the
                 problem of running out of IP addresses to match up to
                 "Domain Names"?

Esther Dyson at 4:30pm ET
                 There's going to be a whole new addressing system called
                 IPv6 (vs. teh current IPv4) that will solve that problem
in
                 spades. Our Protocol Supporting Organization and Address
                 suppporting organization are shepherding that process.

 

Regards,

--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!)
CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
Contact Number:  972-447-1894
Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
 

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