November 1997 - NANOG - lists.nanog.org

Re: Eugene Kashpureff's Defense Fund
by Bob Allisat 26 Nov '97

26 Nov '97

> Bob Allisat is, I'm sorry to say, a well-known Net-kook. I remember > him infesting a bunch of Usenet newsgroups. Now that he appears to > be on nanog, the best strategy might be to ignore him. And Declan, I'm happy to say, has found his place in life as mindless reactionary & smear campaigner. In- stead of addressing any of the real issues he is content and contrite to insult me. The liberty flag Declan McCullagh wraps himself in at every opportunity appears to be a little tattered of late. Actually its no more than a memory alas. What does Declan think of CORE and the Memorandum of understanding? What does he think about requiring new registries to pay non-refundable US $10,000 and requiring a US$300,000 line of credit, five (5) full time staff all of which come out to roughly a half million dollar price tag for new registries? What does the guy think about IODesign's .WEB and Skyscape's .ART registries being confiscated by the IAHC/CORE? And what about Eugene's activities? And how about Declan's thoughts about Jon Postel and his crowd trying to monopolize Internet governance without a shred of public input? We don't hear anything about the issue. Only smear tactics and insults. Adress the issues Declan. We are not all stupid enough to simply dismiss the issues because you say I'm nuts. The issue remain smack in your face. Address them or be quiet in future. TeleVirtually Yours, Bob Allisat Director, World TeleVirtual Network http://www.wtv.net PO Box 191 St E Toronto Canada M6H 4E2 tor(a)wtv.net (416) 534-1999 http://www.wtv.net/portfolio.html

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President's Day
by William B. Norton 26 Nov '97

26 Nov '97

Hi all - We are working with a potential NANOG host that can schedule NANOG 12 on Feb. 15-17. The only clash appears to be that the 16th is President's day. Please send me private e-mail (wbn(a)merit.edu) if having NANOG 12 on these days presents a problem for you. Thanks, Bill

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Re: Eugene Kashpureff's Defense Fund (fwd)
by Charles Sprickman 26 Nov '97

26 Nov '97

How do I configure my router to drop all smtp packets containing text formatted in narrow columns? C ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ Charles Sprickman Internet Channel INCH System Administration Team (212)243-5200 spork(a)inch.com access(a)inch.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 22:17:13 +0000 From: Bob Allisat <tor(a)wtv.net> WTF?>>To: nanog(a)merit.edu, newdom(a)ar.com, caipcom(a)vrx.net, iwar(a)iwar.org, gtld-discuss(a)gtld-mou.org Subject: Re: Eugene Kashpureff's Defense Fund > It is exactly this type of confrontational, paranoia-inducing > approach to the problem that has caused most of the problems > with working towards real netwide consensus. It's not suprising > you can't see it, but it's blindingly clear to me... I put > work into some back channel discussions that you bozos > managed to kill dead. You are not productive of solutions, > you are counterproductive, actively damaging to progress. > The "protest" created an environment where compromise became > harder and in fact did not happen. We all lost. > The only winners were a few people's egos, and one > of those people is now going to go to jail for it. > Trading ego boosts for real progress on the issues > is not my idea of problem solving, and until you stop > making that mistake you are a roadblock. > > -george william herbert Except for the fact that we requested IETF host a peace meeting for CORE, Internic, Alternic, the US Government and all other interested parties George's analysis would be correct. Except for the fact that we've been trying to weld some sort of consensus via many articles, private e-mail among all of these parties Mr. Herbert would be absolutely bang on. But he's off target. Instead of criticizing Postel, Crocker, Vixie, Metzger and all these incompetants driving this mess Mr. Hebert is attacking those few people actually willing to put their necks on the line to force change. I still believe peace is possible and that IETF is the perfect place for discussions to begin. If this does not happen, if the mono-maniacs behind CORE are not replaced, if the monopolies are not broken there will be an escalation of protest actions and interventions. It will be the only alternative left to those who want justice, value liberty and cherish freedom. It's that important. TeleVirtually Yours, Bob Allisat Director, World TeleVirtual Network http://www.wtv.net PO Box 191 St E Toronto Canada M6H 4E2 tor(a)wtv.net (416) 534-1999 http://www.wtv.net/portfolio.html

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AOL trouble?
by Michael Gibson 26 Nov '97

26 Nov '97

Is anyone having trouble reaching AOL? Michael Gibson Senior Network Administrator - NETCOM Canada tel 416-341-5754 fax. 416-341-5725 magibson(a)netcom.ca

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26 Nov '97

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no more domain talk
by Phil Howard 26 Nov '97

26 Nov '97

It's time to end the domain talk on NANOG. Take it elsewhere, but end it here. If you see something you must reply to, reply to the sender directly, not to the list. Maybe domain-policy(a)internic.net is the right list or maybe not, but NANOG definitely is not.

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Re: Eugene Kashpureff's Defense Fund
by Bob Allisat 25 Nov '97

25 Nov '97

John A. Tamplin wrote: >There were customers that asked us to point our DNS servers to Alternic, >but I refused because I didn't want to hand over control to the namespace >to one guy that I didn't know, had no authority to run it, and appeared to >be in it for a profit. > >The InterNIC stunt he pulled entirely justified my refusal. Personally, >I think that was the last thing he should have done if he hoped for any >support, since it gave people who were wanting to show that he couldn't >be trusted ammunition they couldn't get any other way. > >I can understand that he was frustrated because he wasn't getting his way, >but the method he chose to express that frustration violated the trust of >those who (foolishly) pointed their DNS servers at his root. > >I see your posts on the GTLD list as well, and frankly I don't want >non-profit and mom & pop companies running DNS servers that I and my >customers depend on. I want someone who can be trusted to not violate >my trust because they have financial committments to meet to stockholders >etc, and can't afford to make such mistakes. First off Kashpureff and those who backed his original version of Alternic made many mistakes. I witnessed these errors and I opposed the inconsistancies. Second no-one owns the namespace. Not Alternic, not IANA, not CORE not Internic not anyone. Everyone must have equal access to the many resources of the Internet and all these Domain Names are just one. So, anyone who can meet the appropriate technical standards must have their place at the table. Mr. Tamplin's insistance that only corporations are trustworthy is patently absurd. Morality and immorality are no more the preserve of conglomerates than it is of individuals. Finally, while attempting to spark a peace and reconciliation process among the conflicting parties it is necessary to envisage the worse possible result of current internet developments. And that would be the transfer of the existing Internic monopoly to this new CORE monopoly. And the resulting concentration of Internet regulatory powers entirely beyond the control of the general public. And then we must consider appropriate activities. And then we must act instead of talking. Kashpureff pointed the way if failure of peace negotiations is in our future. We will simply have no alternative. TeleVirtually Yours, Bob Allisat Director, World TeleVirtual Network http://www.wtv.net PO Box 191 St E Toronto Canada M6H 4E2 tor(a)wtv.net (416) 534-1999 http://www.wtv.net/portfolio.html

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Re: Eugene Kashpureff's Defense Fund
by Bob Allisat 25 Nov '97

25 Nov '97

> It is exactly this type of confrontational, paranoia-inducing > approach to the problem that has caused most of the problems > with working towards real netwide consensus. It's not suprising > you can't see it, but it's blindingly clear to me... I put > work into some back channel discussions that you bozos > managed to kill dead. You are not productive of solutions, > you are counterproductive, actively damaging to progress. > The "protest" created an environment where compromise became > harder and in fact did not happen. We all lost. > The only winners were a few people's egos, and one > of those people is now going to go to jail for it. > Trading ego boosts for real progress on the issues > is not my idea of problem solving, and until you stop > making that mistake you are a roadblock. > > -george william herbert Except for the fact that we requested IETF host a peace meeting for CORE, Internic, Alternic, the US Government and all other interested parties George's analysis would be correct. Except for the fact that we've been trying to weld some sort of consensus via many articles, private e-mail among all of these parties Mr. Herbert would be absolutely bang on. But he's off target. Instead of criticizing Postel, Crocker, Vixie, Metzger and all these incompetants driving this mess Mr. Hebert is attacking those few people actually willing to put their necks on the line to force change. I still believe peace is possible and that IETF is the perfect place for discussions to begin. If this does not happen, if the mono-maniacs behind CORE are not replaced, if the monopolies are not broken there will be an escalation of protest actions and interventions. It will be the only alternative left to those who want justice, value liberty and cherish freedom. It's that important. TeleVirtually Yours, Bob Allisat Director, World TeleVirtual Network http://www.wtv.net PO Box 191 St E Toronto Canada M6H 4E2 tor(a)wtv.net (416) 534-1999 http://www.wtv.net/portfolio.html

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Re: Eugene Kashpureff's Defense Fund
by John J. Buxbaum 25 Nov '97

25 Nov '97

If nothing else, this provides comedic entertainment. -----Original Message----- From: Bob Allisat <tor(a)wtv.net> To: nanog(a)merit.edu <nanog(a)merit.edu> Cc: newdom(a)ar.com <newdom(a)ar.com>; caipcom(a)vrx.net <caipcom(a)vrx.net>; iwar(a)iwar.org <iwar(a)iwar.org>; gtld-discuss(a)gtld-mou.org <gtld-discuss(a)gtld-mou.org> Date: Tuesday, November 25, 1997 3:03 PM Subject: Re: Eugene Kashpureff's Defense Fund On Mon, Nov 24, 1997 Paul A Vixie wrote: >>> How much do I have to pay to keep him in jail forever? On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Karl Denninger wrote: >> That was MY question :-) At 11:14 PM, Marc Hurst wrote: >As much as we all know the guy is not going to get a fair trial, the >concept of an anti-defence fund is a novel one. Let's not forget that everyone attempted to profit in their own way from Eugene's devil dare and gutsy Alternic pioneering. And, all joking aside, understand that if things do not go "our" way, CORE is successfully rammed down our throats and none of the schemes to counteract IANA pan out there will be a lot more people in jail with Eugene. And it is up to those with similar views and the resources to assist others who actually do the fighting. That's how revolutions worked in history as in our times. Support your local DNS Freedom fighter or there won't be any more. Or was all those past words just hot air and bullship? TeleVirtually Yours, Bob Allisat Director, World TeleVirtual Network http://www.wtv.net PO Box 191 St E Toronto Canada M6H 4E2 tor(a)wtv.net (416) 534-1999 http://www.wtv.net/portfolio.html

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Advisory - tunneling of IP at exchange points.
by Paul Thornton 25 Nov '97

25 Nov '97

-- PLEASE NOTE: If you are replying to this, consider pruning the list -- of cc's rather than crossposting replies wildly! Thanks. The LINX and several of its members have recently had to take action against an ISP that was using GRE tunneling between exchange points to appropriate the capacity of other ISPs. Although the offending party is now unlikely to repeat this abuse, we feel that this is an important vulnerabilty which could potentially be newly exploited by others elsewhere. We have created an advisory which describes details of the vulnerability, and how to detect and prevent it. This advisory can be found at http://www.linx.net/tunnel-advisory.txt Any questions are best referred to the authors listed in the advisory text. I would like to gratefully acknowledge the efforts of Lyndon Levesley and Alex Bligh at GX Networks among others in tracking down the abuse and creating this document. Keith Mitchell Chairman London InterNet Exchange keith(a)linx.org Geneva House, 3 Park Road Peterborough PE1 2UX United Kingdom Phone: +44 1733 705000 (fax 353929) Paul -- Paul Thornton, Network Engineer, London Internet Exchange Ltd. Tel: 07000 783797 Mobile: +44 467 372205

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