Re:Meet the Man Who Invented the Instructions for the Internet
by unfortunat on Monday May 21, 2012 @11:07PM
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rfc's are an amazing resource.
it's sort of sad to see this man today leading icann, a private corporation, in its quest to profit from the demand for domain names by squatters. selling the "rights" to run registries for some ridiculously high fee. seems not like something postel would approve of. definitely not the way you handle a "public resource".
past icann leaders have condemned this scheme as a protection racket (e.g. esther dyson).
i'd rather see an article on paul baran. his instructions were the most interesting. he didn't just write things and send them to a distribution list. he went and presented live in front of the telco people who thought he was nuts.
it's sort of sad to see this man today leading icann, a private corporation, in its quest to profit from the demand for domain names by squatters. selling the "rights" to run registries for some ridiculously high fee. seems not like something postel would approve of. definitely not the way you handle a "public resource".
past icann leaders have condemned this scheme as a protection racket (e.g. esther dyson).
i'd rather see an article on paul baran. his instructions were the most interesting. he didn't just write things and send them to a distribution list. he went and presented live in front of the telco people who thought he was nuts.