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[ NNSquad ] IDONS (Internet Distributed Open Name System) Discussion Forum Available - Your Participation is Invited
IDONS (Internet Distributed Open Name System) Discussion Forum Available
- Your Participation is Invited
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000791.html
Greetings. First, I'd like to thank everyone for the outpouring of
enthusiasm in reaction to my announcement of Project IDONS: Internet
Distributed Open Name System ( http://bit.ly/h7T2gF [Lauren's Blog] ).
The response has been so overwhelming that I have not yet been able to
respond to most of you personally, but I've read all of your messages
and I'm very grateful for your expressions of interest, specific
technical and policy ideas, questions, and comments.
One thing seems pretty clear. Recent events including ICANN's moves
toward obscenely expensive Top Level Domain (TLD) expansion, the
increasing use of the existing Domain Name System (DNS) for censorship
and other centralized control purposes, and a host of other factors,
have convinced a vast number of persons that the time has come to
start moving toward a new, 21st century approach to Internet naming
technology, and for the existing "domain-industrial complex" to begin
its ride into the sunset.
As I've previously noted, IDONS will be a very long term project,
involving complex technical, policy, and even political aspects.
The number of interested parties is already far too large in my
estimation for a non-threaded mailing list for other than limited
announcement purposes.
So for now at least, to get the ball really moving, I'd appreciate
your participation in the new IDONS Discussion Forums:
http://bit.ly/hLVOUv (GCTIP / IDONS)
that I've set up under the auspices of "GCTIP" (Global Coalition for
Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org ).
I know that not everyone is enthusiastic about using discussion
forums, but I'd urge you to give this one a try.
Anyone can read discussions on these forums without registering. To
post new threads, topics, or replies, a simple initial registration is
required, but postings are not pre-moderated. The forums include a
very flexible, full-text/html RSS system that works great in Google
Reader or other RSS readers, to help you stay on top of new and
continuing discussions. You can also go directly to the forums
registration page:
http://bit.ly/hSBjbD (GCTIP / IDONS)
At this time, I believe that the IDONS Forums ( http://bit.ly/hLVOUv )
provide the most practical and accessible means to foster wide-ranging
discussions across a broad spectrum of associated topic areas for the
project.
I hope to see you there. Let's get this show on the road.
Thanks again.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com)
http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
Co-Founder, PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility): http://www.pfir.org
Founder, NNSquad (Network Neutrality Squad): http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP (Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance):
http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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