Opinionated

Unfortunately I cannot be in Vancouver for the conference. I write this from Cape Town, venue of last years fall ICANN.
I want to disclose a couple of things upfront. Those who know me will know I am nothing if not strongly independent in my views. However disclosure helps those of a more suspicious mind know [...]

TUCOWS launched [ http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2004/9/7/136578.html ] an expiring names auction service today. The most interesting part of Ross’s post is this:

Today we announced Tucows expiring names auction service, a local implementation of the Perfect Information proposal (PIP?). What I mean is that it only realizes the efficiencies described in “Perfect Information” on a very local basis - i.e. it [...]

Steven Forrest’s Free2Innovate speculates [ http://free2innovate.net/archives/000399.html ] on the reasons for SnapNames move to an auction based model for the sale of deleting domain names. He points out that I am a director of SnapNames and as such may be able to throw some light on things.

A couple of points. As a director I really [...]

I have been attending the Icann conference in Malaysia this week. One of the key events was the submission of the report - ssac-report-09jul04.pdf - from the Security & Stability Advisory Committee regarding SiteFinder.

In reading the committee’s report I discovered what I believe is an incredible breakdown in logic and as a consequence, a very [...]

Steve Crocker presented his report to ICANN in Malaysia:

>>STEPHEN CROCKER: THANK YOU AND YOU ECHO VENI’S CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS. I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH HER FROM THE BEGINNING OF MY TENURE AND IT’S AMAZING HOW MUCH SHE TAKES CARE OF BEHIND THE SCENES. I CHAIR THE SECURITY AND STABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IN [...]